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The Sony Aibo. News.com reports that according to the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, researchers discovered that patients in nursing homes respond just as well to a flesh and blood dog as they do a silicon and circuits robot in the world of companionship.

Since older individuals in extended nursing care often do not have the energy or resources to adequately care for an animal, a robotic companion may fill that lonely niche.

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