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J4D

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Meet Vario !

Meet Vario ! Not only does he look human , he is also a functioning circuit ! his head is an LED and turns on only when there is no light ! he has got a mind of his Own ! :) simple to make of course , but EXTREMELY Geeky :)
im thinking of giving this away to someone , hmm .

Georges

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Me

pikatore

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give to your girlfriend. if not, give to a girl and if she has any decency, she will marry you.

fuck i wish i could make something like that...

Flakk

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That looks awesome! I like the fact that you named him vario after the variable resistor

Ayman

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Very nice and creative keep up the good work ;)

Kassem

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me is impressed... did he learn to walk yet?

kareem_nasser

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Awesome, impressive and cool you should work as a Sony Engineer.

Joe

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**Lots of admirations**

Requests:
- Demo video
- Blog post
- Tutorial

Xsever

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Can he reproduce?
I wonder how his kids would look like ?

J4D

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Thanks guys :) Vario loves you too .

Requests:
- Demo video
- Blog post
- Tutorial

hopefully will be ready soon , with a complete how to .

I wonder how his kids would look like ?

i guess ill be creating a whole family of them 

other than that , im thinking of opening up a blog specifically for Vario(s) where i will be creating stories of them and such ... what do you think ?!

xterm

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Sell it!

fingers.any().pointAt { user -> user.name == "rahmu" }.owner().bodyParts { part -> part.name == "mouth" }.invoke("laughter")

P.S.: Nicely done jad, as always.

Last edited by xterm (April 26 2010)

Kassem

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other than that , im thinking of opening up a blog specifically for Vario(s) where i will be creating stories of them and such ... what do you think ?!

In the marketing world, that would be a superb idea. Creating a personality for your product would appeal to consumers, eventually they'll be all over your stores. If you got serious about it, I guess there is a big chance of you becoming rich and famous, and I mean rich!

Last edited by Kassem (April 26 2010)

kareem_nasser

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For Marketing i suggest giving it a more user-frinedly name like most LCD TV name Motion interpolation
as "Motion Flow"(Sony) and others even though "Motin" would be nice but for the avarage consumer which is the majority, to also satisfy techies when they ask about the name they'll think this is a humilation. But in general the name is good so it is your call.
It's useful not at houses but in more narrow areas like a car: you came from work at 9 pm and it will turn on after you turn off the car but at the same time it should include a switch(to turn on or off).

Kassem

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Oh wait a minute... The only thing it does is light up in the dark? In that case I take back my last post lol. But hey, in case you upgrade it: give it some brains, make it able to move, do some sounds, give it a better look (packaging)... etc then yeah if I had money to invest, I'd definitely invest in such a project.

Your target audience would most likely be little kids (8-13 years old), but some geeks would also like it as well. This would be kind of a smart toy. With some marketing plans you can set yourself up to something big. I mean c'mon, if a stupid doll like Barbie was able to make someone rich, wouldn't Vario be able to do the same? :)

Padre

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nice idea :) but where is the power source ?

rolf

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nice idea :) but where is the power source ?

I think the round belly is a battery.

crazy

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Very nice indeed, it reminded me of "filament' the robot that helps "geo trouvetout" build stuff (its in picsou if you guys used to read it, and I don't know the name in english).

Nice work Jad

Joe

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"filament' the robot that helps "geo trouvetout"

memories ...

Flakk

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nice idea :) but where is the power source ?

I think the round belly is a battery.

No. That is a variable resistor or Potentiometer.

Very nice indeed, it reminded me of "filament' the robot that helps "geo trouvetout" build stuff (its in picsou if you guys used to read it, and I don't know the name in english).

haha exactly what i was thinking! i used to read these when i was like 8. I remember that robot.
Scrooge mcduck was his name in english.

ballouta

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it's really nice man. and very useful in Lebanon  good job man. open a company on your own after finishing university

Flakk

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To anyone whos wondering about the components:

The head is of-course a LED. Under the LED is a transistor (supposed to be his neck i guess)
Under the transistor is the potentiometer. His arms are made of 2 (black) normal Diodes and his hands are made of two Zener diodes (in orange)
and his legs are made of two resistors.

Last edited by Flakk (April 26 2010)

J4D

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video=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGInivQChDE

Thanks all ! 

this particular one will get hanged from the back mirror of my car :) ! to accompany my PCB etched name-tag !

when i get some free time im going to create ALOT of Varios and distribute them among friends and Lebgeeks !

Flakk , there is also a photo-transistor on its back as a light sensor .
at this time im not planning to market vario ! he is practically nothing , its something worth a souvenir or such :)

kareem_nasser

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FaceBooked and Twittered. :)