Furbish: "hey·kah·boo·ayay·ew-nye"
English: "You said you'd always love me… You lied."
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Ken & Kiyomi: A Boy and his Dog
Minding the Lathe of Dreams
Randi Knutson
October 28, 2012 at 11:46 pm
I still have my Furby. Every so often I wake it up, but Ki thinks it is just not right.
Ken Foreman
October 29, 2012 at 6:15 am
After inventing the Furby, Caleb Chung left Tiger Electronics to found Ugobe and create the Pleo:
http://www.amazon.com/Pleo-Dinosaur-UGOBE-Life-Form/dp/B000RWEGCO
The Pleo was everything that the Furby was not (truly intelligent, self-learning, more sensors and locomotion to interact with the environment). It was also incredibly expensive ($300-$600), and not nearly the success Caleb thought it would be.
Like the Sony Aibo, most people don't have the interest in spending a substantial amount of money on a robotic pet.
Maybe once Honda Asimo goes on sale, that'll change?