Giz Wiz Show #1581 for July 29th 2016 - Our 65th Independent Production!
July 27, 2016 Post a Comment Thanks to our wonderful Patreon supporters The Giz Wiz Show not only continues, not only enters its 2nd year of independent production, but now is nominated as "Best Tech Podcast Of The Year!" If you'd like to support OMGChad & DickDe in our independent venture (we pay for everything ourselves) just click the Patreon link at the top of our show web page: http://www.gizwiz.tv/ You can also contribute just once via the PayPal link that's there too. And thank you! Our show wouldn't exist without our viewer's support.
We start two weeks of fun electronics and tech toys from Sweet Suite/Blogger Bash, which took place in NYC on July 13th. The event, with dozens of tech toy companies, and hundreds of press folks, and big-time bloggers was held aboard aboard the Majesty Yacht, docked at Pier 81 in New York City. The Majesty is the largest luxury party ship in the North East (30,000 square feet).The Majesty has five dining rooms, an atrium with glass enclosed elevator, observation deck and can accommodate up to 1,200 guests. It's 210' long, with a beam of 67'. We didn't set sail least passing ships create waves that would send guests, food and gadgets flying everyone.
Every year Thames & Kosmos comes with many inventive, learning kits. This year's outstanding kit is the GeckoBot. This wall-climbing robot has a motorized air suction system that enables it to walk vertically up and down perfectly smooth surfaces, like glass, plastic, whiteboards, and glossy laminates. The battery-powered motor drives an innovative gear system that produces a rotating motion making the legs move back and forth and up and down, mimicking a real gecko — so two of the feet are touching the wall while the other two feet are lifted off of the wall, in an alternating motion. Kids can build six other models including an industrial robotic arm with a vacuum suction cup gripper, crawling inch worm, smartphone holder, suction tow truck and car, even a window cleaning robot. Age 8+,under $50.00. Coming fall 2016.
Giz Wiz Video: https://youtu.be/b0Z4PyKruvw
Geckobot company video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6W9G7lO6aOw
Company website: http://thamesandkosmos.com/index.php/robotics/geckobot
See or hear this show: www.gizwiz.tv/episode/1581
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