If you’re ever short a pair of dice and an online alternative won’t do, you need no longer despair. Maker firm Intridea has created a real-world, internet-connected dice roller that can be operated via Twitter. DiceBot will roll the dice when prompted and then respond with a picture of your score.
DiceBot is, of course, an experiment and proof-of-concept rather than a practical solution. It forms part of Intridea’s exploration of the Internet of Things, “social machines” and “human-software-hardware interaction.” Such experiments, the company says, are helping it to develop a better understanding of our relationship with the increasing number of “specialized hardware devices” available to us, such as the Nest thermostat and the Fitbit Flex.
via Gizmag
