The Robots’ newest creation is a miniature Death Star with Mickey Mouse ears – for kids. Adults find it “terrifying”, but children are inexorably drawn to its shiny, black, unknowable visage.

John Brownlee writing for fastcodesign

“What makes Mickeyphon so fun for kids is that it actually incorporates the sounds they make into its songs. When Mickeyphon picks up a noise around it—a cough, a giggle, the sound of someone talking—it automatically records it, then uses it to replace a sample in the song.”

Perhaps it’s best they learn at an early age that The Robots are always listening.