[Ads-l] "VibraPurr" -- Senior WOTY ...

[Joel Berson]

or perhaps Of Next Year, if sales go viral.


Toy maker Hasbro Inc. last week unveiled its first product designed specifically for older consumers: a $99 robotic cat that's programmed to roll over and purr when it's petted and stroked...."The cat will meow in various different ways, depending on how it's interacted with," said Ted Fischer, Hasbro's vice president of business development, describing what the company calls its "VibraPurr" technology. "It's a very calming kind of feeling as it's sitting on your lap."

Boston Globe, Nov. 24, 2015, page 1.

Joel

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