Category Archives: Robotics

Bulletz

Posted on February 14, 2024 by gemmell

A societal change in the way we transport ourselves to and from places. Rather than a huge 2 ton monster, this is the size of a motorbike, fits one person lying down, and has no windows. It’s essentially a super … Continue reading →

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Forever Shoes

Posted on November 4, 2023 by gemmell

The idea is that you sell a little shoe box sized factory that can _make_ shoes. It’s got the articulated arms and eyes to be able to take apart one of the forever shoes, and put it backtogether either fixed, … Continue reading →

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Robotic Beauty Patch

Posted on September 20, 2023 by gemmell

As an extension to the previous post, I wonder what it would take to remove a mole. Yes you can cut it out. But if you had something that could inject the right compound at the right time of day … Continue reading →

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Robo Mole Check Scritcher

Posted on September 20, 2023 by gemmell

The idea here is that you could have a little robot crawling around your skin getting high precision photos of your moles. Or doing anything else really. But the problem is that it would give people “the ick”. So instead, … Continue reading →

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Tattaday

Posted on July 29, 2023 by gemmell

Similar to my hair bot idea, this uses a robot to do an intricate temporary tattoo by drawing it directly on a persons skin. You strap it to your arm, it draws this amazing art, you wake up in the … Continue reading →

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AI Toy Platform

Posted on April 7, 2023 by gemmell

Not sure where the text of this one went. But I think this was a set of AI capabilities (vtt, llm, ttv) that you sell as a package for toy manufacturers. Perhaps it comes with its own mobile network connection … Continue reading →

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HairBot

Posted on March 29, 2023 by gemmell

The science of hairloss is pretty well known. The problem is delivery of the right chemicals to the right spot. Now imagine a thing that crawls around your head, inspects hair follicles, and injects needed chemicals directly into the location … Continue reading →

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Hair Bot

Posted on June 18, 2022 by gemmell

Colouring hair is an imprecise process. But it would be possible for a bot to individually colour each strand if it wanted to. It’s all about miniaturisation and control. Imagine the insane hair styles you could create if each strand … Continue reading →

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Home Factories

Posted on August 16, 2021 by gemmell

These are garage/carport sized machines where you download a “pattern”, buy the raw materials required and place QR stickers on them, and then the machine does the rest. Can build everything from furniture to rocket ships. This works in 3 … Continue reading →

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First Responder Drones

Posted on May 27, 2021 by gemmell

Drones that fly out from emergency services centers to get a picture of the situation on the ground. I imagine these would fly out fast, extend legs and land and survey the situation, relaying information back to the crew on … Continue reading →

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