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Greetings! Nicholas and Jimin here live from the big TiVo Premiere launch in New York. There was a man guarding the device, which was hidden under a cloak, but when the cloak was lifted, oh dear! The gist: this is a TiVo you’re probably going to want. HD menus (build using Adobe Flash), searching that actually makes sense, a fancy remote control, and other goodness that you wouldn’t mind. So the UI almost goes without saying: it’s been a long time since you could look at a TiVo and say “Well, that looks good.” It’s built using Adobe Flash, so all of the fancy swoops and swishes you’ve associated with Flash over the years totally applies. I’d almost say Zune HD like, which is a prety big compliment considering what I had to do to get my Zune HD to work. The remote ain’t too shabby, either. It’s exactly like any slider phone you’ve used in the past few years. The “standard” shape has the normal buttons you’d assoiciate with a remote control: volume up down, channel numbers, etc. Flip it open and it becomes a QWERTY keyboard. So, if you’re hankering to watch Lost, just type “L“ and all the shows you have on the TiVO beginning with “L” pop up: Lost, Leopards Are Fun (on Animal Planet), etc. I have literally sat here for one minute trying to think of shows that begin with “L” and I couldn’t.
I decided to take a gander through the car audio section of the show and was met with quite possibly some of the most grandiose automobiles I have ever been within 5 feet of. Despite the purpose of these vehicles being to showcase the audio systems these companies can create, flashing lights and bright colors seemed to be the attention getting method of choice. Although, more often than not, I heard Soulja Boy being passed as music. Gross. Anyway, the image descriptions will tell you exactly why these constructs made the most ridiculous list.
They had this thing on display at Unveiled, but there was only one and nobody was really allowed to touch it. But Lenovo was nice enough to let me check this one out at their party last night in the Venetian. I’ve got to start running down to this meeting at a whole other location down the street, so I can’t write a blow by blow, but the video is pretty self-explanatory. The exhibitor is pretty much on autopilot, showing off the different modes, so you’ll get the full show. My impressions were: pretty cool. The tablet portion is obviously at the very edge of its power, so I think they might have overdone it there, and a lot will depend on how well the little widgets work, but all in all it’s an elegant little interface. At $1000 it’s too expensive for anyone but zealous early adopters, though. At any rate, it’s a cool idea, and the hardware is really nice.
They don’t really explain this button in the lower right hand corner, though. It’s where the arrow keys would normally be, so maybe it’s an all-in-one arrow? That’d be awesome. It’ll cost $60 and will be available exclusively at Best Buy. We’ll get a hands on later.
The 6-inch e-redaer slides open, quite possibly like a phone you once owned. It’s only black and white, too, so those of you expecting Samsung to usher in the era of color e-reaers will be disappointed.
The fact is, all of these e-readers are so similar that it really does come down to where you can get books from. For the E6, Samsung partnered with Google to bring its vast collection of public domain books to the reader. And while a partnership with Google is great, and may well lead to future fun and excitement, the idea of partnering up with someone just to get public domain books is sorta weird. Whereas the nook and Kindle are backed by the Barnes and Noble and Amazon bookstores, respectively, the E6 doesn’t have that same commercial relationship, at least not yet. So, again, as a device not too bad, but e-readers are so similar these days (at least until a company releases a full-color one) that it’s sorta like choosing between an Xbox 360 an PS3: which exclusive games (read: books) are you most interested in reading? And you go from there. It should be available in March (such are the current plans) for $399, with a 10-inch version costing $599. From the press release:
There are two new dual-screen cameras, but I think we all feel the same way about those (soul-destroying apathy) so I’m going to skip them. The lower-end cameras are probably decent, but for their price you can almost certainly get Canons that will take them to school. And the NX10 got announced last week, to say nothing of its presence on the net for some months now. That leaves the luxury ones, which are the funnest to write up anyway. You’ve got two: the TL240 and CL80. The CL80 is the mega-lux version; it’s got 14.2 megapixels, a 7x zoom, a 3.7″ AMOLED touchscreen, and has both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. That screen is gorgeous, I’m guessing, although there are reports of said screens being bad in bright daylight — and that’s a situation you’ll be in a lot with a camera like this. The built-in wireless connection will be great if the software it uses (if any) isn’t too terrible. Given that it’s not a Sony camera, I think we’ve got hope.
