Indiegogo Archives - Ellis.FYI https://ellis.fyi/tag/indiegogo/ the website formerly known as Tim and Jeni Fri, 12 Sep 2014 20:19:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 129652389 Why I’m Skeptical of Jibo, the Overly Cute Robo-Servant https://ellis.fyi/blog/skeptical-of-jibo/ https://ellis.fyi/blog/skeptical-of-jibo/#respond Fri, 12 Sep 2014 18:47:42 +0000 http://timandjeni.com/?p=3138 Can Jibo deliver on all the promises they're making in their crowdfunding pitch? Should we even want them to?

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]]> JiboThere’s been quite a bit of press recently about a new “family robot” called Jibo. The squat, Pixar-esque robo-assistant has raised over $2 million so far on Indiegogo and spawned dozens of effusive puff pieces across the Internet.

I’m a total sucker for robots and bleeding-edge technology, but the Jibo campaign is throwing up all sorts of red flags for me.

Update: The crew at GeekWire liked my post, so I moved it over there. Read the rest at GeekWire.

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