I was hoping for news about an Earthbound sequel, and instead I got this weird little smiling pod.
Mother
41–50 of 201 posts
Re: Mother
#42> we reinvented mothers > Mother knows everything (in red text at that) > She's like a mom, only better The branding of this is either creepy or crazy. Maybe it's a bit of both. But I'm certainly not going to forget it, and the idea itself seems pretty interesting.
If this gets popular, I wouldn't be in the slightest bit surprised if Coca Cola sues them. That logo is a very similar red, and a similar "dynamic ribbon device".
Going through the website, I kept seeing "coca-cola" in the corner of my eye. Probably too far from the original for suing though?
Re: Mother
#43I played with this at CES. The "mother" bot is basically just a router. The little things only sense motion, and when I asked the lady said they had no plans to add any other types of sensitivity - temperature, moisture, light, current, etc. Compared with the other 'internet of things' kits out there battling for visibility, this one doesn't seem original or more useful, only visually striking. The tags are also pret…
weird. the webpage says the motion sensors also sense temperature.
Re: Mother
#44Re: Mother
#45Re: Mother
#46Just yesterday I posted a quasi-luddite rant about how these smart devices and services are infantalizing. And now they're naming one Mother ? I can't tell if I should feel vindicated or offended.
A spanking peripheral would be huge !
Re: Mother
#47Apart from all the other emotions which this plastic big sister evokes, I wonder what it is that makes so many of these startups reach back to the crib when it comes to branding their products. From this bastardized matryoshka doll through Snapchat's Miffy-like ghost to Twitter's tweety to just about half the iconography on tablets and smartphones, they all have one thing in common: the more infantile the logo and/or branding, the better it is. Is this idiocracy at work or are they all following some celebrity psychomarketeer's edict about successful marketing to the attention-span deficient generation?
Re: Mother
#48Concept is stupid as F K. Why you need sensors just to know some basic stuff such as taking pills, tracking health etc. You can use app also. All they are doing is using sensor( motion sensors in particular) and send message to your phone. So why would I spend $222 for something where I could just it with $10 reminder app ?
Exactly correct.
Re: Mother
#49Their tagline "Mother knows everything" is terrifying.
Very reminiscent of Big Brother.
Re: Mother
#50First I've heard of it, but I had the same reaction as Cringley. Maybe it's an age thing. "Imagine v1 of Big Brother's -- or NSA director Keith Alexander's -- most inflamed fever dream: a sensorbot shaped like a Russian nesting doll wearing a Hindi-cow smile. Then terrifyingly name it "Mother" and build it specifically to monitor as many facets of your personal life as it can. Are you schvitzing yet?" http://www.info…
Well "small [caring] mother" certainly sounds less intrusive than "big [intimidating] brother".
For some people it's "small [caring] brother" vs. "big [intimidating] mother"