Dick's Gadget Warehouse. And how to submit your video to the show.

This week's Gadget Warehouse Viewer Video is from a fan who programmed a $1600 Robot around 1980 to predict winning lottery numbers! Here's his email:

From 1982 through 1990 I owned a computer store in Youngstown, Ohio. We sold a lot of the machines of the time, such as Kaypro, Franklin, and our own PC clones. Our most popular item was the Androbot robot line Which included this talking robot named Topo. This is a news clip from our local TV station, which came to interview me because everybody was looking for a way to use a computer to pick the winning lottery numbers. As the clip says this was the largest lottery jackpot in US history ie around 1980 something.

http://youtu.be/jyoTbM_jaQE

Mark Meszaros

See or hear this show: www.twit.tv/giz1495                             

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We’re looking for more Viewer Videos! We’d love to include your video in an upcoming Giz Wiz Show, so let’s go going!

Here’s what we’re looking for: Your home shot video – 2 to 3 minutes long, in any of the following categories:

I bought a piece of crap: Did you buy something you ended up hating? We won't get you a refund, but we might be able to give a platform to vent your disappointment. Remember, "family friendly" language applies.

I invented this! Did you invent something? (Or did a friend or relative invent something.) We can't market it for you, but we can help get the word out. Show us what it is, and how it works. Even if it's a prototype, you can get our (and the audience) reactions. No professional ads please.

My Gadget Warehouse: Okay, so you don't have a warehouse. It doesn't matter. Just tell us about your favorite old gadget(s). When and where you bought it, and why you're still hanging on to it.

My Favorite Gadget of All Time: Show us what it is, tell us what it does and why you love, or loved it! It can be a new gadget you just bought too. 

Post them on YouTube and send our producer, Jeff Needles, the link! We'll do the rest. (Or possibly nothing, but that's unlikely.) Remember, videos should be just 2 to 3 minutes long! Low production value is fine, but we should be able to hear you and see you! If we select and show your video on The Giz Wiz you will now be awarded with some sort of prize. Like an autographed MAD magazine and some piece of crap. So that's one more (so-so) reason to send in your video! 

All show submissions go to gizwiz@twit.tv 

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Letter of the week: 

Hi Dick & Chad!
Last night, while watching Giz Wiz 1494, I plugged my iPhone 5S into my MacBook Pro to sync & charge it. While you were finishing the discussion about the Bloomsky Weather Station, one of you said something that the phone thought was "Hey, Siri!" Of course, Siri started to record everything that you said, in order to understand some kind of request or command. Although my phone's language is US English, it might have been temporarily occupied by one of the authors of those Instruction manuals written in China, because I can't make head or tail of it. I have included a screen shot of Siri 's transcript. Maybe you guys can compare it to the show's transcript so that you can let me know what you were talking about.

Keep up the good work!  Thanks & best regards, Ken Berger Philadelphia, PA