Cool upcoming Tech Wander project!

(Image image courtsey of www.jibo.com)

There are some interesting products releasing or updating right now that I find fascinating. The first is the interesting product Raspberry Shake. Raspberry shake is a home seismograph or one you can donate to your child’s school for the science program. (To donate or buy one visit this site and you get my reader’s discount code as well RSEND17 should be put into the coupon field). The newest version they have created is a self-enclosed Raspberry PI based Seismograph. I know most people don’t think that they need a seismograph. I think they do, but that is wholly my humble opinion.

The upcoming 10th-anniversary release of the iPhone is extremely interesting. In part because the last release included 256 gigs of memory. I’ve played with every form of external memory you can add to an iPhone; suddenly I didn’t need it anymore. That is important when you consider I am a huge Audible Fan and have a large music collection. Now I can plug my iPhone into my car and play what I want to play, or listen to the SiriusXM radio in the car. I am no longer bound or wound to what is available broadcast over the air.

I am not as excited about the iPad’s that are coming so I am not including those. I am excited, however, about the release hopefully very soon of both Keecker and Jibo. Robotics and upcoming Robotic releases are something I monitor. In part because there is just so much possible with AI and beyond. I did upgrade to a 4th Amazon Echo in the house; we have the Dot, the Echo, and the new Vision. I like the vision because it shows you the news in a running scroll all day. You can say Alexa tell me about, whatever was just on the screen and Alexa will play that part of the news for you. It lets me pick and choose the news I consume.

I won’t bore you with another, I with ROV’s were shipping. I backed two projects and I awaiting their delivery. But most people are not interested in seeing what is below the water or for that matter check the status of an earthquake.

As I learned a long time ago, people are motivated by their needs, not my needs. Sad when you think about it, it would be so much easier if everyone was motivated by my needs! That said, the spectrum of cool tech this week applies to parents, teachers, and people into Robotics. Hopefully a fairly wide net!