Dalek toy turned into roving surveillance bot

Posted by Cory Doctorow, June 23, 2008 7:44 AM | permalink

Wil Harris from Channel Flip sez, "Take one remote control Dr Who Dalek toy, add a state of the art pinhole security camera, pair with wireless transmitter and hard disk recorder - and voila, an incognito security device for the geek office or home. This bot was made by a London security firm for an anonymous client and we got to play with it!" Link (Thanks, Wil!)

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#1 posted by Torchwood , June 23, 2008 8:46 AM

An exceedingly fitting piece of kit!
Perhaps mps is developing these as roving cctv's with death rays!

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#2 posted by cortana , June 23, 2008 10:31 AM

EXTERMINATE!!!

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#3 posted by AirPillo , June 23, 2008 10:37 AM

Why is this paired with a background ripped from a Fallout 3 teaser?

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#4 posted by Enochrewt , June 23, 2008 10:38 AM

But is it the model that can navigate stairs?

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#5 posted by macisaguy

, June 23, 2008 11:26 AM

I'm with Airpillo....why are they showcasing this thing in front of a Fallout 3 background? It's just...odd. Which I guess for a Dalek toy makes sense...but still. Weird and unecessary pairing.

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#6 posted by padster123 , June 23, 2008 12:57 PM

Shhhh - you're giving Skynet ideas! Is this how it starts?

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#7 posted by Bonnie

, June 23, 2008 3:34 PM

However, the only way it turns on is if Rose Tyler touches it.

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#8 posted by eustace , June 23, 2008 8:03 PM

Even if I owned it, I wouldn't be able to resist kicking it across the room. Hard.