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Toyota Made a Tiny Robot To Keep You Company On Your Commute Kirobo Mini by Toyota (photo courtesy of Conde Nast Entertainment's The Scene) Toyota bills this as their "vision of a future where humans and artificial intelligence work together for a better world" Enter the $400, 10cm high, packed with tons of cuteness - Kirobo Mini. Toyota says "He can talk to you, gesture at you, and detect and respond to your emotions, but his mission as your new portable friend doesn’t end there." With people spending an average of 4.3 years of our lives in our cars (which equates to traveling to the moon and back three times) Toyota believes that much can be learnt about our behavior and emotion while driving. And that’s where Kirobo Mini could help. Thanks to  Conde Nast Entertainment and N EWSY for a peek into this cool robot driving companion.

Yeah so I never thought I'd say it but I love my 2007 touring model Prius, the only thing that drove me nuts for a while was the reverse and seatbelt beep. Luckily I've found a hack to turn it off give it a go. Disabling Reverse Beep • Power on the car, Cycle ODO/TRIP, stopping on ODO, Power off the car. • Power on, within 6 seconds, hold ODO for at least 10 seconds. • While still holding ODO shift into Reverse and back into Park. • b-on shows on speedometer display, press ODO to cycle to "b-off". • This also works for the seatbelt beep, replace shifting with buckling/un-buckling.