The TL240 is the CL80 minus the wireless and the AMOLED screen; instead, it has a regular 3.5″ screen which I’m sure is just fine. Of course, the both of them have the usual HDMI connectors, 720p video, and smile shutters. I’m not sure I like the “touch of color” that appears when you extend the lens. It might lead to lots of pictures of people peering over the lens at that ring of magenta. Also, I’d like to extend a wag of the finger to Samsung for, instead of sending 20 medium-sized pictures with various angles and backdrops, giving four pictures (none of the TL24) with the incredible dimensions of 6000×4000 pixels. Really, guys? Which publication asked for those?!
What AppMakr lacks in vowels they make up for in coolness. AppMakr is a dead easy app design engine that allows you to enter a URL or search term, pick a few images, and publish an app to the App Store in a few minutes. The service uses RSS feeds and searches to build a comprehensive feed of your website or “personal brand” that is updated automatically. You can then push the app live for $199 or download the app to your own machine for $499. The pricing is a little weird. Here’s the official skinny:
You can also hire the company to help you for $120 an hour, although that’s not really necessary. The process is simple. You first enter your URL or search terms. The system searches for feeds and media and then places it into a browser. You can also grab logos from your disk or a URL. The simulator demos your app as you build it. You then ad various feeds including YouTube, Digg, and TweetMeme data. The main feed shows on the front page while subsidiary feeds appear when you tap buttons at the bottom. The current templates do not allow for “static” pages – About pages, for example – but that is coming. The company just launched last night and we saw it live at a CES event. It seems like a great way for personal micro-brand-aware individuals to monetize their current feed value through the use of highly targeted data chunklets in a mobile context. Ha! Just kidding. But if you have a blog, it’s worth looking into.
Sharp also updated the bezel to create an overall fresh look with a translucent bottom bar and rounded corners. The models are also capable of streaming video from services like Netflix through Sprint’s system dubbed AQUOS Net. The models aren’t that far out either. Sharp is targeting a Spring 2010 launch with prices starting out $3299 for the smallest one and $6499 for the gigantic 68-inch.
Sharp also updated the bezel to create an overall fresh look with a translucent bottom bar and rounded corners. The models are also capable of streaming video from services like Netflix through Sprint’s system dubbed AQUOS Net. The models aren’t that far out either. Sharp is targeting a Spring 2010 launch with prices starting out $3299 for the smallest one and $6499 for the gigantic 68-inch.
This is Monster Cables’ second line of remotes. The first were a candybar-style Harmony clone. Just like the rest of Monster’s line, it was expensive at $600, but yet nice. I got a chance to spend a few minutes with Monsters’s new line after its presser today, and well, this one seems different. It’s inexpensive at $100 and feels cheap. Well, done Monster.
Anyway, Netgear has two new solutions, the Powerline 200 AV and the Powerline 200 AV+. The plus has an extra power outlet on it. Woot. Both transmit at 200Mbps. They are $149 and $169 respectively.
We just saw this box in action and it looks pretty hot. It’s essentially a set-top box that streams and play back multiple codecs. Here’s the money shot from the press release:
It is available now for $229.
Slingbox has released four new placeshifting devices. They are, in order of appearance: Slingbox 700U Sling Receiver 300
Sling Monitor 150 Sling Touch Control 100 We’ll take a look at all the devices tomorrow but until then, thank us for making your morning.
Speakers galore tonight. The Luna5 iPod dock sounds pretty good but looks great. That big weird thing on top is the speaker itself and it blasts out quite a bit of noise when you need it to. More pics after the jump.
The GF73 isn’t much to write home about but it’s a nice little gaming machine. It’s styled after the Stealth Bomber, whatever that means. Specs
You know people are bored when they’re more interested in the “mock” “future” “desingerish” “WTF” device than the actual laptops. Waveface is supposed to be ASUS’s new UI concept that uses foldable materials that you wear. You can jiggle your fingers to scroll, drop your device onto another device to share data, and call your space car over to you by waving. Yadda yadda.
We have lots of fun pictures for you to enjoy so we’ll leave it at that until organic engineering comes reaches the point when Waveface is actually possible.
