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Video data from initial test deployment
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N.B. time stamps on transmitted
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AGENT FURBY

animatronic voice-sensitive, interactive toy





INTERACTION INNOVATION:
provide automated companionship for television watching,
relentless verbal time reporting includes daily year update

VIDEO TRIGGER:
signal burst at onset of interaction attempt by character,
movement of head, limbs and any communication attempt
will trigger video capture for 1 seconds or for the duration
of the electrical event, whichever is longer.


NUMBER IN ACTION:
1 deployed; 9 additional actimate deployments
pending site confirmations

USER STATUS:
complicit, age range 6mnths-2 years; income dependent
on parental purchasing power; has purchased other
microsoft products in the last 6 months; do not drive;
do not receive corporate promotions.

USER INCOME:
total household income / x^.5 (assuming moderate
returns to household scale, marginal child equivalency
of one-half a parent).
















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Initial findings
-------------------
1: most actions
initiated by Furby
triggered no
response from
user - i.e.
failed-interaction.

2: video shows
that successful
interactions
(both toy
and user
participating)
were initiated
by user. 




  

 Symbol             Daily Value    Last  Chge  

F1.1 - 04/01/00       16   18        -10    +2   
----Start Date----    ----Start Price--

 04/01/00                2436
------Moving Average------      ---------Momentum---------

Day     04      18      40      Day     04      18      40

      2071    2070    2134             -74     -10    -210
--------Stochastic--------      ---Directional Indicator--

Day     04      14      20      Day     04      14      20

Sto  29.17   26.92   50.00      ADX  21.05   24.51   24.01

%k   31.23   41.30   49.22      -DI  21.64   23.61   24.99

%d   37.17   50.42   48.28      +DI  15.46   15.97   16.36
-----Relative Strength----      ----Historic Volatility----

Day     04      14      20      Day     04      14      20

     40.37   39.65   38.93           15.66%  19.42%  21.51%


    Date    Open    High     Low    Last  Chge  --52 Week--

04/22/00    2050    2072    2044    2064   +12  -------High----

04/21/00    2044    2072    2020    2052    +2  04/22/00   2994



04/18/00    2064    2074    2046    2050   -20  --------Low----

04/17/00    2102    2130    2056    2070   -16  04/01/00   1960



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