Kymera wand owner thechosenone07 uploaded the first customer video onto youtube.

You can see the video on this page on beep.tv2.

Unfortunately its all in danish, but we try to translate the page using some weird kind of magic.

Here is a low quality youtube version of the video (The wand is presented from about the beginning to 2:13).

In the meantime Kymera fan Jan Nikolajsen translated the post for us (with permission).

A review by TV2 beep:

This is how a real wand works

It’s not just bearded men with tall pointy hats, who are allowed to swing with wands. You have the opportunity youself, and we’ve tried the most strange gadget we’ve ever seen.

There are products you really can’t see the idea beind, and then gadgets that are so strange and different, that you would never imagine they would be for sale.

For two weeks ago, we wrote about a very real wand, called Kymera, and to be honest, I though it was a joke, but when a Danish contact person wrote to us, to hear if we wanted to test the wand, we wouldn’t say no.

Many have been running around as little with a stick, trying to make bushes to enemies or make mess in a room disappear. But yet, those “magic wands” haven’t quite worked for me.

Considerable skepticism

Therefore, my skepticism was indeed more than apparent, when I received the wand in a black oblong box. But when I saw the wand Kymera down in the box presented in red, I had to give me a bit.

Suddenly I was aware of the magic moments.

I don’t know what I had expected, but wands today still can’t make the mess disappear, make my wife into a bush or do anything else, than act as a good old-fashioned remote control. But it also does that fine.

Magic on your tv

Kymera itself is made by a company, who of course have the firm name, The Wand Company Ltd. Their somewhat different remote control can control a TV from movement, and it’s more techable than one might think.

By turning the wand vertically and tap two times on the middle, you get the opportunity to learn your wand some tricks from your remote. It’s shakes gently when it has understood, and when you’re then sitting in front of your TV, flicking your wand to shift channel, it shakes gently to confirm as well.
It works surpringly well, even though it can be a bit hard to learn the difference between the many movements your hand can perform. But if you just learn your wand tricks with widely different gestures, then you’re one step further.

Of course, this wand is also meant more as a smile, than a replacement of your remote control. It can only learn up to 13 different tricks, and the gestures can be somewhat cumbersome in length unlike what you’re used to – by pushing the button. And as one colleague pointed out, it’s much more fun to have on your table, than an ordinary remote control.

Kymera Specifications:

• Uses 2 AAA-batteries, can learn 13 “tricks”
• Costs about 100 dollars
• Is out from October 1st (2009)

We LOVE: Always interesting with magic wands, pretty techable, looks more fun than a remote control.

We HATE: Can’t make things disappear, actually it can’t do magic! Only 13 gestures, it’s difficult to distinguish between the different movements.

Written by David Guldager (Original danish review here
Translated from danish to english by Jan Nikolajsen

We’re glad we could help the Wand Makers to put the Instructional Videos online onto their Manual Page. Just hit the typewriter buttons for the instructional cards to appear.

Flick Down Instructional

We have also added them at the end of our extensive Manual.

For some days now the reserved wands have been shipping from The Wand Company. Many customers should have received theirs right now. This user site is mentioned in the shipping mail, thanks for that Wand Makers.

Wands Now Shipping

Subject:   	Your Kymera Wand now shipped
From:   	"The Wand Company" 

Dear Michael

Your wand has been dispatched.

Yes, you have waited (very patiently), yes you are excited (very
excited) and yes now you will be one of the first people (the very
first) in the world to own a Kymera Wand.  You are a pioneer of a new
way of controlling your regular home audio and televisions, iPod docks
and even light switches using gesture based remote controls.  Your
Kymera gives you the experience that many a magician and wizard has
craved for years.

Using your wand will take some practice so make sure you also become
one of the first experts at using it.

  1) Remember to practise, (practice makes perfect).

  2) Remember to hold your wand level and steady for at least half a
      second before doing a gesture.

  3) Make sure your gestures are short, precise and well defined.

  4) Remember to have a look at the manual - it is not long or boring
and it will help you get the most out of your beautiful Kymera Wand.

Please keep up with www.thewandcompany.com for the latest information
from your favourite wand makers, write to us and tell us what you
think of your wand, and tell us any cool stories you have about how
you have amazed people - we’d love to hear about your experience.  Of
course we’re always here to help if you need assistance with some
tricky gestures or spells, but please remember there are only a few of
us so always be patient when waiting for an answer, because we will
want to reply to you personally.

