Teleport: Now available

Well, I did it. Three months ago I posted that I’d create a device for remote telepresence, and here it is:

Based on my goals for it from three months ago, it can now:

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• Stream live video to your iPhone.
• Connect over WiFi to the internet, so you can access it from anywhere.
• Charge its battery via microUSB, and QI wireless.
• Move about on a desk, driven from your iPhone.
• Play MP3 music files stored on its microSD card. (This sounds great.)
• Change music volume with volume up, down buttons on top.
• Start/stop the camera, microphone, and music, from iPhone app.

Not bad! Best of all, I’m offering the first few builds to early beta testers….

Check it out here!

Tom