Celebrating the 250th episode of Games At Work, Michael and Michael focus this week on several stories about augmented vision. The rumored Apple Glasses resurface, and speaking of surfaces, a new kickstarter for holographic tabletop gaming takes center stage, reminding Michael and Michael about some earlier conversations on other virtual tabletop concepts. Michael R discusses his passions for flying robots, and the amazing camera shots that can be done with the Mavic Mini, a 249g drone that can go just about anywhere you do.
And this episode doesn’t stop with bots that fly. MIT’s self-assembling and swarming cubes capture the interest of the co-hosts, and recall the novel from Daniel Suarez about swarming technology, as well as episode 150. Rounding out this episode is a must-see example of a science fair prototype that 14-year-old Alaina Gassler built to solve the problem of the A-pillar blind spot in automobiles. Her creativity is astounding, and it is easy to see how this will be a great way to augment drivers’ vision in the very near future!
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I Can See Clearly Now
Seeking Alpha article: Apple Pay overtakes PayPal – Appleinsider — https://seekingalpha.com/news/3513168-apple-pay-overtakes-paypal-appleinsider
iMore article: Yelp updates Apple Watch app with compass support for Apple Watch Series 5 — https://www.imore.com/yelp-updates-apple-watch-app-compass-support-apple-watch-series-5
tom’s guide article: Apple Glasses Details Just Revealed by Bloomberg — https://www.tomsguide.com/news/apple-glasses-details-just-revealed-by-bloomberg
Bloomberg Businessweek article: Apple’s Smart Glasses Could Make 2020 the Year of AR — https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-21/why-2020-is-looking-great-for-apple-products-and-consumer-gadgets
The Verge article: Google buys Fitbit for $2.1 billion — https://www.theverge.com/2019/11/1/20943318/google-fitbit-acquisition-fitness-tracker-announcement
Kickstarter: Tilt Five: Holographic Tabletop Gaming — https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tiltfive/holographic-tabletop-gaming
VR Scout article: Geek & Sundry Debuts Weekly VR180 Board Game Series — https://vrscout.com/news/geek-sundry-vr180-board-game-series/#
gamesatwork.biz episode 199 — Augmented GDPR Reality — https://gamesatwork.biz/2018/05/28/episode-199-augmented-gdpr-reality/
DJI Mavic Mini — https://www.dji.com/mavic-mini?from=store-product-page
Real Clear Science article: New Lithium Ion Battery Design Could Allow Electric Vehicles to Be Charged in Ten Minutes — https://www.realclearscience.com/quick_and_clear_science/2019/10/30/new_lithium_ion_battery_design_could_allow_electric_vehicles_to_be_charged_in_ten_minutes.html
electrek.co article: Tesla plans to increase vehicle power, range, and charging through new software update — https://electrek.co/2019/10/24/tesla-increase-vehicle-power-range-software-update/
TechCrunch article: MIT’s self-propelled block robots can now manage basic swarm coordination — https://techcrunch.com/2019/11/01/mits-self-propelled-block-robots-can-now-manage-basic-swarm-coordination/
Discussion on swarming robots from gamesatwork.biz episode 150 — Cyber Dementors — https://gamesatwork.biz/2016/10/23/episode-150-cyber-dementors/
Kill Decision novel by Daniel Suarez — http://daniel-suarez.com/killdecisionsynopsis.html
The Verge article: Snapchat now lets you 3D Paint faces and pretty much anything else — https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/30/20939665/snapchat-augmented-reality-drawing-lens-ar-bar
Mashable article: Teen girl invents simple, yet innovative way to remove blind spots in cars — https://mashable.com/article/blind-spot-invention-teen-girl-broadcom/
BuzzFeed article: 398 New Emojis Are Officially Here And FYI They’re Pretty Freakin’ Great — https://www.buzzfeed.com/ajanibazile/398-new-emojis
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Such a fun episode, Michael & Andy! Loved your discussion on Life by You.