I read this very cool article blog feed from AltJapan.com. Apparently, a pachinko-making (which is a Japanese form of gambling machine that has the functions like a pinball machine except you win the marbles in exchange for cash instead of credits) company, Sankyo, released a couple of amazing TV commercials, using Macross themes as their main elements of advertising, as part of their goals promoting new pachinko machines in Japan’s gambling market.
Macross Commercial - by Sankyo
If you watch the commercials, they used everything from the Macross series to make such impact! The music, the Valkeyries, Macross City, the clouds, Lynn Minmei! EVERYTHING!
With a tiny difference. They use real-life actors and objects.
Well, almost all real-life actors and objects. I love the way they did the bring out (spoilers alert!) transformation sequence of the Macross city like that!
Well… I thought it was going to be one, but nope! After I browse the material on CartoonLeap’s link on this subject, I was totally gutted that Apple hasn’t gotten on the next product phenomenon with this. It would be nice to see if they can produce another i-series product line in this phase since Sony has ceased their revolutionary humanoids of robot lines, Aibo, a few years ago. This should be Apple’s next greatest chance of product development in place!
But, sadly… No. It’s not going to be like. Instead, someone took their ‘creative’ trouble to make full use of Iphone applications to come up with something like this.
Seeing as how ‘inventive’ the Japanese has gotten far with this clever attachment of Iphone onto the electronic equipment and computed its apps to operate its limbs accordingly, I reckon they should come up with top ten new applications when attached to a robot. It would be far more entertaining than what other technie review site could say about iPhone’s best apps. I mean wouldn’t it be interesting to have your on robot that’s got best functionality of ins and outs of iPhone, without needing you touching the screen? Â Also, think about the pros and cons behind these and somehow we can formulate advantages that benefit us mankind hugely! Â Not convince?
Well… Let me see. What are the top best iPhone apps you can go with this?
Vacuum the carpets (while you go watch your favour program on tv)
Wash the gutters and drains (no more back stretching)
Wash the car (hey, it may work out, you never know)
Lawn the mower on Sunday ( which you never ever bother to do them many summers ago)
Get the newspapers (Okay, a little lame, Â but I needed to put something on this list!)
Give you a massage (Well, still better than playing a masseuse, if not affordable)
Does grocery shopping for you (Nice!)
Clean house ie bathtub, toilets, sink etc. (Make sure the model’s water-resistant. Highly recommended!)
Take your pet for a walk (I don’t have any pets of my own, but you get the idea :))
And lastly, it goes to work on your behalf, while you stay at home with your jammies on, watching Dr Phil. (This deserves two thumbs up, IMHO.)
So there you go, top ten useful applications with Iphone robot. Â What more could you better ask for? Technology is after all there to make our lives easier and grant us more stress free and hopefully someone out there would think far ahead with these ‘useful’ suggestions.
Otherwise, we can always refer to this as well, if we can’t get everything above. Â We’ll be very self-sufficient from the start.
Was working in my office yesterday, and as I was talking to my colleague to watch Transformers:ROTF with a group of friends he shared me this awesome Youtube clip video of a MacBook Pro Transformer. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw this. It was pretty amazing! Truly convincing even though I could tell there’s plenty of clever CGI work done on this. But nevertheless, it was a job well done by our French robot fan here. Enjoy!
