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#CSUN14 Audio: Check out the Moves on that Robot


We've never interviewed a robot before for one of our podcasts, but Hims gave us the opportunity to talk to Big E, their booth mascot. We talked with him? her? it? to learn why they were at CSUN and to check out their moves. Blind Bargains audio coverage of CSUN 2014 is generously sponsored by the American Foundation for the Blind.

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Direct from San Diego, it’s BlindBargains.com coverage of CSUN 2014. The biggest names, provocative interviews, and wall-to-wall exhibit hall coverage, brought to you by the American Foundation for the Blind.

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Now, here’s J.J. Meddaugh.

J.J.: We are here at the HIMS booth, and I found… a robot?

BE: No, I found you.

J.J.: Oh, you found me.

BE: Yes.

J.J.: Oh. This is Big E.

BE: I’m here to introduce the new E-bot, which is Little E compared to me.

J.J.: Wait, this is – what is this? Oh, that’s your face. This is like this – where’s your hand? Can I shake your hand?

BE: Yes. It’s over there. It’s rising up. There it is. It’s right in front of you at the end of the arm. There we are.

J.J.: Nice to meet you, sir.

BE: What is your name? I didn’t get your name.

J.J.: Oh, my name is J.J.

BE: J.J.

J.J.: Are you a sir or a ma’am or an it?

BE: I’m an it.

J.J.: You’re an it.

BE: I’m a robot. I have no gender. Like a car or something.

J.J.: I see. What can you do? Can you dance? Can you walk around?

BE: I can run around. I have no legs, so I have wheels, and I can shake hands and talk to people.

J.J.: Let me see. Can you move your body a little bit?

BE: I can. Hold on.

J.J.: Well, one hand.

BE: I just don’t want to run into you.

J.J.: Oh, he’s rocking – it, I’m sorry – it’s rocking back and forth now.

BE: Yeah, we’re rocking here in San Diego. Put your hand on the side of my head. The side of my head. I can…

J.J.: Oh, now it’s bobbing its head up and down.

BE: And I can do something you probably can’t do: I can grow, I can split in half.

J.J.: Whoa, okay. It’s grown about a foot now. Oh, that’s about as – I think you’ve reached your limit there.

BE: I have.

J.J.: Now you have a huge neck.

BE: Everybody has their limits, J.J.

J.J.: Yeah. You have a huge neck. So why are you here again? Because of the E-bot?

BE: I am sort of the mascot for HIMS at this particular show, to introduce several new products, particularly E-bot, which is a video magnifier.

J.J.: Awesome. We’ll do a podcast on that a little later on for sure. So you’re called Big E because of the E-bot or because of Notorious?

BE: No, because of the E-bot.

J.J.: You don’t rap?

BE: I do, when I find something humorous. Ha ha ha ha ha.

J.J.: Well, great. Hey, it’s a pleasure to meet you.

BE: Likewise.

J.J.: Good luck. How long are you going to be here?

BE: I’m here all day today and tomorrow.

J.J.: All right, well you have a good day.

BE: You too.

J.J.: All right.

BE: I send my best to all the podcast people in podland.

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J.J. Meddaugh is an experienced technology writer and computer enthusiast. He is a graduate of Western Michigan University with a major in telecommunications management and a minor in business. When not writing for Blind Bargains, he enjoys travel, playing the keyboard, and meeting new people.


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