e441 — Snake in a Tube | Games At Work dot Biz

A series of tubes. — Photo by Moritz Mentges on Unsplash

Published 20 November 2023

Michael and Michael get together to talk tech while Andy is away. They have an amazing episode, with many twists & turns. The first turn begins with the traffic laws of the UK related to roundabouts, shared by friend of the podcast, Ian Hughes.

Next, is the first of a series of stories with legs – a snake in a tube controlling legs. While there was a serious temptation to bring up the movie Snakes on a Plane, or the ZZ Top song Legs, there’s another ZZ Top song that fits the bill. Check out the 2018 Rolls Royce post about a snake robot that would deploy smaller robots into engines for diagnostics from e204 in the show notes below. An article by The Verge touches on Microsoft Team’s use of Mesh for 3D meetings, which, much like earlier iterations of Meta’s VR environment uses legless avatars. The Swedish startup Minesto gets a look for it’s tidal power generation underwater kites.

Michael and Michael then take a couple of minutes to talk about the Humane AI Pin in a little more detail. Continuing the conversation from last week’s episode, Michael M expresses his interest in the new human to computer interface that the AI Pin presents. The idea of having both hands free when working with the AI is very intriguing, as is the concept of not having apps – just having an AI. The show notes below contain a smattering of the press that the announcement video has generated in the past few days. There’s also a YouTube of the product announcement video.

After the AI Pin, the co-hosts turn their attention to games, starting with the Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, available for free for those with an Amazon Prime membership. The description of Downpour games to allow people to more easily compose & assemble their own games reminded Michael M of the Twine choose your own adventure game he wrote some years ago about being a podcast host.

Wrapping up this week’s episode is the second Swedish company Einride with their robotic trucks, and the 2023 LEGO advent calendars.

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