God forbid that we should be without music for even a moment. Without some ungodly racket how would we ever get through the horrid drudgery of another day? How would we even know who we are without a bunch of shrieking thugs defining our feelings?
Ipod has decided that they are no longer content to simply drowning out the sounds of birds and homeless people during short walks or subway trips. They have decided to soundtrack every single moment of our waking lives. We need never hear ourselves think again. It’s all music all the time from here on out.
And, as always, a robot is involved.
Miuro follows you around the house, playing music and dancing. ZMP Inc‘s president, Mr. Hisashi Taniguchi, said this about his company’s creation: “The robot helps you listen to music wherever you are without even thinking about it. Sometimes I don’t even have the energy to put on a CD.”
So, Mr. Taniguchi has the energy to run a corporation, but when it comes to getting off his ass, walking to his stereo and hoisting a thin silver disc into it – he’s just too damn tired. Just how lazy is the world getting when successful Japanese businessmen, a group once renowned for working until they dropped dead in Karaoke Bars, can no longer walk ten feet with a CD?
Maybe, if the music isn’t worth that tiny investment of energy, it’s not worth paying a $1000 for a robot.
2 comments
mona lisa
September 6, 2006 at 6:33 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
wow, a robot that will help me listen to music. i’ve always wanted one of those because it really is hard doing it all on my own, mr. taniguchi’s right, sometimes i just don’t have the energy.
Grumpy
September 8, 2006 at 9:33 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
If I want to hear a bunch of music that a robot chose and that I cannot escape from, I’ll live in a shopping mall.