by Ashley Smith

Created on: December 02, 2009

If your child wants a pet for Christmas or for their birthday then consider something a little different this time, The Pleo dinosaur , a Ugobe life form. It may at first look like a basic toy, its no ordinary machine once you get a bit closer and look a bit deeper. Behind the plastic covered body shell is a very intelligent robot that learns from you and develops as a life form according to what it learns. t already has its own expressions and like the newborn it represents it will investigate it surroundings and learn from them. To link he old fashioned world to the modern world you can access the Internet site for the dinosaur in order to pick up tips and to download upgrades. his means that the unit can be upgraded for evermore, just plug in and updates we go. The Pleo dinosaur-a Ugobe life form is as life like as is possible within a toy , it can hear , it can see, it can detect being touched and has infra red senors besides. Also incorporated is a colour camera ,fourteen motors, more then one hundred gear assemblies , eight touch sensors and a sensor to keep the dinosaur orientated with its surroundings. It comes with is power adapter in order to recharge the dinosaur , the charge from flat takes around three hours and gives around sixty to ninety minutes play. Probably long enough for the average child to play before some boredom kicks in. You can add better batteries if you wish to make play longer. Because of the programmability of the dinosaur you can mix and match personality from the download site. You can download themed moods such as Halloween and a holiday version.The extras include songs and sound effects suitable to the season. As the memory is downloaded to a memory card you can reprogramme the dinosaur or even download multiple personalities to swap them as you feel fit. In fact you can go from the extremes of a love sick dinosaur through to a vicious fighting animal. In fact the makers are happy to point web developers and pr!

programmers towards trying their own programme for the dinosaur. This me
ans you can have any type of dinosaur you want and anytime you want it, added to this is the dinosaurs own learning capabilities. So although you start with a basic toy you can end up with a very exciting toy using all the included high technology.

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