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“Vibration is Life,” read a print commercial from 1910 advertising a vibrator. This hot new technology became available at the turn of the century when household electricity swept through America. Vibrators were originally developed to replace the tedious task of manual stimulation used by the doctors who were treating women with what they called “hysteria.” The original booty calls, these doctors, were put out of business with the advent of the consumer friendly vibrator in 1900. And one hundred years later, the technology just keeps getting better. The first vibrator made for medical purposes was released to doctors in 1880, with a consumer friendly version available in 1900, making the electric vibrator the 5th consumer friendly electric product available. The idea was to plug the bulky thing into the wall and let it pulsate for external or and sometimes internal stimulation. A metal device with a little rubber tip, these vibrators didn’t resemble the real thing but rather a dentist’s drill or hand held egg beater. Besides the electric vibrator, there were both hand crank and battery versions available as well. The most interesting was the air powered vibrator that plugged into a lady’s vacuum cleaner. Imagine walking in on that one. Vibrators became taboo sometime around the 1920s when porn was considered not suitable for polite conversation (it’s not?). Between the 1920s and 1980s, vibrators were marketed as “personal massagers” or “blood circulators,” with their true purpose concealed. Vibrators really began to evolve in the 1970s with the invention of the Hitachi Magic Wand. Much like the original vibrators, this vibrating device was originally marketed for medical purposes as a personal body massager. Probably now one of the most infamous sex toys, this bad boy is a couple’s favorite and was discreet enough to pass as a massager from the Sharper Image back in the day. In the 1980s when Americans began to become more sexualized, vibrators went from being ambiguous looking items to more realistic looking vibrating dildos. When mainstream stores like the Condom Store in NYC and TV shows like Sex and the City started promoting vibrator use in the 1980s and 1990s, vibrators began to again popularize in the mainstream. Since the 1980s and 1990s when the flood gates really opened, every type of vibrator under the sun has surfaced. Jelly dildos, the Pocket Rocket, discreet vibrating lipsticks, and the now iconic Rabbit Vibrator have become commonplace in the U.S. The Rabbit, a vibrating, undulating, dildo, filled with pearls to stimulate the G-spot and clit, took vibrator technology to the next level by combining clitoral stimulation, internal penetration, and G-spot action in one – setting the bar high for future vibrators. Since the invention of the Rabbit, vibrator technology has taken off. Vibrators made by companies like the Swedish design firm Lelo, are investments focused on design, functionality, ease of use, and material. Companies like OhMiBod take regular looking vibrators to the next level by offering vibes that sync with your iPod and pulsate to the beat. Remote controlled body worn vibrators have also become commonplace, great for couples looking for that extra oomph in the bedroom or while out to dinner. And vibrators aren’t just for women anymore, instead, male versions are surfacing such as the Fleshlight Vibro. The main trend in vibrator technology is to create a device that more closely mimics a real sexual experience, to go beyond a standard phallic shaped vibrator focused on clit or internal stimulation. Companies try to titillate and excite by mimicking the surprise and variation of real life sex. For example, the Sqweel was a completely new design in vibrators that mimicked oral sex with ten spinning tongues. Even cooler, is the Sasi vibrator that moves like an actual tongue with different variations and speeds. If you dislike a certain motion, you can press a button to skip it and the Sasi will be less likely to use that move in your next session. This smart learning toy remembers what you like and dislike to provide you with a super satisfying and varied oral sex like stimulation from a toy who’s jaw doesn’t get tired. We can only imagine what the future of vibrators might be: possibly a Facebook and Twitter connect? Hey, it could happen. Guest columnist Lydia Leavitt writes about sex and, oddly enough, social media. For more information on the latest intimate technology, check out 69adget.com.
We were totally jealous of that random dude that spotted the Samsung NX-10 at some random Korean trade show over the summer. Oh how we hated him. But many months later, we finally have a good look at the heavily-rumored Samsung NX-10. Too bad we don’t have any info on it. That will probably come at CES.
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The 3N1-33 could be a photographer’s happy place. You could probably fit a whole Ritz Camera store in it and still have room for a sack lunch. The bottom portion is meant to house your camera, lens and accessories. The top section unzips to reveal a handy storage compartment and could hold nearly anything including a spare pair of shoes. The 3N1-33 even has a laptop sleeve big enough to handle a bulky 15-inch notebook.
