Pinokio

December 15th, 2012

Pinokio is smarter than your average anglepoise lamp.¹

[Via jwz]

Not to mention creepier. I was feeling a certain amount of sympathy for the poor thing being teased and tricked, with up until the moment it started flipping that power switch back on. ↩

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