Magazine Article!
[This isn't a network post; it is, instead, an article in H+ Magazine. Interestingly, H+ is VERY pro-imPort - most of their articles on imPorts actually focus on the positives that come from people from other dimensions, and speculate on things like “post-singularity universes”.
The article's been making its way across other tech blogs with a lot of links, and if you're looking for information on StarWave, you probably found it.]
MOVE OVER ASIMO
StarWave inc is the wave of the future
As everyone knows, the influx of the beings we've come to term imPorts into our universe has irrevocably changed our society, for better or for worse. Most people focus on the disruptions to daily life - especially for residents of the City - that the imPorts have caused, but some have taken a more pragmatic approach.
One such group is the company StarWave INC, one of the many imPort supported companies that have appeared in the past two years. Much smaller and more local than StarkTech and Oscorp (companies which we'll be covering as part of a new series on imPort technologies), StarWave nonetheless has been pushing the boundaries of what technology can do.
Their primary specialty is robotics. StarWave's first contributions to the tech scene came in the form of cute robot dog pets, the BARK, followed by a whole line of adorable mechanical companions. Since then, they've moved on to a new humanoid robot - something that their PR department claims is the next ASIMO.
[Here follows a video of the robot in question. They're about five feet tall, and come in a variety of colors. The two main robots in the footage are one black robot with red highlights and another blue robot, though there's a few others in other various colors. They go about a variety of different tasks, from the mundane - vacuuming the floor, moving boxes, etc - to one spectacular rescue simulation. Finally, the robots are shown to fold up into tiny rectangles smaller than a cell phone, and weighing... well, enough for a researcher to hold it in one hand]
Of course, TAPE (as it's called) is not yet available to the public. Right now, you can see them in Washington DC, helping with the cleanup of the disaster at the National Museum of Natural History. [a picture of this!]
[ooc: crazy supertech and magazine article pre-approved via plotting post. if any of this is not okay for some reason, just ping me and let me know.]
The article's been making its way across other tech blogs with a lot of links, and if you're looking for information on StarWave, you probably found it.]
MOVE OVER ASIMO
StarWave inc is the wave of the future
As everyone knows, the influx of the beings we've come to term imPorts into our universe has irrevocably changed our society, for better or for worse. Most people focus on the disruptions to daily life - especially for residents of the City - that the imPorts have caused, but some have taken a more pragmatic approach.
One such group is the company StarWave INC, one of the many imPort supported companies that have appeared in the past two years. Much smaller and more local than StarkTech and Oscorp (companies which we'll be covering as part of a new series on imPort technologies), StarWave nonetheless has been pushing the boundaries of what technology can do.
Their primary specialty is robotics. StarWave's first contributions to the tech scene came in the form of cute robot dog pets, the BARK, followed by a whole line of adorable mechanical companions. Since then, they've moved on to a new humanoid robot - something that their PR department claims is the next ASIMO.
[Here follows a video of the robot in question. They're about five feet tall, and come in a variety of colors. The two main robots in the footage are one black robot with red highlights and another blue robot, though there's a few others in other various colors. They go about a variety of different tasks, from the mundane - vacuuming the floor, moving boxes, etc - to one spectacular rescue simulation. Finally, the robots are shown to fold up into tiny rectangles smaller than a cell phone, and weighing... well, enough for a researcher to hold it in one hand]
Of course, TAPE (as it's called) is not yet available to the public. Right now, you can see them in Washington DC, helping with the cleanup of the disaster at the National Museum of Natural History. [a picture of this!]
[ooc: crazy supertech and magazine article pre-approved via plotting post. if any of this is not okay for some reason, just ping me and let me know.]