She and her father, along with an aunt and some family friends, started building connected toys, which could communicate with each other and with phones, in the early 2000s.Īnd then, suddenly, even tiny robotics companies started to get attention - and funding. "I'd be working with big pieces of metal, 1,000-pound robots." She went on to get an art degree from UC Santa Cruz and worked part time for her father's robot company, Stupid Fun Club. "I was the only alternative kid in school," she said. She went on to become the Robot Wars' middleweight world champion and, for the next six years, was a regular on the Comedy Central show "BattleBots." 'Alternative' studentĪt Miramonte High School, she sewed her own plaid skirts, wore boots, dyed her hair bright green and had bihawks (a mohawk on both sides of her head). Wearing pigtails, she commanded a robot with spinning lawn mower blades and a chef's hat - and destroyed the competition. Not one to be left out, 10-year-old Lisa built one, too.
"He'd find them and be like, 'Who put my drill motor back together?' It was fun for us."Īfter reading about the Robot Wars at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco in the 1990s, Winter's father, Mike, also a robot hobbyist, decided he'd build one to compete. "When I was 3, Dad would leave things around, like drill motor parts, and I'd put them back together," she said. And it could even be a harsh vibration if you're angry - short intense vibrations would signal, 'Oh, that's aggressive.' "Īt Kwame, an international organization of developers, designers and programmers, Winter is in charge of building prototypes - which she's been doing since she was a toddler. You're not just getting a beep on your cell phone, you're feeling a loving vibration. "When you press yours, the other person feels it. There is a spoiler flair button and spoiler button for marking posts."Most wearable devices, 98 percent of them, are fitness based. Please use spoiler tags in line with the subreddit policy and not for other reasons such as a reveal for the punchlines of jokes. Please respect the subreddit spoiler policy by not getting ahead of the subreddit in your discussion or pouring scorn on people who are naturally talking about an aired episode in line with the subreddit's schedule. Accordingly, the whole subreddit should be treated as a spoiler if you have not caught up on the latest broadcast. This schedule may not always match your timezone or method of watching. ☠️ Stating the results of matches ahead of time is prohibited anywhere on the subreddit (even if you have deduced an outcome from public information).Īn episode discussion thread is posted on this subreddit coinciding with the airing of a new episode. Fight Cards for the next episode are not regarded as spoilers. ⚠️ Details of future episodes (gleaned from official teaser and other promotional material) should be tagged as spoilers and not revealed in titles. ❌ Unofficial leaks and inside information is prohibited ✔️ Open discussion of aired episodes is encouraged.
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