Tech Tuesday on Sirius/XM PGA Tour Radio for 5/22/13 - Weird Tech Gadgets of 2013

Tech Tuesday was moved to Wednesday this week.

Brian and I talk this strange tech items and more.

Show notes:

Rick will be at TPC Sawgrass in Ponta Vedra next week for the unveiling of some new PGA Apps.  Media members will be getting a demo of the new apps as they play the back 9 at the Stadium Course.  How many balls will Rick lose?

And some of the weirdest gadgets introduced so far in 2013


1.  The PGA is set to announce some new apps.  Rick will be at TPC Sawgrass next Wed and Thur for the announcement and the demo.  Brian should give some tips to Rick on playing the 17th at Sawgrass.


*Rick's weirdest gadgets so far in 2013...

2.  Lenovo Yoga - Is a laptop, is it a tablet? Convertible computer.

Yoga  combines the productivity of an Ultrabook™ with the touch experience of a tablet, taking full advantage of the Windows 8 functionality. The screen flips a full 360 degrees into four modes that make it easy to create, share, or consume content. Combine those with its long battery life, and the Yoga 13 provides ultimate versatility.
Price $999

 3.    iMusicBodyRhythm  About $100

Uwe Diegel is a former concert pianist, turned medical product designer. His latest invention arrived at CES via Kickstarter, and is designed to let you feel the rhythm of your music. The iMusicBodyRhythm is a massage vest that pulses to your beats. Simply connect the vest to your iDevice, and you can get a massage to the beat of your music, or create your own beats with a virtual drumkit.
 

4.  HAPIlabs HAPIfork  $100   -www.hapilabs.com

According to French company HAPIlabs, eating too fast is one of the main reasons some of us put on weight – we simply eat too much before our brain can process and tell us to stop. The HAPIfork monitors you in real-time, and warns you with a gentle vibrate (sending your forkful of peas everywhere) and some flashing lights if you’re eating too fast, whilst the accompanying app tracks your eating habits over a long period of time.

 
5.  Dhama Pursuit Business Shirt  -  About $130

The people at Dhama are now hoping to increase your office comfort with their new business shirt. The shirt which comes in a number of colours and sizes may look like your everyday shirt from the outside, but inside its material exterior lies advanced thermal engineering, moisture management and bio-chemical engineering. The in-built heating and cooling system ranges from 73 to 122 degrees so wearers can cool off in the sticky summer day sun.
 

6.  Time permitting

The Aston Martin CC100

In celebration of the 100th Anniversay of Aston Martin
Aston Martin has created a special one-off car called the CC100, whose styling pays homage to the legendary Aston Martin DBR1 race car from the 1950s, while also giving an idea of what future production cars will look like.
Looks kind of like a Batmobile
Open-top “speedster” body style from the DBR1. But it dispenses with the windshield and adds huge cutouts in the so-called “swan wing” doors, which open at an upward angle and are a hallmark of modern Aston Martins.
A glimpse into the future of cars

Aston Martin’s tasteful restraint when it comes to design, as well as its reliance on alluring proportions and subtle, well-crafted details over fantastical styling conceits, has always set its cars apart and elevated them to among the most beautiful in the industry.
 

Tech Tuesday on Sirius/XM PGA Tour Radio for 5/14/13 - Purgatory and Crowdfunding

 Rick puts Brian to the test today as he quizzes him about some golf Kickstarter and Indiegogo projects and whether they got funded. Rick also talks about a wonderful new golf course photo app/ebook showcasing the Purgatory Golf Club in Indiana.

 Have a listen:

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* TOPICS -   The Purgatory e-book and current golf Kickstarter and Indiegogo products (Crowdfunding projects)

We look at a beautiful new e-book showcasing the beautiful "Purgatory" golf course in Indiana - and we get Brian's opinion on some Golf "Kickstarter" and Indieagogo projects and we test him to see if they got funded or not

1.   Purgatory e-book ("More Heaven than Hell")  by Tenna Merchent  available on iBooks   - free version of $4.99

This is a coffee table style iBook, that does not include any video, so it can be more widely read. It is heavy on images, and light on text. There’s a short introductory chapter that gives an overview of the golf course. The next 18 chapters are each dedicated to one hole, with a short description of the challenges a golfer will face, a video flyover, yardage book illustration, and several high quality images. There are also chapters on the clubhouse and areas around the course with accompanying images. Tenna's favorite chapter is one of the last where she included images that she either hand painted, or rendered in a painterly fashion to create stunning artwork.
What better way to promote this fantastic looking golf course

 

We test Brian to see if can guess what got funded and what didn't
** A little about Kickstarter and Indieagogo

2.  Show Me app and device- You have to pledge $149 to get one of the first units
Partner with the AJGA

ShowMe began with a dream of a father who wanted to follow his sons playing competitive golf across the globe. That dream is now becoming a reality.

It’s super simple: grab a device and head out on the course. Put it in your pocket, on your belt, or in your bag, and whenever you get to your ball, simply press a button to record the position of your shots. Your round is now broadcast live to parents, coaches and college recruiters – on the course, in the clubhouse, back home, or across the globe.

This is the ShowMe device – the shot by shot GPS scorecard that will help you improve your game and make it more engaging.
This has been done before, but this produces stats in a nice format


3.   The Omen  - golf ball   - Minimum $25 contribution

Hey Kickstarters, thanks for checking out our project! OnCore Golf is a start up company on the verge of launching a revolutionary hollow metal core golf ball- The Omen. Just to be clear, there is no other golf ball designed like ours in the world! The Omen, by shifting the weight to the outside of the ball, reduces one's hooks and slices. It is geared for amateur golfers looking to play golf from the fairway and not the woods!

Is it USGA approved???  Our concept was approved in the past but balls must be resubmitted every single year. We have made sure that when designing  the ball, it would conform to all the metrics the USGA has laid out. We have no interest in making a "cheater ball." We just want to make a better ball.  I beleive that is what we have done!

 

4.   Club Catcher: Never lose another golf club. - $120

Finally! The solution to a problem as old as golf itself: lost golf clubs. Club Catcher keeps track of your clubs so you don't have to.
Club Catcher is a base unit that clips onto your golf bag, and club units that screw into your existing club grips. It won't interfere with normal play, but will quickly alert you with an audible alarm when you leave a club behind. Using a combination of motion sensing and radio frequency (RF) communication, Club Catcher keeps track of your clubs so you don’t have to.
 
 

5.  M-Tees - Acculong Golf Tees  $10 for a strip of tees

Patent Pending ACULONG Golf Tees give you longer golf drives - Guaranteed. Our tees have been proven using robotic testing to give you longer drives and better accuracy when driving the golf ball and conform to USGA rules.  Now that’s a hole-in-one!
They are made of Teslin, a non-toxic, non-cellulose, recyclable material that is 65% by weight inorganic filler (silica, derived from sand).
Teslin is basically synthetic paper like greeting cards are made out of
 

6.  Gravity Centered Golf's zero torque golf clubs  $129

The next revolution in golf club design from GCG! Our golf clubs are designed to produce zero torque, meaning you will hit the ball straighter!
Our design moves the shaft attachment point so that zero torque is produced, resulting in more shots in the fairway, and makes it far easier to hit straight from difficult lies. 

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A lot of laughs, a lot of fun.