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Re: Mother

#171

Post by marianov »

orillian wrote: post #16
anonu wrote: post #6

I think this is really cool and definitely brings us closer to the Internet of Things. I don't think I would have anthropomorphized the system by calling it "Mother" and putting an eerie LED smiley face on the base station. I can't seem to find any technical info on the "cookies". Are they similar to the technology in the Fitbit Flex, ie Bluetooth Smart coupled with some sort of accelerometer. If that's the case, do…

Apparently they capture movement and temperature, and they can detect when they are near their mother or not, they can store up to ten days worth of data, and they have a one year battery life, using cell batteries. Not rechargeable from what I gather.

What kind of processor and transmitter do they use to get such a long battery life without sleeping device?

Re: Mother

#172

Post by sheraz »

More technology where none is needed. How about just being responsible and accountable for our own actions?

  Want to improve ___ about yourself? 
  Just do it(tm). 
  Get it done(tm). 
  Do what it takes.
I don't need devices and a dashboard to tell me I'm winning at life.

Fuck this arrogant and stupid product.

Re: Mother

#174

Post by zxcvvcxz »

As I saw it popping up, I thought "wow that looks like a sex toy." Freudian slip, whoops.

"Sense Mother is at the head of a family of small connected sensors that blend into your daily life to make it serene, healthy and pleasurable."

You never know.

Re: Mother

#175

Post by sushirain »

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…

Gamification is a powerful motivator. People will start jog/brush teeth, similarly to answering questions on stackoverflow. It doesn't work on everybody, but it works.

Re: Mother

#176

Post by michaelwww »

voyou wrote: post #158
michaelwww wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace" http://allpoetry.com/poem/8508991-All-Watched-Over-By-Machin...

Which poem (as you may well know) provided the title for Adam Curtis's interesting documentary about what happened when this cybernetic pastoral utopianism began to interact with politics and industry: http://vimeo.com/38724174

I'd love to see the series updated. This would be a good opportunity for a young filmmaker because the technology has advanced so much and the issues are more relevant now than ever.

Re: Mother

#177

Post by ttctciyf »

CodeMage wrote: post #20

That was a really poor choice of a name. It took me less than 10 seconds to start hearing Pink Floyd's "Mother" [1] in my head. Once that started happening, I just couldn't stay objective while looking at the pitch. [1]: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0HrrR9QDQU

For me, it was Laurie Anderson's "O Superman":

http://www.absolutelyrics.com/lyrics/view/laurie_anderson/o_...

Re: Mother

#178

Post by MartinCron »

fab13n wrote: post #155

I haven't been so creeped out by an ad for quite some time. This looks like a solution desperately looking for a problem; that is, unless your problem is "I want to spy every single step of everyone in my family". And seriously, "mother"? Do they even ever had one, to be that much off-mark? The very first quality of anything motherly is to be human; this is a wireless log collection system. Call it a "warden", or at…

I could totally get behind calling something like this "coach".

Re: Mother

#179

Post by [deleted] »

bluejellybean wrote: post #73
kstenerud wrote: post #69

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"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

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Re: Mother

#180

Post by speleding »

sushirain wrote: post #175
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…

Gamification is a powerful motivator. People will start jog/brush teeth, similarly to answering questions on stackoverflow. It doesn't work on everybody, but it works.

I agree, I can tell you this would work on my kids: if there is a ranking for brushing teeth they'd be much more inclined not to miss it.

Sure, there are other solutions to solve this problem. But I like this one.

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