This year the Robosapien Robot from Wow Wee may be emerging as the hot toy to buy. Not only are kids interested the programmable toy robot, but geeks
have been having fun hacking and programming the toy. The popular toy
even made it onto the hit show comedy, the Daily Show with John Stewart. Host John Stewart displayed a graphic of Robosapien blasting last years popular toy, Elmo, with a laser. The robot comes with 67 pre-programmed functions including pick-up, throw, kick, sweep, dance, fart, belch, rap and kung-fu moves. The robot, which was designed by NASA scientists, can also be programmed to perform a series of commands by the owner. The robot retails for $99.