Saturday Data: Call it a kinda creepy interactive toy.

     The BBC reports Google has filed a patent for interactive toy that some people say is too intrusive.

The patent describes how the toys would include microphones, speakers, cameras and motors as well as a wireless connection to the internet.
It states that a trigger word would cause them to wake up and turn their gaze towards the person addressing them, and would be able to check if the person talking was making eye contact.
The document suggests the device could respond both by speaking back and by expressing "human-like" expressions of interest, curiosity, boredom and/or surprise.

     The patent was actually filed several years ago, but it just now being discussed. 

    



 It reminded me of the funny but foul-mouthed teddy bear in the movie Ted. 

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