Why not join the growing community of wand users at
www.wand-control.com and help build the wand experience.

Whatever you do, have fun and remember Sir Richard Barons’ moto, "Life
is Magic".

All the best

Chris

__________________________________________
Your order reference was xxxxxxxxxxxx

Introducing The Wand – a Firebox UK First!

Firebox Minimail October 2009

The Wand has just materialised into the Firebox warehouse, and it’s
simply magical. Its thirteen programmable functions can learn to
control anything that uses a remote – that includes your iPod dock,
TV, digibox, stereo and even a light switch! You’d better snap one up
before they all do a disappearing act.

Until next time

The Firebox Team

Kymera Wand at Firebox

Quoted from their site:

Harry Potter might be a dab hand at casting spells but we’ve yet to see him use his wand to switch off Holby City, series link EastEnders or mute Jeremy Kyle mid-rant. And that’s because the annoying little brat has only got a wand, not the Wand.

Description

Utterly astounding, this beautifully crafted gizmo looks like the kind of thing you might find in Diagon Alley. The difference is you use it to control your telly, Sky, digibox, stereo or any other infra-red device via various abracadabra-ish gestures. Simply swish, whirl and flick to change channels, adjust volume and much more. Incredible! What Katie and Peter Did Next? *ZAP!* Who cares? Your swish really is its command.

Totally button-free, the Wand can ‘learn’ up to 13 infrared codes from your existing remote(s) and fling them into the ether when you perform one of 13 predefined gestures. It’s a kind of magic. Okay, it isn’t but making Vernon Kay vanish has never been such fun. Silencio Imbecilicus!

You can assign various functions to various moves: flicks to turn on and off; spins to control volume; big swishes to mute and so on. You’ll be flicking just for the fun of it. Better still, rival wizards will be unable to mess with the telly or digibox unless you show them your moves. Hocus flippin’ pocus!

To add to its supernatural nature, the Wand also features a ‘heartbeat’ in the form of various pulses that confirm gesture recognition and tell you when the batteries are low. It even goes into sleep mode after 60 seconds of inactivity and ‘wakes’ when you pick it up. It’s just like having a real magic wand, only you won’t have to wear a stupid cloak or marry Debbie McGee. Magic!

Gorgeously packaged in a smart presentation box, the Wand is set to become the remote control of choice for any gadgeteer with Potter-esque aspirations. So don’t be a Muggle, get ordering. It’s totally wizard!

After the sucessful presentation I did at the annual JAOO software developers conference. I gave my Kymera Wand as a big thank you to the conference organizer and host Kresten Krab Thorup. He was very delighted about that and was immeditately able to control his iMac with it.

Kymera wand owner Abraham Cheloff just sent me this image of these beautiful bags for Kymera wands. We’ll see if and how you can acquire them in the next months.

wand bags

People have been asking how we thought up the name Kymera and where it comes from.

Well, right from the start, we wanted to give the wand a proper name
rather than a rather boring title of what it was. That is, we didn’t
really want to call it “Magic Wand” for example. The Kymera is all
about fantasy and making that fantasy real for everyone using modern
technology. I drew inspiration from the name of the sword that Bilbo
uses in Lord of the Rings, called “Sting”. It is such an evocative
name that really describes the sword and what it stands for.

For our wand we wanted something powerful and also with a meaning that
tied in with what it was. The name Kymera is a version of the more
traditional spelling of the word Chimera. This change in spelling
allows us to register the name and make it ours. As Chimera (or thus
in our case Kymera) is typically a mythical creature made from two or
more other creatures.

Two of the dictionary definitions of Chimera are as follows:

chi⋅me⋅ra (actually pronounced as we spell it with the K)

1. a mythological, fire-breathing monster, commonly represented with a
   lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail.
2. an organism composed of two or more genetically distinct tissues,
   as an organism that is partly male and partly female, or an
   artificially produced individual having tissues of several species.

The wand is a cunning blend of old fashioned quality of ownership and
design, packed with very hi-tech modern sensors and intelligence,
hence the name Kymera.

I hope that this gives you a little bit more of an insight into the Kymera Wand.

Altough the makers stated that it is not intented I got the wand to record two different keypresses of the Apple Remote and also a standard TV remote. So multi sequence gestures are possible. Neat.