Bandai Blogging 'Bot Renders Human Writers Obsolete

by Paul Miller, posted Oct 15th 2008 at 12:34PM

We always figured this day would come, but so soon? We're obsolete, ladies and gentlemen. It's been a great ride, and we're glad we got to do just one more Stevenote with y'all before we fade into the night, but the robots have arrived, and they're going to blog harder, better, faster and stronger. We cannot compete.

Bandai just announced the Net Tansor Web, a Wi-Fi-equipped robot with a built-in camera for snapping his soon-to-be-award-winning exposés and posting them to the Web at regular intervals alongside witty commentary. The bot can react to reader comments like "a little to the right," or "you suck" and adjust accordingly. Net Tansor also can handle live video, reads RSS feeds out loud and knows no fatigue. Bandai's going to be selling this for 50,000 Yen (about $490 US) whenever it's ready.

Filed under: Computers

Tags: bandai, blogging, net tansor web, NetTansorWeb, robo blogger, RoboBlogger, robot, robot blogger, RobotBlogger, web

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