A lot of the postings on this blog recently have been a little technical, and this is likely to continue as we complete the series of posts looking at buying components to build your own PC. However it is definitely time for a bit of lighter relief.

The other day my wife showed me a short article in a magazine that she was reading that was all about a WiFi rabbit which goes by the name of a Nabaztag! A WiFi rabbit I kid you not! After investigating further I found that the name Nabaztag is apparently Armenian for rabbit, and that yes this is a WiFi enabled rabbit!  In fact it has been around for a while but this was the first I had heard of it. The Nabaztag is not a WiFi access point but a desktop gadget that uses WiFi to gather information from the Internet and then provide it back to you in various ways.  So you will have to have an already existing WiFi network.

The rabbit complete with revolving ears and mood lighting is able to do an impressive list of things, such as telling you the time, waking you up, reading the news, reading you messages from friends, reading RSS feeds, alerting you about new email, playing internet radio stations and telling you the local weather forecast.  It can be voice activated and is capable of detecting a persons presence in the room through an analysis of ambient noise levels and providing a suitable message, potentially scaring the wits out of any unsuspecting people.

My wife thought it would be a good way to enjoy the internet while ironing! I am not completely convinced interest would get past the initial novelty factor, but it is definitely different and as functionality is growing all the time perhaps the future is bright for this rabbit!

Have you got a Nabaztag? What do you think of it?