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Nixie: Wearable Camera That Can Fly
From the interwebs:
"Nixie isn’t going to be on this Christmas’ shopping list and is simply a concept at this stage."
and
"The Nixie prototype, as it is now, looks like it could break at a moment’s notice, and resembles more a school science project than the next big wearable."
and
"Nixie is currently in prototype stage and as an idea, was born only ten days before the deadline for the competition. But despite having a lot of work to do, the team's pitch convinced the judges not only that the product is brilliant, but that the team has a viable business plan and can make the product, quite literally, take off. Prize money will be used for improving the propellers, motors and object navigation, as well as miniaturisation of the whole product."
I still think Intel got conned.
What this tells me is that everybody sees potential but that what they showed in the video was pure concept design. They have a very long road ahead of them still. My key issues are and remain:
Getting the booms to bend around the wrist so as to bring the motor pods back together.
Fitting the electronics into a format that will fit onto a wrist.
Maintain an acceptable level of performance for an acceptable level of time.
Funny thing is that they mention all of the things I've commented on:
Propellers, miniaturization, and navigation.
I would add form factor and battery life. But Props will be a key issue as getting efficient props at this size is very difficult and maintain tolerances in production.
These competitions never give out cash prizes for theory, they only pay off for actual working prototypes. Otherwise SpaceX would be a movie, as would Deepflight and whatever they called the solar plane...along with dozens of other technologies that have come from these competitions. They just don't pay off on these competitions unless you can PROVE you solved the problems (known AND unknown) and MADE at least one prototype that works.
Intel is no dummy. They know full well you can use their own product to create a video showing anything you wish, so they would NOT be 'conned' out of $500000 with a video. That's a silly thing to say.
I'll come back and tell you that you seem to be wrong today. :-)
EDIT: Don't get me wrong, you may be right it will take 5 years to make them cheap and durable enough to sell them.
Shopping at Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.de and Amazon.ca (Sift Talk Post)
Well I hope it works, I just purchased a DS game for my boy and used the link. When will you know whether it does work through those links? I'm gonna be doing a lot of my christmas shopping through there in a couple of months!
Three 'Old' Ladies Attempt To Stop A Fugitive
'After evading more than 20 police officers as he weaved through a busy city centre, the fugitive must have thought escape was within his grasp.
But just as he entered the final straight, dashing across a bridge, he met his match - in the form of three middle-aged women out Christmas shopping.'
So, who here has a list of videos to submit to VS? (Sift Talk Post)
LadyBug: Are you doing Christmas shopping and buying all of us, VS members, gifts? [grin]
Road Rage
*promote again for Black Friday and crazy Christmas shopping.
Fire: Ruining Christmas One Year at a Time (0:54)
LOL, I try to avoid Christmas shopping altogether - making gifts is better than buying them.
Unless it involves getting Lego - I can't make Lego sets.
Yet.
Peanuts - Charlie Brown Christmas. Yes, the entire special (25:41)
Damn, I gotta get my Christmas shopping done.