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| Mobile Persocom | ||
| A personal computer in human form. |
In the Chobits, persocoms are "person computers"; in the series, persocoms can be custom-built, and some are even rumored to have free will and emotions.
Persocoms serve a variety of puposes. Watch Sumomo star getting everyone into shape in the following video.
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| Technovelgy from Chobits,
by Manga Clamp. Published by Young Magazine in 2002 Additional resources -
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For reference purposes, this is the "Wakey Wakey" exercise.
(Via Chobits fandom wiki.)
A Persocom is a very advanced technology first made in Japan. They are made to be human-like computers and come in three different types: Mobile, Laptop, and PC. They can be utilized as computers, of course, and can download software to search with and use the Internet, send messages via e-mail, call or receive calls, download freeware from the Internet, and download programs.
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'What would you do,' Eric asked the robot cabdriver, 'if your wife had turned to stone, your best friend were a toad, and you had lost your job?'
'those suits they wear -- call them 'stillsuits' -- that reclaim the body's own water...'
'Now, except for weight and heat, the same conditions prevail in this chamber as in space.'
'there were so many worms and counterworms loose in the data-net...'
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'..the synthetic intellects at the Place of Knowledge had far outstripped the minds of men.'
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