Volo Sterling Project Goes Live

We kicked off our Kickstarter project today - check it out at:

Volo Low Cost Sterling Engine -

Volo Sterling Project Goes Public

We added a separate blog for our engine project - check it out if you're interested in what we are doing with the sterling engine, its here:  Volo Designs - Sterling Project

Volo Kite Pump - Gets Mentioned in Kiteboard Magazine

Our latest Volo Kite Pump got a mention in Kiteboard Magazine's August issue.

Thanks Kiteboard Magazine !


Check it out here - (note you have to buy the magazine, their web site does not publish a digital edition).

As always - you can find our pumps at our web site - Pump It Up !  http://www.pumpkiteup.com

The YUBE in Action

Love these videos of the YUBE - low budget, but now I can see it.

Who's that good looking lady spinning away ?

Come visit us at http://www.edggs.com

Volo Releases YUBE for Apple TV - Cut the Cord

Volo Designs has just released a new version of the YUBE that works wirelessly with Apple TV.

Volo's YUBE virtual reality exercise application gets a leapfrog jump from Apple's release of AirPlay® on Apple TV®. The YUBE is an augmented reality application for stationary exercise. It uses an iPhone® or iPod Touch® to synchronize the users body motion to travel through real video. Travel the world without leaving the gym.

Cut the cord and raise the roof.

Find it on iTunes ! or at our web site http://www.edggs.com

YUBE Accessories

Volo is now selling all the accessories you need to make the YUBE more effective.

• YUBE iPhone Arm Band

• YUBE - Optoma 300 Projector

• YUBE iPhone / iTouch AV cord to connect up to your TV or projector.

Find them here  YUBE Accessories
http://www.sites.google.com/a/volodesigns.com/yube-store/

YUBE Lite - Now on iTunes For FREE !

Today we are releasing YUBE Lite, available on iTunes for Free.

The lite version has all the functionality of the full version but does not include any full length videos with the App, a sample video is included.  You can find it here YUBE Lite

Hope you'll like it !

Volo

YUBE is live !

Volo Designs Releases YUBE for iPhone & iTouch !

It's official  Volo got the green light from Apple today for the YUBE - our augmented reality video player for stationary exercise.

The YUBE uses actual video footage for enhancing stationary exercise - The faster you exercise the faster your travel through the video - Travel the world without leaving the gym - use it with you big screen TV, projector, or head mounted glasses.

Check it out in iTunes, at the app store, or preview it at Apple -

Here is a short demo:

Wordpress & Real Simple Syndication (RSS)

We are in the process of developing a web presence for our Volo YUBE product, our virtual reality stationary exercise system.

One of the important parts of this presence is to initiate a web forum for our users to interact and provide us with feedback.  Now typically we'd set up a simple blogging site and link it to our web site.   But today more and more time is spent with the social sites and it has become mandatory to have a presence on these sites like facebook, linkedin and twitter.  Managing all those sites, along with the main web site, and the daily update to each has become a significant effort.

To reduce this effort we are setting up a Wordpress site as the main hub of our web presence and then using the built in RSS functionality of Wordpress to integrate our updates across all those social sites with one click of the button.

We heard a good presentation at the A2LM by the wholebraingroup on this very topic - check them out for more details.

Stay tuned for more.

Tim

ATT Gaining Market Share for Google adWords

We've noticed an interesting thing - ATT (Yellow Pages) is managing Google Adword campaigns for their customers, and their market is growing.

Now you'd think ATT would be somewhat against adwords, since adwords directly compete and are soon to dominate the yellow pages, but instead they have started managing their customers adword campaigns.

At first this seems strange but in the eyes of their typical customer it makes sense - they have been working with their yellow page rep for years and they trust the ATT name.

What they don't see is the conflict of interest, and the costs that ATT is charging them.

Per our analysis - ATT is charing a flat rate per month for a guaranteed number of clicks.  The price just under $3 per click (this include the campaign management fee - I'd say they are getting quite a hefty fee at that).  If ATT does not hit the number of clicks guaranteed then they provide the service free of charge until that number is reached.

Takes all the beauty out of Google's whole auction and analysis programs.  ATT has got to have enough slop in their pricing structure so they absorb the high cost of expensive keywords at the expensive of inexpensive keywords.

Makes you wonder what their thinking, but never underestimate a force like ATT.

Tim