When Sentry Mode is activated, a large red dot appears on the touchscreen, clearly inspired HAL 9000, a fictional artificial intelligence character from the 1968 film. In the meantime, it has been ...

the HAL 9000. Depicted by filmmaker Stanley Kubrick as a camera lens with a glowing red dot – a cycloptic eye that enabled him to read lips – HAL was voiced to chilling effect by Douglas Rain ...

This one-sixth scale replica of HAL 9000 has no smarts and no ill intentions, but it does recreate the computer’s glowing red eye whenever it’s plugged into your computer. You’re right to be ...

It’s built around Adafruit’s existing Massive Red Arcade Button ... Alternatively, consider building a HAL replica with more capability, like controlling your home. Just don’t give it ...

Oh, and as a bonus: There's a creepy red "eye" on the accessory which flickers and glows along with Siri's voice. To see how all that looks in action, take a peek at this video demo: IRIS 9000 is ...

Granted, this thing is a 100% accurate replica of the evil computer HAL 9000 from 2001 ... the replica obviously has a red LED eye and it talks. The replica will cycle through 15 phrases from ...