Great Technology is Awesome #futurism #technology

Images from kickstarter.com and wolfram.com respectively. Along the lines of my post yesterday, I’ve come across two examples of additional technology that I think are very cool. One is hardware, and the other is software. The first is a kickstarter.com project for “Your Personal Flying Robot”, otherwise known as a pocket drone. I’ve linked to […]

Great UX is Awesome #futurism #technology

Picture from 79er.com. As I get older, I have begun to appreciate the concept of the “User Experience” (UX) – the idea that things should be designed well and that they should be imagined with their end-user in mind from the start. It’s a concept that has been at the forefront of my work-life lately, […]

What is it about motivation? Where do you find yours?

Looks like someone beat DH's execution to this idea of Robo-Mannequin for online shopping: http://t.co/XUrN4skBGx — Fauxionista (@fauxionista) January 18, 2014 Picture stolen from the wired article. So my wife found out today that someone had beaten me to my idea of a robo-mannequin that can give you multiple measurements for viewing clothes. This isn’t […]

Final Hexy Build Video! @arcbotics

My Hexy from Arcbotics has been built for a while now, but I only recently got around to finally editing the video together. (The video editing has been on my Wunderlist for a while now, but I can finally tick it done!) The video details the full build process after the legs, and if you […]

Robot Servants – Or Why The Future Will Be More Like Downton Abbey Than You Think

I thought this morning as I woke up that it would be interesting to have a robot go out and do some shopping for me. The ‘ultimate goal’ as an aspiring roboticist is to have robots replace humans for doing things humans don’t want to do. For some more nobler purposes, this will be hazard […]

Resolutions for 2014

As I’ve already looked back on 2013, today is appropriate for looking forward to 2014. I had 26 goals for 2013, and of those 26, I accomplished 12 in full and 2 partially. That means that i didn’t accomplish 12, making me only about half as productive as I wanted to be for the year. […]

Universal Basic Income

There’s an article on Medium that talks about the Economics of Star Trek. (I will warn you though that if you’re not really all that familiar with Star Trek that some of the analogies will be lost on you, but the economic discussion is still very interesting.) It mirrors a lot of my own thoughts […]

Arcbotics Hexy Unboxing Video

I got an Arcbotics Hexy for Christmas, and I’ve finally gotten it unboxed today! Here is the video, which I’ll also post to my Google+ profile.

Random Thought of the Day – Johnny 5

If Johnny 5 has been created today, he’d have been designed to work in Iraq or Afghanistan. Also, he wouldn’t have ever uttered the phrase “Need Input!” as he’d have had wireless and/or satellite connections to both the military and civilian inter…