Felix's bear lives

July 27, 2007 6:45 PM

The world is one step closer to felix's trickle-charging story-telling bear.
posted by djb (13 comments total)

Uhh, I'd feel bad about ramming a cable into a teddy bear's ass and shoving into the glovebox. I'll pass.
posted by eriko at 6:51 PM on July 27, 2007

What if he was charging you? With a knife?

Really, at that point it's him or you, buddy. No do-overs.
posted by lekvar at 6:53 PM on July 27, 2007 [6 favorites]

Does the teddy have the blank shiny black eyes or the pupils that spin (and stick)? It's creepy either way.
posted by Mblue at 7:01 PM on July 27, 2007

Wow. Bitch trumped my ace. Nicely played, lekvar!
posted by eriko at 7:13 PM on July 27, 2007

Talking teddy bear.
posted by infinitewindow at 8:22 PM on July 27, 2007 [1 favorite]

There's rumors of a movie this summer.
posted by Quonab at 8:28 PM on July 27, 2007

MP3 iTeddy hopes to challenge Apple's iPod dominance

Now that is some hopeful thinking. But I love the thought of these dominating the Seattle downtown experience. Hipsters, business-folks, joggers ... all giving up the iPod thing to carry the bear around.
posted by YoBananaBoy at 10:59 PM on July 27, 2007 [1 favorite]

Wait a minute... an identical iTeddy was pitched by one Imram Hakim here in the UK on BBC2's Dragon's Den, and won investment capital (first clip on page, not sure if it will work non-UK)... although another of the 'dragons' said he hated the idea and hoped it would fail. This was a year or so ago, although they had a recap, where-are-they-now episode on thursday when this was replayed.
Anyway, I see no mention of DD in these links. Are these two competing products, or what?
posted by Flashman at 2:26 AM on July 28, 2007

I suggest that the first link refers to the Dragon's Den iTeddy, which was perhaps a coincidental development to whatever Felix was coming up with in Austin.
posted by Flashman at 2:30 AM on July 28, 2007

When I was growing up, they had stuffed animals with fm radios in them. How again is this different?
posted by [insert clever name here] at 7:06 AM on July 28, 2007

I think I saw this movie before.
posted by localroger at 8:14 AM on July 28, 2007

I thought I'd seen this idea in Make, but the mental image I had in mind belonged to a cuddly remote control. Looking around I found an mp3-playing pillow & a Robosapien transplanted into a teddy bear.
posted by Pronoiac at 12:18 PM on July 28, 2007

Wow. Thanks for linking to that awesome comment by felix. Hadn't caught it before.
posted by voltairemodern at 9:38 PM on July 28, 2007