@ChaosEngine, the video shows it as Plenitude, not Plentitude. Although they both mean abundance.

And from what I recall - France lowered the work week solely to decrease unemployment, not to create happy feelings and sense of community. Can anyone from France comment?

From the 2007 CES (Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas.

This roller skating robot can be controlled with your Bluetooth-enabled cellphone.

Plen has 18 movable joints and a 32bit ARM7 CPU inside. You connect him to your PC using USB and he runs/walks/skates for 25 minutes on one charge. There's only a few available from Japan, so if you want one you probably need to hurry. Available from the land of Dragonball Z for 262,500 Yen ($2,200).

More here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZYOivo9YVA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBIW7As0nxM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4V9ps8SXYU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GAe3mhvQE8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UesEixffyqs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbxVjnswVYw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb_HVckCI04


Enjoy!

Sc