July 21, 2010

CoCoNatch Mutters on Twitter

Japan is certainly embracing Twitter, where they refer to tweeting as "muttering." The University of Tokyo and Waseda University are developing CoCoNatch, a bot that connects to a computer by USB and responds to incoming messages. In addition, about 20 words can also be recorded by the user. The plan is to sell them en masse this fall for ¥4,000 (~$40.00) or a prototype can be had now for ¥6,000 (~$70.00.)

Via CoCoNatch

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Posted by Sheila Franklin at July 21, 2010 8:55 PM
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