[QUOTE]What would the creators of some of the most beloved and widespread American toys make, if given a completely blank slate? We asked the driving forces behind toys like K'Nex, LEGO, Tickle Me Elmo, and Nerf to really explore their craziest impulses--and man, did they come up with some craziness.
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[B][U]Print-a-Pet[/U][/B]
“The personal pet creator would be the size of a mini-fridge and have a touchscreen interface. You would choose a robotic platform from a menu and then start adding features: How many legs? Is it aquatic? Amphibious? Avian? What length of fur or color of scales? You could also choose from a library of existing or mythical creatures. Next, the personality: language, likes and dislikes, etcetera. Then you press the big ‘make’ button and watch through the window as your personal pet is created.” --Caleb Chung, inventor of Pleo and co-inventor of Furby[/release]
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[B][U]Projecting Fantasy[/U][/B]
“Imagine a toy that takes augmented reality to a new level, bringing a child’s imagination into the physical world. It combines voice recognition and location awareness with sound, image and smell projection. Say ‘spaceship,’ and the very walls of your room become the walls of your vessel, your bed the captain’s chair. Walk down the hall to your sister’s room, and you pass through the airlock and enter a Jovian landscape. Say ‘I’ve got a bad feeling about this,’ and sure enough, stinky little green men come streaming out of the closet. Will you fight them with your finger-laser or try to communicate? The real world becomes your magical adventure.” --Joshua Garrett, Contributor to Battleship LIVE, Monopoly LIVE and Sing-a-ma-jigs[/release]
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[B][U]2-D to 3-D[/U][/B]
“I would love to have a transformation machine. You could take a snapshot of anything or even draw it, put the picture into the machine, and out would pop a three-dimensional toy version of the depicted object. If the original has working parts, like a bicycle, the 3-D toy would have the same working parts. And of course you could scale the toy version to any size you wanted—tiny, gigantic and anything in between.” --Michael Araten, CEO of K’nex[/release]
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[B][U]Living Blocks[/U][/B]
“I propose LEGO bricks that reflect the fluid and evolving state of imagination—bricks that contain an organic quality such that, when assembled, they move from their static form to an organic creation. Builders immediately see feedback from the living creations they assemble based on the environment: light, force, sound and temperature. When you take them apart, the blocks return to their static parts.” --Søoren Holm, Senior director of the LEGO Concept Lab in Billund, Denmark[/release]
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[B][U]Liquid Fireworks[/U][/B]
“I want a bubble solution that blows light-up bubbles that flash brilliant colors and stay floating at eye level for hours. You could pop them only with a special magic wand that makes them burst into a sparkling fireworks-like light show of glowing particles whose embers slowly fade away.” --Ron Dubren, Co-inventor of Tickle Me Elmo[/release]
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[B][U]Drivable Dinosaur[/U][/B]
"I'd build a full-size Tyrannosaurus rex robot that a person can ride in. I’ve spent hours studying the T. rex skeleton at the Museum of Natural History in New York, and the proportions of the skull appear just about perfect for a reclined seat. The machine would be able to run and jump, not just shuffle like current robots. It would be powered by a turbine engine driving high-speed hydraulics. Control would rely on the balance and reflexes of the pilot rather than automatic stabilization.” --Robert Victor, Contributor to the Nerf Vortex[/release][/QUOTE]
Source: [url]http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-01/six-inventors-visualize-ultimate-toy[/url]
Read title as "the Ultimate Sex Toy"...
Still cool though.
[I]It's finally here.[/I]
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FUNZO!
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The toy better shoot rockets and blow up other toys
some of these inventions will acquire other purposes once the child reaches that magic chronic masturbation age.
[QUOTE=Antdawg;34645978]Read title as "the Ultimate Sex Toy"...
Still cool though.[/QUOTE]
To be honest, it's what made me click the article on the site at first :v:
Best one is the driveable T-Rex
[QUOTE=thisispain;34646022]some of these inventions will acquire other purposes once the child reaches that magic chronic masturbation age.[/QUOTE]
I'm not so sure about how the augmented reality one, the 2d to 3d one, or the print a "pet" one could be used that way.
