This Personal Assistant Gadget is also a Cat!

Ever wanted to have a cat, but didn’t want to deal with the litterbox mess or the other responsibilities of being a pet owner? What about having a cat that talks back?

KiQ is a snarky, feline, personal assistant that connects with your smartphone and will alert you to incoming messages, calls, reminders, and even tell you jokes that you can personalize.

The gadget, which is currently raising money on Kickstarter, gets the jokes from comedy writers and is also supposed to react to certain gestures while telling jokes. If you pet KiQ, he’ll register that you liked a joke. If you don’t enjoy one, you can smack him, just like with a real cat! (Note: don’t smack a real cat).

According to their Kickstarter page, KiQ can sense when you’re in range, using that as a cue to activate. He’ll also stay quiet if you put him on his side, sort of like forcing a cat to go to sleep. (Note: don’t force a cat to go to sleep).

Okay, so KiQ isn’t exactly like a real cat at all. But you can pet him, and instead of walking around and sleeping on your keyboard, he’ll actually try and help you throughout the day.

KiQ does have some value in the work place, but mostly it’s promised to be a fun, smart toy. The company wanted to create something like Siri, but with a sense of humour.

“We spent months researching existing personal assistant technologies and found them all to be lacking in…what’s the word? Oh yes–personality,” the company wrote on the Kickstarter page.

“We wanted a personal assistant who will keep us organized and on schedule but who can also be fun and irreverent. Plus we’re allergic to real cats.”

Sounds like good enough of a reason to me. Cats are wonderful. The only problem is that they don’t have a sense of humour.

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