It…Moves

By Lev Grossman | @leverus | May 20, 2008 | +

I don’t know if I have ever been more baffled by a consumer electronics product than I am by Sony’s Rolly, an MP3 player that sort of rolls around and flashes while it plays music. As of today it can be yours in exchange for 400 Earth dollars.

I cannot imagine how a non-high person could purchase, use, or have invented this object. I just imagine myself trying to use it as a regular MP3 player and feeling it twitch impotently in my pocket as I walk down the street.

A French (for some reason) ad for the Rolly:

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