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- 1. New things Dispatches from a map of stuff
- 6. 192 Kickstarter projects 2% 9% 2% 81% 6% >1 year late Received ok Acts of God Stupidity/useless Scams
- 7. • Lied with no intention of delivering • Intended to deliver, then overwhelmed, fled • Personal tragedies/war/lied to by others • Delivered product barely functional POS • Took so long to deliver that better products now exist • Underestimated: • shipping • supply chain • costs • ease of manufacturing • Product not seamless enough for real life • Product nice in theory, meh in practice What can go wrong: Personal issues
- 8. • Lied with no intention of delivering • Intended to deliver, then overwhelmed, fled • Personal tragedies/war/lied to by others • Delivered product barely functional POS • Took so long to deliver that better products now exist • Underestimated: • shipping • supply chain • costs • ease of manufacturing • Product not seamless enough for real life • Product nice in theory, meh in practice What can go wrong: Manufacturing and planning issues
- 9. • Lied with no intention of delivering • Intended to deliver, then overwhelmed, fled • Personal tragedies/war/lied to by others • Delivered product barely functional POS • Took so long to deliver that better products now exist • Underestimated: • shipping • supply chain • costs • ease of manufacturing • Product not seamless enough for real life • Product nice in theory, meh in practice What can go wrong: Landfill design
- 10. Is it seamless? Does it earn its keep? Does it become a natural part of your life?
- 11. At least leave a back door open for reuse Kindle weather display hack by Matthew Petroff
- 14. The possibilities are limitless The only limit is your imagination!
- 15. Robot kit of endless possibility
- 16. More parts = more possibilities?
- 20. So many inputs!
- 21. Outputs displays LEDs lasers speakers vibration motors muscle wire relays heat color printing the web Light Sound Movement Other
- 25. Wait for magic threshold of better ___________ are now so ______ that you can ________! projectors motors sensors ICs cameras voice APIs WIFI chips processors small cheap efficient fast sturdy powerful accurate stable ?
- 26. I find these interesting tiny projectors tiny spectrometerscheaper thermal cameras
- 27. + = Recombine existing parts + I can show all my friends frivolous discoveries at any time
- 28. Button + GSM + LEDs + IFTTT = bt.tn
- 29. Find new applications for old parts Cryoscope haptic weathervane by Robb Godshaw Click & whistle mobile voice control GravityLight
- 31. Disney Research
- 32. Info displays not based on light #Flock by Berg Ugle by Voy
- 33. Bradley Tactile Watch by Eone
- 34. Info displays not based on light #Flock by Berg Ugle by Voy More human, tactile, polite Fewer ready-made engineering and code shortcuts available Cryoscope haptic weathervane by Robb Godshaw Click & whistle mobile voice control GravityLight
- 35. –Bret Victor, “The Humane Representation of Thought" “Humane is never a default…If you just ride the current wave of technology and let technology lead wherever it leads you, it’s going to lead you to a tighter and tighter cage.”
- 36. Tend to the areas beside the path