First animal flavor up is a panda suit. Who in fuck rents high-tech animal suits? Outside of Big Hollywood movie types. What man or woman wakes in the morning and thinks, “Gee, It’d be nifty to have a fully realized and motorized Panda suit to frolic about the woods all mamby pamby-like.”
On second thought, I don’t wanna know.
Japanese multimedia production company Buildup Co., Ltd. has announced that it will begin renting high-quality animatronic suits this month. The first suit they will rent is a panda suit that contains various technological features to help it achieve a more realistic look. The panda’s face contains 14 remote control servo motors, which let the panda make facial expressions ranging from “pleasant smiles to angry grimaces” at the will of its controller. The suit contains a CCD camera system and a pair of video goggles for the person inside, removing the need for an unsightly peephole on the suit and increasing the range of vision for the wearer. The suit also comes equipped with a system that will set the suit on fire if it detects that it’s being used for perverse sexual desires. Okay, it probably doesn’t, but it should. I watched the video. That has to be the most retarded idea ever.
It’s days like these I weep for humanity.
(via geekologie)