Let’s say you want to make it into a sling. Pull one of the back straps out and snap it into the clip on the bottom. Want a backpack? Pull both straps out and clip them into place. When in sling mode though, the bottom side zippered doors act as a quick access panel to your gear. But watch out, you’ll look like a gigantic nerd if you use the bag this way. Watch the video at the bottom to see what I mean. Basically the 3N1-33 is for professional photographers that prefer function over fashion. The bag is essentially a large, soft box with a cool internal storage system. It’s the same shape whether it’s full or empty. Totally expect to get some weird looks wearing this bag; it’s that funny looking. The boxy shape and strap hiding ability also makes it a great home-based storage system. It doesn’t matter if the bag is ass-ugly if it never leaves the house. (There has to be a joke somewhere in there) Even the most eclectic photographer should have enough room to store his all his gear in this bag. But the 3N1-33 is too serious for me. Or maybe I’m not serious enough for this bag. Whatever the case, I doubt I could ever fully utilize this bag. But I’ll certainly try.
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Kim Airs speeds into Newark, New Jersey with her leather chaps on, riding her motorcycle decorated with dildos big and small. She’s here to meet Dr. Barry Komisaruk, an Associate Dean and researcher at Rutgers University where he is researching the female orgasm. Kim, a free spirit, founder of Grand Opening, and a Certified Sex Educator (PPLM), waltzes into Dr. Komisaruk’s lab only to be strapped into a MRI machine where she jokes “Oh, it’ll be like a bondage session. Won’t be my first, won’t be my last!” Kim has been chosen to participate in the doctor’s study on the female orgasm because she has a very unconventional talent: this woman can will herself to orgasm. Without toys. Without lube. Without another person. That’s right people, she can do it with her mind alone. In our interview, Kim describes her unique skill: And this is exactly the type of woman Dr. Komisaruk, author of The Orgasm Answer Guide, wants to study. Why? Because the doctor is using MRIs to study brain activity during a female’s orgasm in an attempt to isolate the regions active during the big O. Someone who can will themselves off will not have any motor movements to skew the MRI results. During our interview, the doctor describes the female orgasm as a “remarkable phenomena,” explaining that it has been linked to reduced sensitivity to pain as well as increased feelings of joy and happiness…duh. The doctor hopes that by figuring out what’s happening in the brain during orgasm, researchers can use this information to develop better anti-depressants, better pain management drugs, and increase sexual satisfaction. What the study has revealed thus far is that women who can will themselves to orgasm mentally, experience the same brain activity during orgasm as women who use stimulation to get off. If women can experience the same orgasm from stimulation as they can just through mentally willing it to happen, it proves just how large of a role the brain plays in female orgasm. This got Dr. Komisaruk thinking: if it’s not so much nerve stimulation as it is an action in the brain, can disabled women such as para or quadriplegics with zero sensitivity possibly experience orgasm? The answer is yes. He states that “we have identified a novel functional sensory pathway that conveys sensory activity from the vagina and cervix directly to the brain, bypassing completely the spinal cord.” What that means is that even women with spinal cord injuries who have no feeling in their lower body, have the potential to feel sexual satisfaction. Hooray! By better understanding the orgasm, the doctor hopes that scientists can develop better anti-depressant drugs, better pain management drugs, achieve better sexual satisfaction for the disabled, and BETTER more enhanced sex for the rest of us. Until a time when researchers can definitively explain and utilize the findings from studies such as Dr. Komisaruk’s, men will have to be content knowing that female orgasms are more mental than we ever thought before. Geez, good luck guys. Thankfully, Dr. Komisaruk has just been offered a grant to study the male orgasm.
