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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #60 on: April 16, 2011, 09:18:18 AM »
I'm guessing some sort of wireless communication device?... ::)
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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #61 on: April 24, 2011, 09:28:21 AM »
Assuming I've run out of dumb mistakes with my prototypes, I'll announce the product in 4 weeks. The release date will be 2 months after that (the time it takes to manufacture).

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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #62 on: May 08, 2011, 09:55:04 PM »
Good news - it's finished! I've started all the purchases and getting quotes from manufacturers.

But the documentation needs some effort, so you'll have to wait another week to find out what it is :P

clue: it's a combination of some of the things mentioned/guessed in this thread ;D

Best case, it ships out in 3 months . . . but knowing my luck with manufacturers who knows . . . :-X

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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #63 on: May 09, 2011, 04:20:04 AM »
I guess it's a sensor then... Best guess..

A camera CMOS sensor...

And a second guess through some vid of yours.

A "flying" Axon variant for UAVs.


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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #64 on: May 09, 2011, 06:52:14 AM »
My guess is a microcontroller with built in wireless comm: think axon + xbee.
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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #65 on: May 09, 2011, 07:32:28 AM »
A "flying" Axon variant for UAVs.
That was actually my failed product idea back in 2009. I spent like ~4 months working hard on it, then canceled the project because I predicted (correctly) too much competition in the market. So I made the Axon II instead ;D

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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #66 on: May 09, 2011, 10:48:49 AM »
Will you be giving Webbot the necessary info/prototypes to have webbotlib support on release? *winkwinknudgenudge*
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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #67 on: May 09, 2011, 01:12:09 PM »
Will you be giving Webbot the necessary info/prototypes to have webbotlib support on release? *winkwinknudgenudge*
Waaaaayyyy ahead of you on that one :P

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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #68 on: May 09, 2011, 08:20:00 PM »
If you want a solidworks model ahead of time, let me know ;D
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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #69 on: May 10, 2011, 04:41:40 AM »
Hell, whatever it may is, just say... We've been waiting too long...

And apart from that, it's an Admin product... Is that the best part of it?
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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #70 on: May 10, 2011, 07:35:23 AM »
All this hype... I'm betting Admin is releasing the next Ipad competitor...

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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #71 on: May 10, 2011, 07:57:02 AM »
All this hype... I'm betting Admin is releasing the next Ipad competitor...

Even if it is the next 'bad' iPad competitor, I'd fall in line and support the cause =)
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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #72 on: May 10, 2011, 09:57:43 AM »
Will you be giving Webbot the necessary info/prototypes to have webbotlib support on release? *winkwinknudgenudge*
Waaaaayyyy ahead of you on that one :P

So what your saying is we need to put the screws to webbot to find out what the product is...
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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #73 on: May 10, 2011, 10:00:42 AM »
So what your saying is we need to put the screws to webbot to find out what the product is...

or check out the source tree...
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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #74 on: May 10, 2011, 11:07:00 AM »
There are clues in various places as to what it is. I found them all and put them together a few months back. I also happened to be in DC at the time, so I was able confirm my suspicion I saw Admin in person. 

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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #75 on: May 10, 2011, 12:40:13 PM »
I saw Admin in person. 

So he does exist. I thought he wired his brain into the ERP and connected it to the SOR server farm.
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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #76 on: May 10, 2011, 01:20:17 PM »
So he does exist. I thought he wired his brain into the ERP and connected it to the SOR server farm.

Well, I didn't say otherwise.  ;)

Or, I guess I did. O well.
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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #77 on: May 11, 2011, 03:21:35 PM »
Bad news everyone . . . found a big mistake and will need to prototype yet another :'(

(not a joke)

2 more weeks delay . . . but I'll still probably publicly announce it in one week . . .

