Granted, it's becoming increasingly simple to just Twitter your day away with the smorgasbord of connectivity options out there today, but if you're just too productive to bother with that, the Tame
concept is likely to become your next best friend. The cube shown above can be equipped with customized statuses that will inform anyone trying to contact you (via Facebook, text, cellphone, IM, fax, telegraph, can-and-string, etc.) exactly why you aren't responding. For convenience, each panel is assigned a color depending on the severity of your away-ness (i.e. red for "I'm on a 14-hour flight to Fiji with no BlackBerry service."), which can easily be glanced by the owner if dashing off in a hurry. Of course, this thing would be entirely more appealing if it included a robotic secretary that actually screened your calls and passed along those that were important, but hey, you've got to start somewhere.
posted Apr 10th 2008 4:49PM
novel idea....
Ugly design.. especially for a car
I think it's brilliant. The concept is amazing, but what else do you want the actual product to look like?
I can see new versions of this becoming popular.
No, I'm not going to say anything about the rounded rectangle on the right-hand side of the picture or anything pertaining to a certain character in a Portalicious video game.
There.
sorry but i dont get it. now everyone is gunna low mark my comment. but i have to know
and does it have a screen or something to change the responses?
I don't get it either, just sounded funny at the time.
Just the mention of 'tame cube' made me think of said unsaid Cube.
At least it's in a better place now. Cake for everyone.
*Rolls dice*
"Call you back Later. I'm driving."
*rolls dice again*
"Running late, be there shortly."
*rolls dice again*
"Working offsite. I'll contact you when I return"
Aguiluz: Cool! A random excuse generator!
*rolls dice again*
"my cat just died"
mom: "hey we don't have a cat!!"
me: "oh shit =/"
ha ha
*rolls dice*
critical hit!!!! double damage!
what if the dice rolled accidentally...maybe you had a sudden stop or a sharp turn while you are driving...
or something worse...
*Boom...You hit a car or a car hit you...
*Dice rolled: "I will be there shortly..."
I have a feeling, you may see a pair of these hanging from the rearview mirror.
I have a feeling that you spend way too much time on Engadget.
I have a feeling you are not alone.
I need something to keep me occupied at work. There hasn't been a jam in the copier all day!
An uneccessary product.
An unnecessary typo.
An unnecessary comment.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU
an unnecessary rick roll
It wasn't an unnecessary comment, really. That's what I thought about the product and this is where I'm supposed to write what I think about the product.
I'm pretty sure 99% of gadgets posted on Engadget are unnecessary.
This would have been better if it was a TimeCube
EARTH HAS 4 CORNER
SIMULTANEOUS 4-DAY
TIME CUBE!
I really like this, especially the "I'm driving" option. I don't like to talk on the phone, and especially not text, while driving.
RTFA:
It says they are custom messages, you can make it say whatever you want.
I did read the article, and I just liked the example that they used.
It would be great if you can "pair" it with more than one device, say, a work phone and a personal phone.
I don't see it being a must-have item, but for some, it may be indispensable.
Hmm, pairing the tame cube, a work phone, and your cell phone.
Thats like 1.5. pairs!
Not exactly portable now is it? Put this in your pocket and you'll be "Driving", "Attending an important business meeting", and "Flying to Fiji" all while you walk down the street.
Why not just release the product as software that runs on your smartphone?
What kind of pockets do you have?!
Because then you have to dick with the device to set the away message and it defeaters the purpse of the thing. With the cube you turn it to the side you want and set it down and part of the reason its so big, IMHO, is probably because of what is in it and you don't want it tipping to one side and changing the message.
Need more sides.
A dodecahedron, perhaps?
This is pretty cool, I would use it
I'd use it...if you could program convenient "alibis" ...
Hmmmm, no icosahedron or zocchihedron? No thankee.
This is actually a great idea and hopefully it will make it into the general populous.
Finally a companion cube for my car!
Is it weighted?
*must not develop attachment to sexiness in a cube, must not develop attachment to sexiness in a cube*
I'd use it.
You know what I mean..
muHA!
"Of course, this thing would be entirely more appealing if it included a robotic secretary that actually screened your calls" -- Better yet, a robotic squirrel:
http://www.engadget.com/2005/07/15/the-cellular-squirrel-screens-your-calls-yes-we-said/
Theoretically, what happens if one of your practical joker buddies gets ahold of this things and types in "I'm Screwing My Wife's Best Girlfriend" wouldn't be so useful when your wife wants to contact you then, huh?
...no boss I was working but my son was playing with the cube at home...
I like it. So it looks like you just turn the cube around so your status is on the top. That's cool. I love!