Short Version: There are two kinds of people in the world: those who will wear Vibram Five Finger shoes and those who won’t. After a bout with plantar fasciitis and shinsplints, I joined the former camp and feel much better for it. These new shoes, called the VFF KSO (Keep Stuff Out) Trek, add a bit of coverage to what are essentially foot gloves for running, hiking, and looking like a total freak. Review: I’ve been running in VFF Classics all summer and only recently realized that soon it would be cold and there would be snow on the ground. Vibram seems to have foreseen this and created the KSO line, a selection of shoes that cover most of the top of your foot but not your ankle. The Treks, then, are the next level to this shoe style, involving nicely treaded soles and actual leather uppers to keep even more stuff out. I found these shoes to be on par with the Classics in terms of range of motion and protection. I ran down the icy streets of Jozefow, Poland, where my in-laws are, with nary a slip or slide and I wore these shoes without socks in sub-freezing weather, much to my mother-in-law’s chagrin. As for styling, these shoes look considerably less freaky than the Classics. They are a closed shoe and they are black so the toes don’t stand out. You could feasibly wear these in mixed company, just like your buddy at Google. As for their purported benefits, the jury is still out. I believe they have helped me but your mileage may vary. As I said before, the thinking is this: the foot is a perfect running tool. We were “Born to Run” (read the book, it’s great) and running shoes have slowly caused more problems than they solve. There is also some thought that the great shoe industrial complex is a scam and we need to go back to our roots. Whatever you believe, it’s fun to run in these. Maybe you don’t want to hit a 100 miler in them right now but you can take a jog around the block and really feel a bit freer than you ever have in standard shoes. Interestingly, these shoes have even encouraged me to run barefoot for a time, even in Brooklyn. It’s a great feeling and a lot of fun and I only stepped on one used syringe (JKATW). The shoes cost about $80 online. I got these shoes in the same size as my Classics (VFF sent these to me but I purchased my first pair) and found that the KSO’s run smaller than the Classic simply because they have to cover your foot. A 44 or 45 for a size 12 foot is fine in the Classics but err on the side of larger (I think I need a 46, although this is only because the strap is a little short) when sizing your Treks. Bottom Line
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The camera is stored in a removable sleeve instead of in-between movable Velcro dividers. This makes just enough room behind the sleeve for a small notebook — or the sleeve can be pulled altogether to make room for larger gear. Really, it’s just like a camera case version of the messenger-style CS-17 I looked at previously. Where that bag was primarily a notebook case, the DB-453’s main job is to hold a camera but can also carry a small notebook. The bag’s main flap is held-down by two large buckles, while the main compartment is secured via a zipper. Needless to say the combination should keep your equipment safe enough. The bag offers a modest amount of storage, too. There is a zippered front compartment with a few pockets and pen holders. Plus, there are two side pockets made out of neoprene that can stretch to fit a water bottle. Not bad for a little bag. Sure, the bag is $50, which is somewhat steep for a smaller bag. But because it holds my DSLR and 11-inch notebook in such perfect harmony, it has my vote.
Short Version: Sumo is fairly new to the bag game but this is a strong showing for the company. For $79.99 you get a 17-inch laptop bag made of waterproof ballistic, rip-stop nylon. Sadly, a lack of internal organization pockets hampers the overall storage capacity. Info: Pros: * Cool styling Cons: * Three massive pockets don’t lend to organization Oh, the bulking. The bulking. It always happens: you start packing to travel and you stick in some laptops, some cameras, some cables, a book or two, and your laptop bag turns into a balloon. I may be a special case, but I always bulk out my messenger bags. It happens as soon as I start packing and it, sadly, often ruins a bag. So far the Sumo Messenger Laptop Bag has taken a beating and kept on carrying, although there is plenty of bulking in evidence. Of course if you’re a sane traveler, you can definitely get away with putting a magazine and a laptop in here without issue. My second issue? There isn’t enough organizational structure to this bag. There are three peripheral pouches, three laptop-sized pouches, and a few zippered areas. There is also an easy access front pouch with Velcro along with three zippered pockets on the front, back, and top flap. You can put a lot of stuff into this bag, but it’s hard to find a lot of them once they’re in there. But, again, this is a messenger bag. You’re supposed to ride a bike with this thing on, not schlep around airports. So with that in mind I can safely report that the Sumo Messenger Bag is spacious but dangerously overstuffable by the average geek. Read more Bag Week reviews here.
