New thingsDispatches from a map of stuff

192 Kickstarter projects

2%9%

2%

81%

6%

>1 year lateReceived okActs of GodStupidity/uselessScams

• 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

• 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

• 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

Is it seamless?

Does it earn its keep?

Does it become a natural part of your life?

At least leave a back door open for reuse

Kindle weather display hack by Matthew Petroff

“The possibilities are limitless”

The possibilities are limitless

The only limit is your imagination!

Robot kit of endless possibility

More parts = more possibilities?

So many inputs!

Outputs

displaysLEDslasers

speakersvibration

motorsmuscle wire

relaysheatcolor

printingthe web

Light Sound Movement Other

Bleating, blinking attention-starved

power-drained creatures

Barelyexplored

everyone

Exploratory strategies

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

?

I find these interesting

tiny projectors tiny spectrometerscheaper thermal cameras

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Recombine existing parts

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I can show all my friends frivolous discoveries at any time

Button + GSM + LEDs + IFTTT = bt.tn

Find new applications for old parts

Cryoscope haptic weathervane by Robb Godshaw

Click & whistle mobile voice control

GravityLight

Develop new parts

Disney Research

Info displays not based on light

#Flock by Berg

Ugle by Voy

Bradley Tactile Watch by Eone

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

–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.”

Tend to the areas beside the path

Thank you

Tina Aspiala @spongefile