A Day at the Maker Faire
The Maker Faire came to town and it was chock full of brilliant, freaky gadget makers and inventors from around the world. GETV’s Roving RoboReporter Violet Blue wanders the fairgrounds to see how things are going in the Make Play Day room, explores vintage pinball machines and checks in with the Power Tool Drag Races.
Episode links: Violet Blue, Maker Faire, Michael Shiloh, Make Play Day (pix), Lucky Ju Ju Pinball, Power Tool Drag Races, Jeremy Boyle (Trio1)
Twitterdildonic Stimulation
While at SXSW Interactive in Austin, Texas, Roving RoboReporter Violet Blue caught up with a unique hacker by the name of Kyle Machulis. Kyle isn’t your ordinary teledildonic hardware hacker. No, Kyle created the ultimate real-time sex device mashup by linking public Twitter updates to a Rez Trance Vibrator allowing users to FEEL Twitter messages. Kyle demonstrates and explains how it all works. You will never regard Twitter the same way again. (This video is safe for work, no matter what your industry).
Episode links: Violet Blue, qDot (slashdong), MMOrgy, IGDA Sex, Twitter, Rez Trance Vibrator
More Cocktail Robot Madness from Roboexotica 2006
GETV found its way to Vienna, Austria for the 8th annual Roboexotica cocktail robot festival, conference and awards show organized by the snarky drunkards at monochrom and SHIFZ. Violet Blue interviews some more creators of amazing cocktail bots.
Episode links: Roboexotica, Violet Blue, monochrom, SHIFZ, Jonathan Moore (External Combustion Engine), Gordan Savicic & Leo Peschta (WERP-Bot), Anika Kronberger & Daniel Fabry (Digit Colada & Cheers), David Calkins (Chapek & Tyler’s WaiterBot)
Roboexotica 2006 in Vienna
GETV found its way to Vienna, Austria for the 8th annual Roboexotica cocktail robot festival, conference and awards show organized by the snarky drunkards at monochrom and SHIFZ. Here is a sampling of a few drink faciliating machines.
— Additional Roboexotica Video Footage —
Episode links: Roboexotica, Violet Blue, monochrom, SHIFZ, Bureau of Philosophy, Chris Veigl (CockBot1), Roswitha Weingrill (Eiswürfelmörder), Simone Davalos (El Espanol Buraccho), Team Katapult / Team Murmelbahn (Leichtbekömmlichvorgekaut / digestablepremasticated)
RoboGames 2006 WrapUp
GETV RoboReporter Violet Blue found herself amidst deadly combat robots and their makers at RoboGames 2006 recently held in San Francisco. Violet talks to the creators behind competitors MegaByte, Pipe Wench, Snakebyte, Devil’s Plunger and SubZero. Episode links: Violet Blue, RoboGames 2006, Robotic Death Company, Team PlumbCrazy, Team Hammertime
RoboGames: Monty Reed Shall Walk
While at RoboGames 2006, GETV RoboReporter Violet Blue spoke with Monty Reed of They Shall Walk about the robotic exo-skeletal suit he developed to assist himself after being paralyzed in a parachute accident. Monty demonstrates prototype 13b for us. Episode links: Violet Blue, Monty Reed, They Shall Walk, Robert Heinlein, RoboGames 2006
Nerd Salon and Roomba Cockfights
How can anyone say no to cockfighting Roombas? That’s right, it’s simply not possible. GETV Roving RoboReporter Violet Blue goes deep with Nerd Salon’s high priestesses Annalee Newitz and Jennifer Granick to discover geek polination games, fighting robots and other stickiness that brings out the nerdy geek. Violet then talks to Phil Torrone, master Roomba warrior from the land of MAKE, who describes the impossible mission that got the Roombas fighting.
Episode links: nerd salon, annalee newitz, jennifer granick, violet blue, roomba frogger (thx mark!), mad scientist, feline pollination, roomba pool, phil torrone, irobot roomba, geek american hero, 3 laws of robotics, make magazine
Graham Leggat Talks Film & Citizen Media
This one is for the film geeks. The organizers of the 49th San Francisco International Film Festival are courting bloggers and videobloggers this year to help spread the love. We like love, so here we are. GETV Investigative Film Geek Violet Blue speaks with Graham Leggat, head of the SF Film Society which puts on the festival. He talks a bit about bloggers as media, couch surfing filmmakers, some favorite controversial films and militant lesbian kayakers of Afghanistan. Episode links: sffs, sf360, sfiff, tom cruise, couch surfing
Teledildonicist Allen Stein nails it with his Thrillhammer
Allen Stein, inventor of the Thrillhammer, talks with GETV Sexpert Violet Blue about his Internet controlled, teledildonic pleasure machine. Work safe if you work in a sex shop, book store or the government. Episode links: the thrillhammer, violet blue, mapping lazy sunday, sex machines book, modern times bookstore
Violet Blue probes Timothy Archibald over the sex machine
GETV Sexpert Violet Blue guest interviews Timothy Archibald, author and photographer of the beautiful Sex Machines book. Learn a little about these goofy inventors from the heartland. One might even be your mom. Don’t worry, it’s work safe (assuming dildos are ok). Episode links: Violet Blue, Sex Machines book, buy it, Thrillhammer, Bea Arthur, trunk, Process Media, wired news