A Taiwanese company known as MingJong has released some colorful robotic UVC compliant USB 2.0 webcams called ‘M6637U’ that sport 1.3-megapixels.

These little guys have the right idea. If you want to take over the world, you have to appeal to those lovers of cute and colorful desk accessories. Put a bunch together and they are clearly interacting, comparing notes for our eventual assimilation. Then when a human comes back into the room they all freeze. There’s not a whole lot of info on these guys, but be weary. Never turn your back on one.
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It wasn’t all that long ago that I was bitching about the complete lack of robot USB drives. Now we are getting more then we can handle. Philips has regaled us with its Active Crystal collection for awhile. This time around it’s got Swarovski crystals into the 2008 range. The 2GB Robot Naughty Raymond, in black, is already available, and to give him some companionship, here comes the USB Happy Laura. It’s set in white with sparkling crystals for the body and features for the face. The cute girlly bot even has ruby lips! Happy Laura has a 2GB capacity and will be available in Europe for 150€ or $238.

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Team is doing something about the almost complete lack of robot flash drives, with their “T-Bot R50″ robot-shaped flash drives that were shown off at the Computex event. Looks like they’ll come in 1GB,2GB,4GB and 8GB sizes. You can choose between red, white, blue or black. They have a cool retro look.

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All I can say is, it’s about time. The detail is really nice on this little droid. And it does more then just sit there. R2’s head moves every 3 minutes and lights up, plus it has some cool sound effects. There’s also a Darth Vader model, but R2 is the one we want. Unfortunately, they’re only in Japan for now.

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I don’t know if you noticed, but there are not a ton of Robot USB drive options available. That’s why I’ll be picking up one of these. This little guy is a 256MB drive and includes a clasp to attach to your keychain. He could have more memory, but who cares. He’ll cost you $28.50.

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