Originally posted on January 10, 2007 @ 11:46 am
This morning I was introduced to Pleo, a Ugobe Life Form which is basically the Furby of the future… well kind of…
It’s very modern in what it does compared to the Furby but this isn’t a cute little Gremlin looking thing, it’s a long extinct Camarasaurus, a dinosaur from the Jurassic period.
So what is a Camarasaurus? CAMARASAURUS (KAM-ah-rah-sawr-us) “Chambered Lizard” (Greek kamara = chamber + sauros = lizard, referring to the holes in its vertebrae).
Can a long-extinct species be resurrected? Ugobe designers and engineers studied the long extinct Camarasaurus, a dinosaur from the Jurassic period. Pleo, a Ugobe Life Form is the authentic recreation born from that study. UGOBE’s designers and engineers recreated Pleo’s physiology from the fossils of the original. His height and weight are consistent with that of a one-week old infant camarasuarus.
Pleo is a ‘designer species’. He incorporates all the basic traits of autonomous life. He is specifically engineered and enhanced to mimic life and relate to his owner on a personal level.
Pleo is equipped with senses for sight, sound, and touch. He learns as he explores his environment. He will exhibit genuine reactions to sensory stimuli.
Every Pleo begins life with certain tendencies but, interaction with his environment has subtle effects on his behavior. Every Pleo eventually exhibits a unique personality.
This little creature is capable of expression. Apparently it can feel joy and sorrow, anger and annoyance.
When Pleo is tired, he will become drowsy and go to sleep – even dream and just like with Furby’s, if you put two or more Pleos together, they will recognize one another. Yikes.
The more I look into this thing, it’s a lot like a Furby for sure. Be careful though. They can transmit colds to each other. Achoo! Pleo even sneezes!
I found a YouTube video with a running time of 5 minutes 31 seconds of this thing in action. Check it out if you dare.