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Weird News 27 Aug 2005 15:01

Robotic squirrel to answer your phone

A research student at MIT in America has invented an animatronic squirrel that sits on your desk and deals with your mobile phone calls by working out how important they are, and whether or not you're busy or asleep.

Most importantly, rather than having an annoying ringtone it waves and moves about. It can also talk to callers.

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