Microsoft is working on a teddy bear that will allow parents to be "two places at once" because the bear will be "watching your kids". >The teddy bear sitting in the corner of the child's room might look normal, until his head starts following the kid around using a face recognition program, perhaps also allowing a parent talk to the child through a special phone, or monitor the child via a camera and wireless Internet connection. I can almost imagine the Platonic or even Sartrean tale of a child raised entirely by a robot teddy bear who emoted based on facial recognition software (written by Microsoft) and who facilitated communication between parent and spawn through a speaker/microphone combo (made by Microsoft) in the teddy's eyes. The Child would emerge eventually, nostalgic at each fast food drive-though, seeing humans as only shadows of themselves. I would personally cast Philip K. Dick as the writer and McDonalds as sponsor. [(link)](http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=545978&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312)