Currently there is no such thing as a proper consumer robot. Sure, there is Robosapien or i-Sobot but can those robots get you a drink or even greet you in the morning. We’re in the 21st century. We need a proper robot that can fetch me a drink, call my friend and bring me my chips. Yes, I know that this article will spur a whole bunch of controversy by naive people saying “This will cause humans to be lazy” or “Mankind is getting lazier each decade” but hey, we’re not living in 1990. Sure, we have a Robosapien V2 that can walk, talk and roam autonomously but that is a toy robot. I’ve only seen robots that are capable of doing those stuff in the industrial field but why not in the consumer field. I would sure buy it, that’s for sure. I know what you’re saying now, “it would cost millions” but it doesn’t have to cost a million. Firstly, you don’t have to make the robot walk, it could move around on wheels. Second of all, the robot doesn’t need to be humongous only about 42 inches. Here’s a concept robot below. Has several sensors, can move with wheels and has a touchscreen which the consumer could use to control it. The concept obviously needs some refinements but it should be sufficent for a basic idea of what the robot should look like. What do you think about the idea of a consumer robot? Tell me your ideas and suggestions!
The BSOD was a joke. Do you think it should run Windows CE or Linux
Microsoft is betting on touch based computing to revolutionize the industry. I think otherwise. Firstly, it’s only useful on Tablet PC’s and Phones. Secondly, most common dayoperating systems are not designed for touch, even Windows 7. Third, multitouch monitors are expensive and won’t become cheap until approximately 2011. The iPhone and the HTC Touch Pro are great examples of good touch interfaces. Apple made touch popular when they released the iPhone and almost everybody became “touchcrazy”. I understand Microsoft’s efforts to innovate in touchconputing before everybody else but this probably isn’t a good thing to invest in. I wil be a curious watcher of how touch computing evolves and can’t wait to see some of Microsoft’s long term touch computing plans. What do you think about touch computing?
Just when I though Palm was doomed they make a comeback. The Palm Pre a revolutionary device combines the iPhone and the T-Mobile G1 to make a extraordinarydevice. It redefines what we call the smart phone. It has a elegant user interface and a sleek hardware design. It also has multitouch support and a “fast” processor. It has Wi-Fi, GPS and Bluetooth and a full QWERTY keyboard for texting. A 3.1 inch touch screen with a 320 * 480 resolution HVGA display. It runs the Palm Web-OS which I feel is better than the iPhone’s OS. The design resembles the HTC Touch with a keyboard. The smart-phone will probably also appeal to the tech-savvy crowd. What makes this phone great is developers only need to know CSS, HTML and Javascript. It has 8 GB of flash storage and hopefully let’s you expand using Memory Cards. The exclusive carrier in United States is Sprint. I hope that they bring it to Canada and don’t, PLEASE, don’t pick Rogers as your exclusive carrier.
The Windows 7 download page is up. I finished downloading the official version (no difference between official and torrent) even thoughI cannot retrieve a product key. To download it visit this page:
sensors, can move with wheels and has a touchscreen which the consumer could use to control it. The concept obviously needs some refinements but it should be sufficent for a basic idea of what the robot should look like. What do you think about the idea of a consumer robot? Tell me your ideas and suggestions!
