Virtual Pets

These cute cork Rilakkuma coasters are made in Japan from natural cork and are officially licensed by San-X.

The Minecraft Wolf SquishMe mascot from Evolete is one of 8 squeezable characters from the popular sandbox video game.

The love of cats on the Internet is infamous. From 'Grumpy Cat' to 'Lil Bub,' cats make up some of the most viewed content on the web. Thought Catalogue has described them as the “unofficial mascot of the Internet.” But there is a marked difference between viral and real cats, namely some of the same differences we find between domesticated and feral felines.

I guess the original impetus for Goat Simulator was to compete with the Internet’s love of dogs and cats. I’m certainly a dedicated advocate of dogs with the release of my new online initiative known as ‘Canines Reimagined’ — but so much for my obvious self-promotion — "goats' seem to be the latest Internet craze sweeping the zeitgeist.

SONY's AIBO robotic pet dog is returning to store shelves but Rover's return won't come cheap since SONY requires owners to subscribe to a pricey cloud back-up service.

Did we mention Qoobo has no head, arms or legs? Yeah, this therapeutic and hypoallergenic robotic pet is basically a furry purring 'body' with a tail that wags, which isn't at all disturbing – especially to those already IN therapy.

Look into the glowing eyes of Pleurobot, the world's first robotic salamander!  That's right, folks!  Scientists have built a mechanized amphibian.  But why?

Look!  Up in the sky!  It's a bird!  It's... What is that?  It's not quite a bird...  Is it?