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• The birthday post

  Published: July 19, 2007, 2:32 pm

  Tags: Random, Girl, Homemade, Diorama, Filled, Kid, Robot, Toys Dave, Dave, Wanna, Send, Morning, Cool, Birthday, Wrote, Nice, Post, Me Honestly, Presents

  homemade diorama filled with Kid Robot toys. Dave already wrote me a nice post about it this morning, which was cool. Dave obviously knows me pretty well (he’s been hosting my site for years). And hey– if, like Dave, you wanna send me a link for my birthday, I won’t say no. :) (BTW, I’m doing a little thing tonight–

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• Zeno the child-robot apes Astro Boy, Chucky

  Published: September 6, 2007, 10:50 am

  Tags: Astro Boy, Astroboy, Child Robot, Childrobot, Hanson Robotics, Hansonrobotics, Hugo, Kid Robot, Kidrobot, Philip K Dick, Philipk Dick, Zeno

  under: Robots Hanson Robotics, creators of the wildly creepy Albert Einstein and (now missing) Philip K. Dick robotic heads has turned its attention to children... er, that is, a child-robot. Sure, it's somewhat difficult to look at little Zeno and not find him just slightly disturbing, but that won't stop the team from breaking ground on

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• Ridable Robot for Special Needs Kids

  Published: November 29, 2007, 2:54 am

  Tags: Baby Amp 038 Kid, Robot, Robot, Special Needs Kids

  have developed a ridable robot for special-needs children who can’t move around. The robot, called UD1, is drivable using a joystick and has "smart technology" so its rider can explore the world safely. Link (Image credit: Kathy Atkinson/University of Delaware) - via Robot

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• Pandit and Willumstad to Share the Ultimate Power?

  Published: December 11, 2007, 12:06 pm

  Tags: Company Town, Aaron Charney, Armani, Blackstone, Citigroup, David Beckham, Dow Jones, Harvard, Jonathan Grayron Romano, Kid Robot, Morgan Stanley, New York Post, Recession, Robert Willumstad, Rupert Murdoch, Simpson Thacher, Versace, Vikram Pandit, W Magazine, Weil Gotschal

  FINANCE • The newest Citigroup rumors suggest a "tag team at the top": Financial whiz Vikram Pandit will take over as CEO, while the more socially astute Robert Willumstad handles chairman duties. We're just not sure "tag team" means the same thing for us as it does the Times? [DealBook/NYT] • Morgan Stanley issued a full recession

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