- ICy
The iCy is a
robot penguin designed and manufactured bySega Toys. It is also manufactured byHasbro , which sells the iCy inNorth America .iCy, like
iDog ,iCat and iFish, responds as a speaker to any music device with a 3.5mm audio jack input. In addition to playing, it dances and theLED lights on its stomach flash in time to the music. Unlike its predecessors, it has only two touch sensors for user interaction, its tail, which is designed to annoy it rather than reward it, and beak, which you press to pet it. It has variousemotions which change based on user interaction and music played.The iCy was probably designed to
interact with theiPod (hence the name, even though the iPod is designed by the Apple Computer company), though it has an integrated speaker and reacts if placed near an audio source (such as speakers).The iCy is designed to personify different traits and acts irritated when it has been without music for a while, waving its arms and squawking; "feeding" the iCy music makes it feel better. You can also show it attention by tapping its beak, tapping it twice will prompt it to dance, sing one of its precoded songs, and display its current mood.
See also
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IDog
*ICat
*Aibo
*IDog Pup
*Poo-Chi External links
* [http://www.idog-segatoys.com/ Official iDog Website]
* [http://www.hasbro.com/tiger/pl/page.idog/dn/default.cfm/ Official iDog Website]
* [http://www.kilian-nakamura.com/blog-english/?p=22 ifish - the next generation music pet from Sega Toys]
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