From the makers of Teddy Ruxpin... "Wabi Bear"!
Innovative wireless technology allows you to phone from anywhere in the world to send your child messages in your own voice. When Wabi giggles, your child pushes a lighted button to hear the message.
So the idea is that you call in a message and the teddy bear plays it back, along with a selection of songs and stories.
Wabi Bears have big manga eyes and chipper smiles...I don't know whether the multiple voices of parents and family members emerging from that cheery stuffed mouth will be comforting or creepily schizophrenic. Since the Wabi Bear has no personality of its own, it functions as the polar opposite of the traditional teddy bear, whom the child endows with its own imagined personality, name, and history. Instead, the Wabi Bear is a transmitter for whomever has its number. It's like Deleuze plus Disney plus anime.
In other news, there's now a cell phone with a tilt interface. When it comes to mobile technology and disembodiment, you win some and you lose some, you know?
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