Ok so I have designed something - now for the big time

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Apart from iCade is £50+ and this is £15

And mine is cooler because:

1). No batteries.
2). No config
3). looks better
4). Proper 4:3 screen size
5). Cheap as chips

Than again I am biased!

 

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Wow that bigtrack looks really cool. I'd probably upgrade the weaponry to gas powered bb

Are these things you designed yourself or does the company give you an idea and you design it from there?

Did you get to see what Jamie is working on?

I designed the new Bigtrak, after they said they wanted a new one. So the one you saw running about is my hand built prototype. I do all the styling, electronics, graphics, software etc..

Stuff like the iphone safes, and the arcade units are my ideas - plus I make the prototypes

Yes I know what Jaimie is working on, but as a fellow inventor - I ain't saying what!

 

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"Ok so I have invented something"...

No you restyled something, took an old idea and refreshed it.

I guess a modern version of the BigTrack in many ways.

Yes and no. I have also invented new things.

XTR is a update. Things like the Smartsafe are totally new - so technically "inventions", as they use new ways of interfacing product to smartphones.

As I say, there are lots more things I can't talk about yet, which are new.

The sphere thing is as far from Bigtrak as you can get. Price point, playability, age range etc. A rolling ball is not that much fun to me, as cool as it is.

 

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Be interesting to see if it is a real aid for better gaming on ios devices, as the iCade is, going by the ammount of people using it on Toucharcade; rather than just a gimmick.
I can not help but be cynical about this thread, wonderful marketing and still no "invention" to speak off.

lol, how many iphone operated safes that use light to transmit a code have you seen?

iAppCADE at £15 is not a proper gaming device, it is a fun gadget. As you say a "Gimmick"

lol.

 

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Its not really an invention is it, just a remake, or am I missing something?

Yup, the rest of this thread.

I dunno how many times I have to say, that XTR is not the only thing I have done.

TLDR, maybe?

 

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@2bit, cheers mate

 

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There is still waiting to do. These are the first of many things I have done.

No better or worse than the icade, except is does the same job without batteries, any user configuration, and at a very very low price.

 

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http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/44304/iappcade-iphone-arcade-cabinet-no-bluetooth

Some more coverage of the little iPhone arcade unit

 

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just saw you in the Jamie vid i wanted a bigtrak when i was a kid Jealous you got to meet jamie, closest i've come is driving past his place in Vermont when i used to live up that way last year.

Yup he is a very cool guy. Hopefully when things are a little less frantic, he will come and visit me in Brighton

Here is some more video of my stuff:

iAppCADE in the first few mins: http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/best-apps-from-london-toy-fair-50006837/

 

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Presumably you're not at the Spring Fair?

Nope. My stuff is over on the Bunkerbound stand tho'

 

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Will go have a look. I'm sure I've seen the bigtrak on my travels around here but didn't notice the safes.

Cheers!

Don't suppose you can take a piccy? I have no idea what is up there!

 

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the iappcade looks cool, it looked battered around the edges though? the one she was using..

The battered one is my original "wood" iPad prototype. it got busted up coming back from China. The deals are just inkjet photo paper :_)

 

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I've also been at Spring Fair all week and your inventions are on a much bigger stand than they were at Toy Fair.

It seems quite busy and have seen a few people looking impressed with Bigtrak. I'll also take some pics tomorrow if I can get away with it.

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Cool I don't really know what is at the show, so some pics of what it all looks like would be awesome!

 

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Ace, cheers

I can see 7 things there that I have done There are a few more but they are not at Spring fair.

 

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how many millions have you made

0

 

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Never mind..

I don't quite understand what you are saying (before the ninja edit)?

I started making stuff a year ago. Some of if is coming out now and will be in the shops soon. I said a year ago as soon as I can I will start to tell you all about it.

I could have just waited and then posted "hey I made this, or that" only to be asked for the Hovis to be added.

I am not bumping the thread unless something related comes to hand.

This thread is sort of a story about what I have been upto in the last year.

I also don't understand all the "ego" stuff. I fail to see where I have really bigged myself up on any of this, or spammed the thread.

 

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Actually if a mod can close or delete this thread, that would be good.

Ta.

 

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I think the time is right. I may post a new thread when stuff is in the shops later this year.

Soz.

 

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It's 25 pages of i'll tell you more when i can..

Well it is over a year!

I thought some of you would like to see how stuff is started from initial idea to product.

Anyways, I am hoping the thread will be removed now.

 

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Yes I have seen the title, what is wrong with it,.

I invented a bunch of stuff, that will go into the shops.

It ain't easy, or a smooth process - I thought I would share it with you guys.

It is a tongue in cheek statement.