Polaris Phone Rolls Self to Charger, Keeps an Eye on Users' Behavior

I wonder what sort of "advice" this robot gives-- are we talking a portable, rolling therapist, or the sidebar on Amazon.com that tells you what you should buy next?

first: INEFFICENT!!!
second: INEFFICIENT!!!
third: Must cost a lot!!!
fourth: I would never buy something like this!!!
fifth: I quote:
"The phone follows where you go, who you email, what you buy, who you call, etc."
Im sure there will be one happy camper of a hacker who breaks the encryption. Aaaand another way for government or the renagade secret police forces that noone in congress can still account for.

there have been speculation by FBI retirees that there are more or less than 20 multi-million dollar forces that arnt accounted for in any records.....what else is hiding in that obese bueracratic animal, I wonder

It's not a horrible idea, if you live your life in the open, as opposed to masked or as someone that you are not. If your social networking status is "open" and you don't mind having the information out there, I don't see the harm in it. The device itself looks clunky; I'm certain they will shrink it down at some point.

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You don't have to be an axe murderer to want privacy !! I have nothing to hide from Big Brother but I would still like the idea of having a level of privacy, (which is diminshing by the year), in my very simple life, I wouldn't want a robot tracking my every move, then telling me how to improve it, or have it check in with Big Brother, (under the guise of it charging), to tell them of my movements or whereabouts, who thinks up this scary kind of crap!

Sadly people, Big Brother is already able to do all those things if you're a threat. We have satellites that can identify a blackhead under Nosama's crusty beard for God's sake. Systems are already in place that allow the gov't to do all the things you're afraid of. Your IP adress logs EVERYWHERE you go on the internet, your cable provider knows every channel you watch, your telephone logs each number you call/duration and possibly conversation depending on context,even logs numbers that you text. Your Facebook is now "steamlined" to the world. You can be triangulated to exact location on google maps. The list goes on and on. So lets focus less on the "Big Brother" aspect because we all know and more on the applications of such technologies. For instance, for someone with epileptic disorder this could be a great thing. Seizures can be multi-causal and a device such as this could help identify what may have caused an episode by tracking daily routine and help prevent future episodes in the future. This could also be LifeAlert with an Ipod attached. Listen to your tunes in comfort, if you go into arrest we'll call the ambulance. These are just a couple of instances where this could be utilized to great effect. Yes, there are potential black ops uses for these types of devices. But almost every device on the planet can be converted to such uses with the proper modifications. Let's focus less on Big Brother and more on what PopSci posted it for, the advance in the technology.

Sadly people, Big Brother is already able to do all those things if you're a threat. We have satellites that can identify a blackhead under Nosama's crusty beard for God's sake. Systems are already in place that allow the gov't to do all the things you're afraid of. Your IP adress logs EVERYWHERE you go on the internet, your cable provider knows every channel you watch, your telephone logs each number you call/duration and possibly conversation depending on context,even logs numbers that you text. Your Facebook is now "steamlined" to the world. You can be triangulated to exact location on google maps. The list goes on and on. So lets focus less on the "Big Brother" aspect because we all know and more on the applications of such technologies. For instance, for someone with epileptic disorder this could be a great thing. Seizures can be multi-causal and a device such as this could help identify what may have caused an episode by tracking daily routine and help prevent future episodes in the future. This could also be LifeAlert with an Ipod attached. Listen to your tunes in comfort, if you go into arrest we'll call the ambulance. These are just a couple of instances where this could be utilized to great effect. Yes, there are potential black ops uses for these types of devices. But almost every device on the planet can be converted to such uses with the proper modifications. Let's focus less on Big Brother and more on what PopSci posted it for, the advance in the technology.

sorry for double post guys