Natal prototype model revealed (it's either adorable or terrifying)
by Griffin McElroy 
on Feb 4th 2010 11:05AM
The image above could serve as kind of robotic Rorschach test. What do you see? A cute little tripod help-o-bot, whose head is cocked curiously to the side, as though it's studying its new master to better serve his or her robotic needs? Or is it a three-legged killing machine, who's observing his new master's weaknesses, which it plans to exploit with its now-charging eye lasers?
Sadly, the answer's not as provocative as either of those two choices -- its actually a photo of a
Project Natal prototype, as
nabbed by the Seattle Times. According to the report which includes the photograph, Natal units and iPhones are being produced in the same factory. We're terrified of the thought of these two consumer electronics cross-pollinating -- we're
pretty sure that's how SkyNet got started.
[Via
Siliconera]
