GeekBeat Live #67

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Its Unboxing Time

The Manhatten Mondo USB Hub

The Magnespot

The Touchfire

The nPower Peg

The Smarter Stand

The MyCharge

Porsche 918 Spyder

caught on tape on the Nürburgring in Germany
–sneaky videographer
–5K next fall
–V8 w/ 2 electric motors
–0 to 60 in just over 3 seconds
–78mpg fuel efficiency

Brammo Empulse has a Transmission

has actual clutch and gear transmission
–electric vehicles produce alien driving feel w/o gears & clutch
–Brammo Empulse elec. bike tries to fix that
–Integrated Electric Transmission (IET)
–mechatronic propulsion unit
–emulates feeling of combustion engine
–specially dev’d elec. motor, clutch, gear shift
–accelerate hard from line to high top speed
–single ratio elec. bike just cannot do this
–water cooling & battery charges in 8 hrs
–121 mi. city range, 56 mi. highway
–100mph top speed
–2 driving modes: Normal (limited acceleration and top speed)
–Sport for reverse combination
– for 400 mi. of range
– ,995 for Empulse/,995 for Empulse R
–accepting pre-orders now

Aston Martin Vantage V12

517 horsepower
420 ft·lb of torque
0-62 mph in 4.5 seconds
Top speed is 190 mph

iRobot Museum Tour

–gadget filled Mass. HQ
–large variety of autonomous devices
–early Roomba prototype
–creepy “My Real Baby”/ / reacts to tickling
–plenty of industrial and military gear on hand
–long cylindrical bot used for repairing oil rigs
–full-size self-driving vehicle
–wall-climbing robot that uses suction cup wheels
–creepy crab-like prototype
–collection not open to the public

Live forever – as a robot

Bina48 is a project designed to take data from a real person and use AI to recreate them as a robot.
–A database (“Mindfile”) contains memories, photos, videos, conversations, personality tests
–allows her to think and make decisions

Escalator Incident

Self-penned obituary

Would you confess to all your mistakes before dying?
–Val Patterson died of throat cancer, but wrote obituary before
–“As it turns out, I AM the guy who stole the safe from the Motor View Drive Inn back in June, 1971.”
–”I really am NOT a PhD. What happened was that the day I went to pay off my college student loan… the girl working there put my receipt into the wrong stack, and two weeks later a PhD diploma came in the mail. I didn’t even graduate.”
–“My regret is that I felt invincible when young and smoked cigarettes when I knew they were bad for me. Now, to make it worse, I have robbed my beloved Mary Jane of a decade or more of the two of us growing old together and laughing at all the thousands of simple things that we have come to enjoy.”

Astro

compact and simple intervalometer + motion control for time lapse photography
–3,085 pledged of ,000 goal
–36 days to go

Picosteady

camera stabilizer for iPhones, smart phones, point & shoot, DSLRs, GoPro’s
–ultra lightweight & very compact
–affordable 9
–9 for kickstarter people
–made in USA
–k goal, raised k
–20 days to go

Ringbow

wearable ring device that enhances the way you interact with touch-devices
–designed especially for Mobile Gaming
–functionality of a mouse, keyboard and joystick simultaneously with your touch
–touch screen gaming, remote control of OS, presentations, answer phone remotely
–0k goal, rasied 9k
–45 hours to go

Portable Charger

rechargeable portable battery
–4 retractable cord reels — 3ft long
–can charge multiple devices simultaneously
–25,000 mAh battery
–largest portable charger available
–2 additional USB ports
–9, pledge – pay 9 anytime in future
–K goal, + raised
–42 days to go

Botiful

-Android Telepresence robot
–VERY small & compact
–Securely holds phones, uses Skype
–gives you motion and head controls
–90k goal, k raised
–32 days to go

The Lumi Process

print using light
–dye formula from the 50′s
–k goal, raised 6k
–9 days to go

iSpeech Home

talk to your house just like on Eureka!
–control your home w/ your voice
–built on top of a hybrid embedded and server speech recognition architecture
–TV, ventilation, home entertainment, irrigation, lighting, security, heating & washer/dryer
–supports 26 languages
–follow up questions & exploratory, conversational experience
–no partners on board right now
–expect to have iSpeech Home-powered products in 6-12mos.

 

Digital Mirror

mirror/video screen to help in physical therapy
–first it shows you the range of movement on a video
–then it records your efforts to do the movement
–you can play back and see your progress
–see your progress in real time
–several diff. ex. programs – stretch, muscle strength, etc
–can be set to use standing or sitting
–medical setting only as cost is really high
–,412
–accepting orders starting today

Box Bug

kids love making cardboard stuff
–clear plastic body on outside
–cardboard gripping plastic wheels
–wheels turn 2 round blades as you glide over cardboard
–small space thin enough for cardboard
–not large enough for fingers to get in
–ejects thing strip of cardboard
–strips can be used for decoration

Mashed Potato Machine

Maggi mashed potato vending machine at 7-11
–Maggi’s famous seasoning sauce
–powdered mashed potatoes & soups
–dispenses just like a drink machine
–machines very popular, esp. in Singapore
–not sure if/when US will get them

Karen the Bus Monitor gets 0,000

Lenovo’s CEO Gives His M Bonus to workers

CEO Yang Yuanqing got a million bonus for healthy sales
–He earned M last year
–Gave his bonus to 10,000 receptionists, production-line workers, and assistants
– average bonus of 4 (a month’s wage)

Cyborg Attack

Steve Mann, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Toronto
–renowned as the world’s first cyborg (Digital Eye Glass)
–attacked in McDonald’s in Paris
–McDonald’s statement “several staff members involved have been interviewed individually,  and all independently and consistently expressed that their interaction with Dr. Mann was polite and did not involve a physical altercation.”

Today on GeekBeat Live..

We are going casual today.. so bear with us..

Most of the crew is out of town this week.