Needies Interactive Plush Toys Need Love and Attention
Posted on May 9, 2005
Needies need you. These unusual stuffed creatures actually need your affection and respond with songs and flattery when they receive it. Needies also get jealous if you are giving to much attention to another Needie.
The Needies are created by Amos Bloomberg, Daniel Perlin, and Brett Schultz at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program. There are three Needies: Dannie, Mossie and Brettie. The Needies also have their own theme song called, "Everyone Loves to be Loved." Needies also each have their own individual songs. One of them looks kind of like a Schmoo.
To create these unusual plush toys the Needies team says that each Needie has a "custom developed electronic nervous system that they use to talk, sing, and feel hugs."