Robert M and Jonas (thanks) found was I was looking for. It is KUBI, a semi-robotic tablet stand (indiegogo) which allows the person at the other end to tilt and turn the tablet to look around in the room. It is 500 bucks, and even then you save 400, according to Amazon! Seems the list price is enough for two iPads. But in a corporate environment it could be useful, and the price no big deal.
(It's a pity they did not use it fully in the show, would have been fun to see it tilt and turn towards Amy when Bernadette called.)
In a pretty recent episode of The Big Bang Theory, this intriguing tablet stand was shown. I've never seen anything like it, and I'm quite curious. For example, what does it use power for? (It's not passed on to the tablet.)
I've googled and googled, but didn't find it. Does anybody know what it is? (It may even be a piece of lab equipment not originally meant for a tablet stand.)
The brunette is (from Wiki):
Mayim Hoya Bialik, born December 12, 1975, is an American actress and neuroscientist. From early January 1991 to May 1995, she played the title character of NBC's Blossom. Since May 2010, she has played Dr. Amy Farrah Fowler on CBS's The Big Bang Theory, a role for which she has been nominated three times for the Primetime Emmy Award...
Not a clue about the stand but I am curious how you managed to get such a clean "screen capture", I assume, of that image.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the guy look very nice with his red fingernail polish...
Today, with a good, recent TV set, and watching a recent, professional production in HD, you do get a much, much better picture than we were used to from TV.
ReplyDelete(And these are all cropped images.)
Don't let Mayim Bialik (who used to play Blossom as a kid) catch you calling her "the guy"... :-) (She may not be as pretty as the two other girls, who is, but she's a good and dang funny actor. I hope she has a long and successful career.)
Oh, by the way, it's not even a screen capture, it's just photographed off the TV. I was lucky to not get any intererence patterns.
ReplyDelete(As we established once, these are products of specific distances to the TV screen, so if you get them, try varying the distance just slightly.)
She is also the only member of the cast to have a Ph.D (in neuroscience).
ReplyDeletehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayim_Bialik
Yes, that is not for kiddies!
ReplyDeleteI was also amazed to see that she is 37. easily pass for 30 .
I am looking into Blossom, by the way. It ran an amazing length of time like 13 years. The first two seasons are finally out on DVD, and I have ordered them. I am a big fan of comedy, and I will try almost anything, and I like a lot of it.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/kubi-saving-the-world-from-awkward-video-calls
ReplyDelete(I googled "tracking iPod stand" in the assumption that that's what the powered base did)
She has some nutty ideas, though.
ReplyDeleteAmy sure changed as a character, though. When first introduced she wanted nothing to do with "coitus" and now she's always begging for it.
Now she is in love.
ReplyDeleteBut yes, it seems she changed generally too, as per the episode where she said "wooo" invulentarily every time Zack bend over. In the beginning she had no idea why.
Jonas, re the stand, that is an intelligent observation and guess, well done.
I've never been in a conference room chat situation... well, in any case it did not occur to me.
Eolake
Yeah that iPad stand from the Big Bang Theory is called a KUBI from Revolve Robotics - pretty cool.
ReplyDeleteVery cool stand; thanks for featuring it... Too bad it is WAY over budget for most homes!! :-P
ReplyDeleteHave you seen The IT Crowd? Although I still like the Big Bang Theory it's a bit like The Tonight Show - inoffensive and kind of bland but not terrible.
ReplyDeleteYes, I like the IT Crowd quite a lot.
ReplyDeleteHer kids will probably end up being really weird, like Rod and Todd Flanders (but Jewish).
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