Let Your Friends Know You're Online with Availabot

Another day, another unusual USB device. This is the Availabot. Program it to recognise a particular IM friend, and it will stand straight and tall when they're on-line, and collapse into a sad heap when they are not. They can even be made to resemble your friends. (This, of course, is to add to the avatar experience I'm sure, and not so you can flick the Availabot squarely on the head every time your chat buddy says something ridiculous - or to act out Availabot puppet shows with your friends as the dramatis persona. ) And, as you can plug in as many as your machine can handle....you can work surrounded by a small, standing-up/sitting down puppet army. And surely that won't be distracting.

Currently these little guys (and gals) are only compatible with iChat - but they're planning on making them Skype and Windows compatible in the future.

Availabot (via pasta and vinegar)

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