Ball gearbox

Greetings to all.

Does anyone remember their first impressions of the device (smartphone, laptop), which had a toy, where it was necessary to tilt the device?



And there was rolling a ball (wonder!), Which had to be rolled through the meters of mazes into the right mink.

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Once, more than 5 years ago, such a technical solution impressed me so much that since then such games on these devices have been my favorite games.





Two smart peppers, Ian Bernstein and Adam Wilson, organized a startup that collaborates with home appliance manufacturers so that devices running smartphones “step” on the shelves of consumers. The GearBox project is an open, extensible hardware platform with its own API. Works under HTC / Android / Apple devices.



As a child I rolled a ping-pong ball over a racket. Our children roll the balls already in smartphones. Our grandchildren will roll the balls on the racket, driving a smartphone.











Work on the prototype device, which will be controlled by a mobile phone, began at the end of 2009. After seven months of work (at the end of June of this year), the first cool thing matured.



The thing was a round mehanoid. In the guts there were 6 motors, a bunch of I / O, and all this "rulilos" through the bluetooth.







As this business rolls, you can look below.







They also have demo machines.







In the blog, the guys write what games you can play with this device.

For example, "Sumo". Put two balls on the table and who will shove whom.

A new version of the ball (which is in the video) is able to “Ambient Data”.

Those. flashes in different colors while charging, if you received a message or mail on smart.



AND MOST IMPORTANT Your woman will be pleased. We are waiting for sale.





Ps. You can follow the startup and news on the guys site .