The Robotic Cat

It's pretty common for children to have toy animals, but I recently ran across a video of a robotic cat apparently intended for elderly adults, put on YouTube by a user called DamnGeeky.  The video shows the "cat" moving its front paws, and emitting reasonable facsimiles of the purr and meow sounds made by real cats.

This is not satire from The Onion.  According to Toyland, The Verge and Mashable, this is a real product.  In my not-so-humble opinion, I think it might be worth having if it can catch mice, climb trees, and unravel balls of string, but the only advantage it has over real cats is that it doesn't need a litter box.  But if you want one, go here.