[SiliconBeach] Silicon Beach Facebook Cover Photo

2012-04-08 Thread Victor Tsen
Hi Silicon Beachers, As you may have noticed that Facebook has already rolled-out their timeline format for profiles and pages. I was wondering if there was any cool SB event photos that I could use as a cover photo for our SB Facebook page. Or if there is an awesome graphic designer that would

Re: [SiliconBeach] What would you like this robot to do?

2012-04-08 Thread Tom Allen
@Victor - I don't think robotic cooking is going to be anywhere near state of the art for decades, unless you're happy with microwaved TV dinners? Optimising the state of your home is definitely on the agenda, but I'd see this robot as the sensing and control parts of the feedback loop, not the pla

Re: [SiliconBeach] What would you like this robot to do?

2012-04-08 Thread Clifford Heath
Ben, Have you ever heard of the thing they call "marriage"? It works kinda like that, but better. :P Clifford Heath. On 09/04/2012, at 1:22 PM, Ben Sand wrote: > Hi Tom, > > I've been thinking about this for a while, and I've finally come up with > something I want this robot to do. > > Na

Re: [SiliconBeach] What would you like this robot to do?

2012-04-08 Thread Ben Sand
Hi Tom, I've been thinking about this for a while, and I've finally come up with something I want this robot to do. Nag me, reward me and quantify my success. This a robot that could follow me around the house and give me rewards for doing chores. If it can't do them itself, it can observe me do

Re: [SiliconBeach] What would you like this robot to do?

2012-04-08 Thread David Lyon
On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Tom Allen wrote: > Hi David, sounds like an interesting project but I wonder about its > usefulness. Robotic cars have the potential to automate driving and reduce road deaths and accidents. I'm not sure that you have ever seen people texting with their mobiles

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: FYI: Deloitte stab at crystal-ball gazing

2012-04-08 Thread Nigel Sheridan-Smith
Hi Patrick, I agree that growing businesses often put additional pressure on resources, resulting in particular staff getting overworked. I've definitely experienced this myself! But that is usually due to two factors: external (customer demands) vs. internal (manager demands). The former is about

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: FYI: Deloitte stab at crystal-ball gazing

2012-04-08 Thread Patrick Collins
At some point this kind of work environment produces a highly successful, rapidly growing business. Which is great. At which point most of the aspirational rules below get whittled away starting with 8,11 and 12 and then the rest fall in short order. How can they not? Regards, Patrick Sent fro

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: FYI: Deloitte stab at crystal-ball gazing

2012-04-08 Thread Nigel Sheridan-Smith
I'm a bit late on this one, but just to show contrast with the perspective below... here are the 13 summarised 'guideposts' of a Results Only Work Environment: 1. Stop doing any activity that is a waste of time (yours, customers, company) 2. Work any way they want 3. Every day feels

Re: [SiliconBeach] Re: Virtual reality based systems

2012-04-08 Thread Varun Prakash
Thanks for the replies everyone. I am looking for commercial VR systems. As Jason has pointed out - there is a huge market in the education and entertainment industry, I am trying to research more into the education and entertainment industry. There seems to be market for training simulators - e.g