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Re: Mother

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Post by hartator »

Jun8 wrote: post #55

Same French company that created the successful Nabaztag rabbit and then couldn't cope with the traffic. I had my wife buy me one of those for Valentines Day (stupid, I know) and after trying to do something useful with it and getting frustrated I tossed it somewhere in my cube where it remains to this date. Apart from the super bad naming and Branding, this is another reason for me to stay away from this mother rabb…

I have one too and Mother definitely make me remember that. Shitty product that looks good but neither useful or worked properly. In the end, they filled bankruptcy throwing away their servers and I can't even turn it on to make it work again. Funny part, my mother bought it to me!

[edit] and yeah it's obviously creepier than the rabbit

Re: Mother

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Post by bluejellybean »

DanBC wrote: post #62
bluejellybean wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This comment is fantastic! The trend in pointless analytics is annoying and isn't solving any real problems. All the ‘problems’ Mother solves are not really problems and it doesn’t seem to serve any truly useful purpose. Wakeup times - Already solved by the alarm on your clock. Managing drink consumption - Drink more or less than you currently do. Staying fit/active - Go workout/exercise once a day. Step tracking - O…

Many people have little to no idea how much alcohol they really drink each week. Pill management is considerably more tricky than that for some people - especially if there are young people in the house. Some medications have strict and weird requirements to when and how they're taken.

Unless you put a tracker on every bottle you own and the ones at the bar, this won't solve the drinking issue.

As for pill management, I'm not sure what problems you are talking about with young people but I do know the issue with pills. I currently live with an elderly couple that have to take a huge amount of different pills. They just use multiple weekly pill bottles with a time/requirement note. Cheap and non-complicated to work with.

Re: Mother

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Post by bluejellybean »

kstenerud wrote: post #69
bluejellybean wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This comment is fantastic! The trend in pointless analytics is annoying and isn't solving any real problems. All the ‘problems’ Mother solves are not really problems and it doesn’t seem to serve any truly useful purpose. Wakeup times - Already solved by the alarm on your clock. Managing drink consumption - Drink more or less than you currently do. Staying fit/active - Go workout/exercise once a day. Step tracking - O…

"Check-ins - Have your kid text/call you when they arrive home. Can’t use a phone? Don’t leave them alone." Or better yet: Leave them alone and stop hovering. The world is safer today than it has ever been, and yet parental paranoia is at an all time high.

I agree completely, I'm simply saying for the overprotective ones, you don't need this toy

Re: Mother

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Post by Timothee »

buro9 wrote: post #22

The sync module reminds me of the Nabaztag ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabaztag ) and I wondered whether Mother was going to have signals and indicators so that you didn't have to use a mobile device for insight.

That's the first thing I thought about and when I saw above that Sense was a French company, I thought it might actually be related. Well, it is: https://sen.se/about/who/

Re: Mother

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Post by giarc »

devindotcom wrote: post #61
jfoutz wrote: post #43

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weird. the webpage says the motion sensors also sense temperature.

Really? I asked specifically about temperature and the lady said nope. Maybe she wasn't aware. Well at any rate I take that bit back. But I still think these things are multiplying and buying into this one would be extremely premature.

I'm sure they debated adding light sensors, but perhaps they figure that adopters of this may have also adopted wifi connected lights which could be built into the software.

Re: Mother

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Post by s7ephen »

nostromo wrote: post #30

Wait, is this real? It seems like commentary on the current zeitgeist, not a real product. > Mother. Mother knows everything. > She's like a mom, only better. > Sense: the meaning of life® edit: I see they are based in France, so perhaps the branding didn't translate well.

Agreed. The branding is terrible. There are other in this space it seems...similar but not exactly the same: "Twine", and "Ninjablocks. my favorite is Tally http://www.tallyyourworld.com but it's not out yet.

Re: Mother

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Post by austinl »

nostromo wrote: post #30

Wait, is this real? It seems like commentary on the current zeitgeist, not a real product. > Mother. Mother knows everything. > She's like a mom, only better. > Sense: the meaning of life® edit: I see they are based in France, so perhaps the branding didn't translate well.

I laughed out loud when I read "Did you take your pills? Mother knows everything." +1 for zeitgeist, embedded systems seem to be very popular these days, but this is a real product

Re: Mother

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Post by vertex-four »

woofyman wrote: post #17
vertex-four wrote: post #13

As a young person who wants to remember to take her pills, to cut down on her soda consumption, to track how much she exercises (and maybe turn it into a game of walking further every week), and no doubt some more that I can't think of right now, this product sounds like it'd be amazing. The video is a brilliant marketing asset. It showed me some very real problems of mine, and how it could help me solve them (by tra…

I'll save you money. I'll be Dad. Stop drinking soda and walk more.

A bit snarky, but I get your point, absolutely. These problems are solvable today, and I'm working on them. I was mostly pointing out that the price is completely out of my range, as I see this as "something to help".

We both agree that this is unnecessary; but it's at a price point which makes it seem that the creators think it's a necessity. There's a great many more useful things I could buy with £166.

Re: Mother

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Post by prawn »

bluejellybean wrote: post #59
woofyman wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'll save you money. I'll be Dad. Stop drinking soda and walk more.

This comment is fantastic! The trend in pointless analytics is annoying and isn't solving any real problems. All the ‘problems’ Mother solves are not really problems and it doesn’t seem to serve any truly useful purpose. Wakeup times - Already solved by the alarm on your clock. Managing drink consumption - Drink more or less than you currently do. Staying fit/active - Go workout/exercise once a day. Step tracking - O…

The teeth brushing thing is aimed at parents. Children can be very difficult when it comes to encouraging them to brush their teeth, either forgetting or lying, etc.

Re: Mother

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Post by ElliotH »

nostromo wrote: post #30

Wait, is this real? It seems like commentary on the current zeitgeist, not a real product. > Mother. Mother knows everything. > She's like a mom, only better. > Sense: the meaning of life® edit: I see they are based in France, so perhaps the branding didn't translate well.

I read it as a jovial way of describing a real product.
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