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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #78 on: May 11, 2011, 04:04:49 PM »
Will you be giving Webbot the necessary info/prototypes to have webbotlib support on release? *winkwinknudgenudge*
Waaaaayyyy ahead of you on that one :P
Kinda my intro. Yep Admin and I are collaborating - his brains/design - I'm just adding support. No more clues..

So what your saying is we need to put the screws to webbot to find out what the product is...
or check out the source tree...

He-he - I've been very careful to keep this under the hood! So no info there - nor in Project Designer, Board Designer etc.

Hell, whatever it may is, just say... We've been waiting too long...

And apart from that, it's an Admin product... Is that the best part of it?
Perfection takes time!

All I can possibly add is that the 'heart' of the new product is rather new and therefore not very well documented by the manufacturer and there ain't much, useful, stuff on the web. So Admin is breaking a lot of new ground to get this to work along with software support - and whilst the delays seem to be to your collective disappointment it costs him $$$$ for each 'new understanding/fix' - but  the result will rock !!

If he only wanted your money then he could have launched it 6 months ago. But he'd rather give you something that works instead - ie "Proven by Admin"

So: patience is good !!

Nuff said - back to 'quiet mode'
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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #79 on: May 11, 2011, 05:07:59 PM »
Looking through my old files, now I know why I made the mistake. The company that produces the key chip I'm using had left out some very important information in their datasheet. I just downloaded the most recent one and the info is corrected.

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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #80 on: May 11, 2011, 05:09:19 PM »
...but I'll still probably publicly announce it in one week
So...what you are telling us is that you'll find another big mistake in six days and delay things again? (Not on purpose, of course.) ;D

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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #81 on: May 11, 2011, 05:13:23 PM »
...but I'll still probably publicly announce it in one week
So...what you are telling us is that you'll find another big mistake in six days and delay things again? (Not on purpose, of course.) ;D
no no, thats when I tell you my manufacturer takes my parts and doesn't manufacture anything for 3+ months or never . . . it's happened before! Three times actually  :-X

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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #82 on: May 11, 2011, 05:28:28 PM »
no no, thats when I tell you my manufacturer takes my parts and doesn't manufacture anything for 3+ months or never . . . it's happened before! Three times actually  :-X
I hate you.  >:(
Thankfully, I am kidding.  ;D
Well...sort of. ;)
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« Reply #83 on: May 16, 2011, 09:50:32 AM »
I think I will camp out outside Admin's door until he steps outside and announces to the world what this secret project of his is. Forget any additional waiting. Those who are interested are going to have to do that regardless of whether you tell us what this thing is or not.

:::peeks through the window:::
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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #84 on: May 22, 2011, 01:12:38 PM »
Bad news everyone . . . found a big mistake and will need to prototype yet another :'(

(not a joke)

2 more weeks delay . . . but I'll still probably publicly announce it in one week . . .

C'mon Admin, it's been more than a week since you posted that. :(
I think I speak for almost everyone when I say that I'm dying to know what this "secret product" is. ???
Patience is a virtue, but your product better be good for all this torture. ;)

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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #85 on: May 22, 2011, 01:57:27 PM »
Sorry, I had jury duty *all* last week. :-X

I'm testing the latest version today as we speak (read/type?).

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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #86 on: May 23, 2011, 05:09:40 AM »
Another fail post and I'll start a parody...

Sick 'n' tired of all these fillers...
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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #87 on: May 23, 2011, 10:04:13 AM »
You mentioned it was revolutionary, is it the wheel?  ;)

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« Reply #88 on: May 23, 2011, 09:18:25 PM »
I'm still running tests on it, so can't promise the release date or price yet. Probably 2+ months.

The smarter of you squirrels will be able to figure it out without more info. I'll only give more info when it's ready.

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Re: admins secret new product
« Reply #89 on: May 23, 2011, 09:26:55 PM »
I mini Axon cool!

Its got more memory than the average Apple ][ !
« Last Edit: May 23, 2011, 09:32:42 PM by voyager2 »
And Admin said "Let there be robots!"
And it was good.

 


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