But that driveable t-rex needs a mature rating. God, even thinking about it... it's so sex.
[QUOTE=Fatman55;34646063]Best one is the driveable T-Rex[/QUOTE]
Fuck buying that for a kid, I want one
[QUOTE=Last or First;34646072]I'm not so sure about how the augmented reality one[/QUOTE]
[quote]Imagine a toy that takes augmented reality to a new level, bringing a child’s imagination into the physical world. It combines voice recognition and location awareness with sound, image and smell projection.[/quote]
really, you aren't sure?
[QUOTE=thisispain;34646092]really, you aren't sure?[/QUOTE]
No, I'm not sure. I'm not sure how it could be possible. At all. How could having your own fantasy world be used sexually? I just don't get it.
But that t-rex one is basically a sex toy.
[QUOTE=Last or First;34646108]No, I'm not sure. I'm not sure how it could be possible. At all. How could having your own fantasy world be used sexually? I just don't get it.[/QUOTE]
yeah you know i don't get either. i was just saying that to be funny.
I wonder if I can print a pet woman
The fantasy-coming-to-life one sounds so fucking awesome.
I want a Print-A-Pet so I can finally rule the world with an army of incredibly tiny dinosaurs
[QUOTE=Last or First;34646108]No, I'm not sure. I'm not sure how it could be possible. At all. How could having your own fantasy world be used sexually? I just don't get it.
But that t-rex one is basically a sex toy.[/QUOTE]
how could a 100% realistic fantasy world not be used sexually
I want that T-rex man, that shit would be fucking awesome as fuck.
I am 20 in three months and want all these for myself :<
Liquid fireworks sounds so badass.
Of course some retarded kid would drink it, causing it to be outlawed.
I think the [I][U][B]LIFE-SIZED ROBOT T-REX[/B][/U][/I] would be, quite possibly, the best toy given in the history of man.
[QUOTE=Hidole555;34646665]Liquid fireworks sounds so badass.
Of course some retarded kid would drink it, causing it to be outlawed.[/QUOTE]
As a kid myself, I never understood how some kids could ingest inedible things. I never put anything anywhere near my mouth unless my parents told me it was food.
My younger sisters, on the other hand...well let's just say if it got within their grasp, it would soon be in their mouth. :v:
[QUOTE=Last or First;34646108]No, I'm not sure. I'm not sure how it could be possible. At all. How could having your own fantasy world be used sexually? I just don't get it.
But that t-rex one is basically a sex toy.[/QUOTE]
Wet dream effect
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[QUOTE=Shugo;34646783]
My younger sisters, on the other hand...well let's just say if it got within their grasp, it would soon be in their mouth. :v:[/QUOTE]
Uh... okay
Yeah, the super cool advanced electronic toys are always the shittiest ones.
If I was going to visualize the ultimate toy, it'd be legos, but more of them, and cheaper.
This is cool, but you already can project your imagination through lucid dreaming.
[QUOTE=Mr. Smartass;34647176]This is cool, but you already can project your imagination through lucid dreaming.[/QUOTE]
Not really. Last time I had a lucid dream , I realised I was in a dream , and then woke up in another dream ; but I didn't realise that dream was also a dream.
I hate my brain. won't let me have any fun , just has to spoil it.
Shit's got nothing on the almighty cardboard box.
Oh my god i want the projected reality right now, i want to fight dragons in space.
Please invent this within the next 20 years.
I can see two groups the Print a Pet would appeal to
And neither of them are children :v:
[QUOTE=Instant Mix;34647330]Not really. Last time I had a lucid dream , I realised I was in a dream , and then woke up in another dream ; but I didn't realise that dream was also a dream.
I hate my brain. won't let me have any fun , just has to spoil it.[/QUOTE]
Then you weren't doing it correctly
uhh, the source link gives me a page not found error and the image links are all broken.
[QUOTE=Fatman55;34646063]Best one is the driveable T-Rex[/QUOTE]
Especially a JET POWERED T-Rex.
Fuck yes. Sign me up. And I'm not even a dinosaur fan.
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