Kinda want AI to switch off for a year or something so I can go back to:
- having dark circles from the lack of sleep because I couldn’t stop myself from diving into a rabbit hole I got obsessed with a week ago
- rewriting a line for 2 hours just because it felt “weird”
- talking to a friend over a cup of tea without mentioning which company released a new model
- and chasing a few more sunsets without worrying about being replaced by some dude in SF replacing my job the next day
Neo's design reminds me of what Johnny Ive said after someone asked why he had added a handle on the first iMac.
“Back then, people weren’t comfortable with technology. If you’re scared of something, then you won’t touch it...." He continues.
"So I thought, if there’s this handle on it, it makes a relationship possible. It’s approachable. It’s intuitive. It gives you permission to touch."
And what about the translucent back on the iMac?
“We were trying to convey a sense of the computer being changeable based on your needs, to be like a chameleon,” said Ive.
“That’s why we liked the translucency. You could have color, but it felt so unstatic. And it came across as cheeky.”
Now look at NEO's design.
It doesn't scare you or make you feel as if it's some tech-heavy product or Sarah Connor is gonna come out of it.
It feels human, friendly, and makes you wanna be around it.
No other humanoid robot, be it Figure O3 or Tesla Optimus, was able to achieve that.
Neo's design reminds me of what Johnny Ive said after someone asked why he had added a handle on the first iMac.
“Back then, people weren’t comfortable with technology. If you’re scared of something, then you won’t touch it...." He continues.
"So I thought, if there’s this handle on it, it makes a relationship possible. It’s approachable. It’s intuitive. It gives you permission to touch."
And what about the translucent back on the iMac?
“We were trying to convey a sense of the computer being changeable based on your needs, to be like a chameleon,” said Ive.
“That’s why we liked the translucency. You could have color, but it felt so unstatic. And it came across as cheeky.”
Now look at NEO's design.
It doesn't scare you or make you feel as if it's some tech-heavy product or Sarah Connor is gonna come out of it.
It feels human, friendly, and makes you wanna be around it.
No other humanoid robot, be it Figure O3 or Tesla Optimus, was able to achieve that.
Introducing NEO’s 25 Degrees of Freedom, tendon-driven hands — nearing or surpassing human-level dexterity, strength, speed, and reliability.
For seventy years, robotics worked around the hand problem. The humanoid bet is the reverse: it lives or dies at the fingertips.