For some reason JList sent me a box of Kit Kats. These aren’t just any Kit Kats. They’re Japanese Kit Kats. If the Japanese are good at anything, it’s making the familiar inexplicably strange. So I decided to open up all of these Kit Kats and try them for you. I came away somewhat disappointed – the flavor gamut ran from “tea-ish” to “just another Kit Kat” to “these are spicy.” But it’s always nice to try new things, right? Kit Kat Little, Caramel Flavor – OK. Good start. Kit Kat littles are like malted milk balls but crunchier and they contain the wafer and the caramel for a nice effect. I’d say these are a good start. Kit Kat, Ginger Ale – Sweet merciful WTF. Kit Kats aren’t my favorite candies to begin with but Ginger Ale? Ginger Ale? This is some sort of strange branch on the Kit Kat evolutionary tree that deserves to be cut off at the bud. DO NOT WANT. Kit Kat, Royal Milk Tea – Huh. Tea flavor. OK. I can get behind this. It kind of tastes like tea with milk and the Japanese love them some Remains of the Day so it makes sense that they’d make a British-themed Kit Kat. Generally a winner. Kit Kat Little with Chili Powder – Oh no. What did I get myself into? I couldn’t read the package so I thought that these were like dark chocolate. Then I ate some and felt the spiciness and it gave me a headache. I don’t feel very good. Kit Kat Yaki Imo – Yaki Imo is a baked potato. This is like a white Kit Kat with some kind of weird flavor hidden deep, deep under the chocolate. I honestly couldn’t tell you if this tasted like anything familiar. It seems the Japanese base their flavors on the power of suggestion. All of these are about $2 on JList. I can definitely recommend the Caramel littles and the Royal Milk Tea. The rest are definitely an acquired taste, just like JList’s extensive library of Japanese onacups.
Listen, I know you did this fancy-pants study that concluded people vacuum more efficiently when they are listening to music. And I also understand that you want to market the new quiet UltraSilencer vacuum, but for the love of pete, don’t sink to the iPod dock level. Even if the vacuum could play back music well while it’s working, the whole concept will make a mockery out of the company. People will just point and chuckle at the vacuum with the iPod dock as they walk by it in Sears. As soon as iPod docks started showing up in kitchen appliances toilet paper holders, the novelty officially wore off. Most people probably have more iPod docks in their house than they are already aware of and they certainly don’t need one more in their vacuum. The point of the concept is to show that people vacuum better when there is music playing. [PDF link]I get that. But doesn’t everyone already have a radio or a TV they can turn on? Seriously, Electrolux, well done getting everyone’s attention and press, but I hope you’re not serious.
The Blump.it Firefox plug-in just hit the blogosphere today and I had to try it. So I loaded it up on the Viliv X70 with the hope that it will improve the functionality of the small-ish touchscreen and turn it into a certain tablet computer clone. In short, it does both very well. Check out the video after the jump to see it in action. It’s just what touchscreen mobile devices need, in fact. It’s fast, designed just for a touchscreen, and surprisingly stable for an alpha release. There are some bugs, but if the developers keep coding away on it, the plug-in might just satisfy those looking for a dedicated web-browsing touchscreen device. The home page is just a bunch of large shortcut icons. There can be multiple pages and the icons can be dragged around for organization. It’s as easy as clicking the shortcut button on the top menu bar to give any website it’s own shortcut, although it’s a generic icon. Since it’s using Firefox, it loads each page just fine and handles flash like a champ. It needs tabs though. Really the only major bugs I found are that the keyboard is missing key characters like the period and dash. It makes it somewhat difficult to navigate to certain sites without those. But you can always use the device’s on-board keyboard so it’s not totally impossible. If you have a MID or UMPC laying around, give this Firefox plug-in a go. Just make sure you have the Firefox Grab & Drag plug-in also installed so you can scroll on webpages a bit easier. The company also stated in a recent video that they are working on a Chrome release now that the browser supports plug-ins too. The future is looking up for small touchscreen computers.
You’ll recall that there was a bit of a buzz a few years ago about a fat-fighting robot named Autom designed to sit on your counter and convince you not to eat that last slice of pizza. Well, the old girl is almost ready for production and should be arriving next Fall. Autom, in her fist incarnation, looked a bit weird and was basically a fancy computer case. Now, however, this thing is like a fat-fighting Furby with expressive eyes and a cute little mouth that definitely wouldn’t ever eat the last slice of pie, unlike me. The device works fairly well – I saw a prototype as well as some mechanical improvements – and apparently people become so attached to little robot friends that they forget that they’re actually on a diet. The retention for the average diet, for example, is three weeks. When Cory Kidd, the CEO of Intuitive Automata and creator of Autom gave the robot to dieters he found that they didn’t want to give her up and survived on a diet for eight weeks or more. Clearly we love little robots. No pricing yet but Kidd explained that there will be a base price for the robot and a subscription price for back end services including monitoring and medical advice. You interact with the robot with a touchscreen but voice activated controls will soon be implemented. No pricing yet, but look for a beta roll out later next year.
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That said, it is pretty elegant. I can see it sitting around in some design-y person’s home.
