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October 5, 2008: Epidermits
Wired has this toy, to creep out your friends and neighbors.
Kids will probably take it in stride, however.
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A human-like tissue organism covers the robotic thing, which also runs on fuel cells for energy. In theory, you are supposed to be able to program it to move around and act as your kid’s nightmarish companion. But that's not all: They require minimal maintenance, can be stored in state of forced hibernation in standard refrigerators, and are customizable with different body, skin and hair selections and through tanning, tattooing and piercing. |
Kind of weird looking, but it does have a nifty handle the girls will like, and It
promotes imagination, filling in the facial... well actually the head features.
Hey, wait, what? Tanning? Tattooing?
Piercing, you can do to any old teddy bear.
I suppose you could tattoo your dolls with a sharpie, too.
But tanning?
ZenGum Sunday Oct 5 05:36 AM
I'm suddenly finding myself less disapproving of webkinz.
Sundae Sunday Oct 5 05:43 AM
It's conceptual of course...
Treasenuak Sunday Oct 5 08:18 AM
You know, I've looked at this thing five or six times, and I STILL can't decide if that's the COOLEST thing I've ever seen... or the creepiest. Nor can I get Dr. Frankenstein's exclamation out of my head... "It's... ALIVE!!"
spudcon Sunday Oct 5 09:32 AM
Looks like a girl I dated once. Can you make bacon with it too?
xoxoxoBruce Sunday Oct 5 10:00 AM
I've been trying to figure out if the handle is at the front end, or the back end.
Maybe it depends on your gender. 
Trilby Sunday Oct 5 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by Treasenuak
I STILL can't decide if that's the COOLEST thing I've ever seen... or the creepiest.
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That's why they pay me 1.5 million dollars a year. I make executive decisions like that.
TheMercenary Sunday Oct 5 10:41 AM
Does that metal tail vibrate?
Cloud Sunday Oct 5 10:45 AM
"handles the girls will like"? not in my wildest nightmares, honey. I like this "concept" mo better:
Antimatter Sunday Oct 5 11:41 AM
Meh - standard shock tactic for grabbing attention. No real product, just a loosely dreamed up dystopian fantasy gizmo that may or may not be feasible to produce a few decades from now. All it really does is generate traffic on their website.
Sundae Sunday Oct 5 12:04 PM
They're a design company. It's what they do. Like a concept car is never really released, like catwalk fashion isn't really worn. And they admitted is was supposed to be creepy technology gone wrong.
And I want one
xoxoxoBruce Sunday Oct 5 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Antimatter
Meh - standard shock tactic for grabbing attention. No real product, just a loosely dreamed up dystopian fantasy gizmo that may or may not be feasible to produce a few decades from now.
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| All it really does is generate traffic on their website. |
monster Sunday Oct 5 04:39 PM
For the recipe I'm thinking casserole that comes with it's own cutlery/silverware. awesome.
xoxoxoBruce Sunday Oct 5 09:22 PM
From refrigerator to oven, also.
monster Sunday Oct 5 09:35 PM
and great as a To Go option for families on the run...
...is it organic, though?
xoxoxoBruce Sunday Oct 5 09:46 PM
I was kind of worrying it is organic.
Treasenuak Sunday Oct 5 10:00 PM
I got one thing to say to that. EWWWWW
Antimatter Monday Oct 6 08:43 AM
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
You can see it at MOMA, NYC, today.
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Originally Posted by Wired
A real-life version of the Epidermits made its debut at a MOMA show in NY, but there's no word if people actually tried to pet it. Would love to know if someone did.
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
Once you get to their website, you have to click at least 5 times to get to this item... and that's only if you know how to get to it.
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BigV Monday Oct 6 11:10 AM
I'm sooo glad Epidermits aren't this.
Nirvana Monday Oct 6 11:55 PM
The name for this 'object' is just to close to this word "epydidimitis" 
TheMercenary Tuesday Oct 7 08:51 AM
I think it may be a nazi extremist toy made from fresh cultures of dead Jews from Treblinka. No thanks. That thing is really creepy.
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