Our Friend, C.H.I.P.py Ruxpin! ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ

Yep. We went there.

Alpha C.H.I.P.s arriving means C.H.I.P. powered projects!  With a love for reviving 80s animatronics, Andrew (newest member of the NTC team!) hacked the world’s first animated storytelling bear with the world’s first nine dollar computer.

Why make a bearmonster Frankenstein style?

Firstly, it’s FUN!  Secondly, it’s a wonderful way to test what C.H.I.P. can do!  Things like…

  • Search the internet and download files
  • Download, store, process, and playback files locally.
  • Control the motors in a bearmonster’s head in sync with audio.

Andrew’s C.H.I.P.py Ruxpin diagram. More documentation coming soon!

C.H.I.P.py Ruxpin is just a start and we can’t wait to see where our Kernel Hackers take us.

Kernel Hackers – Show us what you’re working on!

Excited about your C.H.I.P.?  Have an awesome C.H.I.P. project in the works?  Let us know! Tweet us at @NextThingCo! Use #MadeWithCHIP

Thanks for the C.H.I.P. flashing livetweet @futurejonesapps! Awesome to follow!

Want another C.H.I.P. (or PocketC.H.I.P.)?  Sign up for the pre-order announcement at nextthing.co.

Have a Kernel Hack? Submit a pull request on GitHub.

Join the community conversation on the NTC forum at bbs.nextthing.co.

For more tutorials, information and instructions, head to 42.nextthing.co, your home for all NTC official documentation.

Clarifying C.H.I.P. Shipping

First peek at packaging for Alpha C.H.I.P. round 2. Shipping Soon!

With C.H.I.P.s arriving into Kernel Hacker’s hands, we’re currently on track to meet our estimated shipping timelines from our Kickstarter campaign. 

December, January, February or March C.H.I.P.s are on schedule to arrive at your door by the respective month.  

PocketC.H.I.P.s, adapter boards, and batteries are estimated to ship by May 2016.

You can change your shipping address at any time by heading to chip.backerkit.com.We’ll also send an address confirmation email around 2-3 weeks prior to shipping for super final address accuracy.

 

Stay Tuned! M.M.M.T.C. (much much more to come)

ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ – Everyone at @NextThingCo

 

 

 

Up Close with PocketC.H.I.P.

Howdy Chipsters!

We finally had the chance to show off PocketC.H.I.P. over the last two weeks and seeing people’s reactions has been spectacular.  We’ve been stoked about PocketC.H.I.P. for some time and want to make sure everyone gets to see a demo.  For those that haven’t had an opportunity to see PocketC.H.I.P. in person, we’ve added a PocketC.H.I.P. demo video to our campaign page as well as a behind the scenes look at design process behind PocketC.H.I.P.

Take a look and let us know what you think!

\(•◡•)/ – Dave, Gus, Thomas, Wynter, Sharps, Vanessa, Alex, George, and Richard (AKA everyone at @nextthingco)

MakerFaire Recap!

Howdy C.H.I.P.sters!

We hope everyone had a fantastic weekend! We had a great time at Maker Faire!!! Thanks to all of you who stopped by our tuk-tuk banana-stand. It was a pleasure meeting you in person and we appreciate all the lovely feedback. Watching you play with PocketC.H.I.P. and seeing your excitement in person was an absolute delight.

We snapped a few photos of our backers and cut a quick video together.  Enjoy!

\(•◡•)/ – Dave, Gus, Thomas, Wynter, Sharps, Vanessa, Alex, George, Richard, and Shelly (AKA everyone at @nextthingco)