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'Double' Turns the iPad Into a Telepresence Robot

By tovarichpeter   Follow   Sat, 18 Aug 2012, 5:14pm   324 views   2 comments
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1. Patrick Follow Befriend (54) 5,185 threads 6,156 comments 46 male Menlo Park, CA Premium

   1   5:34pm Sat 18 Aug 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   http://vimeo.com/47000322 This is very cool, but I don't see how it could ever, say, open a door, or go down or up stairs. We need flying ipads instead, able to blast through doors!

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   2   6:12pm Sat 18 Aug 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   Patrick says We need flying ipads instead, able to blast through doors! Yes, because when the machines take over, it would be best that they are running an inferior, error prone OS. If they ran OS/2, we'd be screwed.