Getting attached

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Techy News Blog » Getting attached — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 05:14:35 GMT

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re: Getting attached

bob — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 20:24:47 GMT

Movement. Roombas move, refrigerators don't. Cars move, and people give them names (perhaps less than in years past), iPods don't.

Plenty of counter-examples, as well, but interesting to think about.

re: Getting attached

Stephen Potter — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 23:09:52 GMT

hi bob, yes I think so too, movement + automation + some level of functional utility = pet substitute.

re: Getting attached

Anandi — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:55:02 GMT

Hi Stephen! You are so right about the Roomba. My aunt has one and they talk about it like it's a member of their family, just like their dog :)

I think it definitely has a cute factor - it's round, beeps, and seems to have sort of random behavior which makes it less like a machine and more like some kind of animal.

I wonder if it's mostly women who do this?

re: Getting attached

Stephen Potter — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 23:03:18 GMT

Hi Anandi, wow so your animals beep :-)

Stephen