Photos: Retro computer games that Eastern Europe played as Iron Curtain fell
Video games gave Eastern Europeans an escape from the harsh realities of everyday life, yet few had the opportunity to play them.
The new humanoid gadget from Japan's Speecys is designed to download content such as news, quizzes and commercial programming.
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The new robot ITR, from Japanese robotics venture Speecys, is a kind of humanoid Internet kiosk--it's designed to download online content such as news, quizzes and commercial programming. Seen here in the company of Speecys CEO Tomoaki Kasuga, the 3-pound, 1-foot-high gadget is expected to become available to developers in May, priced at 500,000 yen ($4,200), and to consumers in September, priced at 190,000 yen ($1,600). It was unveiled in Tokyo on Monday.
Caption by: Bill Detwiler
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