IT’S ALIVE!!!!

that’s cool !
but that’s creepy !
but that’s cool ! i want one !

too bad warmth would mean a high battery consumption

wow, a toy that sleeps. they had that in the 70′s it was called a “pet rock”.

Ummm legionella anyone!

If this keeps up hackaday will need a “sloth hacks” section.

If that thing starts flailing it’s arms I’m so outta here.

Seriously marketable invention. This will probably be snatched up quickly by a major toy company or quickly imitated.

@ strider_mt2k:

I think we need a subset of the arduino hacks section: shit done with an arduino that should not be.

We probably need another section too, just labeled ‘wrong’, to stick slothra and the inevitable ‘twitter my bodily function’ hacks into. given the progress here, it’s only a matter of time before someone uses an arduino to build a toy sloth that detects and twitters bowel movements. they’ll have a big serious video about how it helps you child stay regular.

k.

@Khordas: Way to encourage them by thinking up the next project for ‘em! LOL

Lol, I agree Bort!

Although technically complicated due to miniaturization and programability, this is not functionally all that different from say, the midway amusements from a century ago that would “breath” and “talk”. Yes, it is interesting and looks like fun. But let’s not surpass our reach just yet, okay? A trained assistance dog (or other trained animal) is “very beneficial” to “special needs children”, a mechanical sloth is not.

“The lifelike and calm behavior helps the child connect to the toy”
i wonder what will happen to the child when that rubber glove ruptures. Or better more, pops..
children with special needs suffer enough as it is