Photos: From Ambient Orb to wired bunny

The Nabaztag is a technological descendent of Ambient Devices' famous Ambient Orb, which debuted in 2004. Former students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created Ambient Devices to commercialize technology derived from MIT-backed research. The Ambient Executive Dashboard (shown here) doesn't need to be connected to anything. It takes batteries and works via Ambient Device's own wireless network. Owners can choose to monitor items like the trading volume on the stock market, Web site traffic, street traffic, the S&P 500, or minutes left on a cell phone.