A humanoid cell phone: Elfoid

You didn't even blink your eyes, or a company came up with another, fiftieth edition of a cell phone. Some people are crazy enough to buy the latest mobile phones all the time, even though the 'old' phone still works. For those, this new type of cell phone, might be interesting: Elfoid.

A research institute in Japan created this special cell phone, with a kinda odd appearance. It has the shape of a half-formed human, with a skinlike exterior, from where sounds comes out if its head.
It is created with the idea 'to make users feel closer to the person they are conversing with'. Elderly, for example, can have a more comforting feeling if they're talking to their grandchildren on (or to) the Elfoid instead of a regular cell phone.

The creators are not done yet with the Elfoid. They want the robot 'to move its head and arms based on the voice and movements of the other line, which will be captured on video and transmitted to the other phone.'  I still need to get used to the appearance of this speciale phone, but i'm glad that this isn't just a standard upgraded-new-version-with-new-apps-and-angry-animals-games-and-other-useless-stuff cell phone.

Elfoid is the smaller version of last years' creation Telenoid R1. Check out the video of Telenoid R1, here at Jumi!