Somehow, bluetooth compatability with the PS3 should be available… I want to control my blu-rays…. perhaps you could point it at a… familiar..eh?

How about using two of these wands to knit a scarf with super-bulky yarn? And watching what the movement of the wand will do to your TV

I’d love more than 13 functions (though that’s a lot of different movements). Some sort of tabletop holder/stand would be nice too, to prevent rolling off the coffee table. Multiple wand styles coming any time soon?

I would love to be able to work an iTouch or iPhone with this. I tend to lose mine around the house and making it ring or play music from just the wand would be helpful.

Other than that, if I’m being lazy and want music, I could start it without moving.

Pretty cool idea! 13 commands seems like a lot, but it might be cool to have an accessory number pad you could wave at; with today’s satellite TVs and 300+ channels, merely changing the channel up and down isn’t always as useful as being able to put in the number.

No doubt you’re probably already contemplating Mark II of this über cool gadget of yours.
For the next generation (whenever that is), I think a few more movements -and thus functions- would be great addition, like, tracing in the air a large circular loop clockwise, and the same anti-clockwise (as opposed to just twisting the wand around it’s axis); drawing an “S” or “Z” in the air (hey, Zorro!); drawing an “M” or “W” in the air; drawing an “L” or “7″ in the air, and maybe triple taps for both axes. That would add 7 new movements for a grand total of 20.
Please, never add buttons or switches to it!

I like the idea that Mr. Higginbotham mentioned about allowing the wand to recognize when drawing a letter or number. I think the number idea would be great to sync with the remote controllers numbers to be able to input the numbers manually to change a channel or radio station, rather than just flipping through them.

Ever since I took a course called Battling Against Voldemort in college, I have been in perpetual need of a magic wand to protect myself from the Dark Lord and defend the world against his Death Eater minions. I’ve tried invisibility cloaks , all manner of potions and portkeys , and I’ve even attempted to convince a few magical creatures to team up with me. All these efforts proved to be in vain. But then I stumbled upon the Kymera Wand and I now believe that my troubles might soon be over!

I love what everyone’s said so far, and I hope to read even more amazing ideas. The following are my suggestions:

Novel uses for Kymera Wand

• Unlocking the car: Tap the lock with the wand and say “Alohomora!”

• Simplifying a lecture or presentation: Imagine, rather than having multiple remote controls, a slide clicker, and a power pad, you could have one single Kymera Wand controlling room lights, powerpoint slide transitions, and audio! Not to mention it would make a lovely pointer (especially if equipped with a laser on the tip!).

• Rock Band-inspired Harry Potter Adventure Game: I envision someone on a broomstick, directing the character in the right direction, then someone with a microphone saying the right spells, and someone with the Kymera Wand, doing the right jabs and swishes to activate the spells. It’d be the most realistic wizardry simulation game ever!

Wish List for Kymera Wand 2.0:

• Make a collapsible “travel” model so people can carry it with them when on the go

• Voice recognition + laser pointer on tip – The ability to scream “Avada Kedavra” and have a jet of red light come out the end of my wand would be unspeakably amazing.

• An ultra-bright LED tip + voice recognition would also be nice. I can see it now: I’ve tragically misplaced my wand, and instead of scouring the house from top to bottom, I could merely call out “LUMOS” and voila, the wand lights up to alert me to its whereabouts!

• Capacity for mass-storage: Every wand is unique to the Wizard who owns it, so why not make it so every Kymera Wand-possessing wizard can store his files on his personal USB-equipped wand? Heck, why not go bluetooth? Swish your wand at your computer and it immediately recognizes you.

• I definitely second Paul Higginbotham’s alphanumeric shape recognition suggestion. The more ways of manipulating your wand, the more exciting it will be.

Advertising Tips

• Give some out to university professors to try in their classes. If you can get one prof at each major university to use it in front of a lecture hall of 400+ students, the Wand’s popularity will spread like wildfire.

• If possible, advertise it in conjunction with the upcoming release of Harry Potter 7 in theaters. When the HP7 movie frenzy begins, everyone who sees your ad will NEED their very own Kymera Wand!

Website Improvements

• Add more robust posting options like font manipulations, bullets/indentations, and the ability to publish hyperlinks.

Thanks, and keep up the great work!

I’m going to embrace my inner nerd and throw my name into the hat for this ridiculously amazing toy.

As for improvements, a bluetooth capable wand would allow me to use this wand with my PS3! I use my PS3 predominantly as a media server and the wand would be PERFECT for scrolling through my music/movies/photos. Would probably be much more intuitive than even the remote.

I LOVE this wand thingy… it would give me a chance to out nerd even my nerdiest of friends.

I loved this! When I discovered it, I showed it to all of my friends and told anyone who I could about it. In terms of suggestions, I feel Yetórico covered many of the ones I wanted to make, but I would like to include an idea that expands that of opening a car door with “alohamora” to being able to open the front door of a house the same way. Furthermore, I would like to see a “putter-outer” as an accessory/ companion product. In the electronics age, where more things can be controlled via items not connected, I feel that this is possible. I don’t know what would be required for this, but to have a little lighter, that by clicking I could make the lights go out or come on with would be fun.
Another idea, is that there be different designs for the wands, so that if a person wants more than one, to control different items, it would be easier to differentiate which wand does what.
Thanks for making this! It really makes me happy to be alive in this day and age!

An accessory I would like to see is a stand that would give the illusion that the wand is levitating . Something like that wine bottle holder that is a length of chain with all the links welded together. It looks like a loose chain draped over the bottle that appears to float five inches above the table.

It would be nice if the wand operated via radiowaves to a controlbox that send the IR-signals to the electronics that are to be controlled. That way you dont have to have the electronics visible or even in the same room.

And you don´t have to care where you point the wand.

And of course the box is onlined via USB or, more costly, bluetooth.

The ability to make macro commands is an absolute nescessity if you are to be able to control more than a TV or DVD.

To be able to make longer and combined moves, the wand should be pressure activated. Not by a button, but by gripping the wand a little harder and release when the command is completed. That wat combined commands are possible without making the command response slow.

I agree with Max that the wand should have voice recognition. The wand would be a thousand times cooler if it could learn “spells”.

Another thing that could be done is to create commands with more swishes and flicks. It would be cool if the user could have more detailed movements like a flick left and then flick right. It would create more command options and it would be more realistic for the user.

What I really want is for different styles of wands to come out. Each wizard or witch has a unique wand, and it would be awesome if Kymera could provide more options to its customers.

A unique advertising solution would be to create stories for each of your wand options. In Harry Potter, each wand is made up of a specific wood and core material. Kymera could become Ollivander’s quite easily if they gave different “cores” and “woods” for their products.

More videos on the wand would be good for YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter because then people would get to see the wands being used in creative ways. Plus they would be fun to retweet.

I posted this idea in the User Forum (under my username Grymmditch), but I may as well add it here too, in addition to my first comment. ( I’m using my name here as in my first comment so as to not appear to be trying to pose as different customers.)

Laser tag, Kymera style:

Using IR based tag systems, kids armed with Kymera wands can duke it out wizard style.

They’d wear a special receiver plate on their chest and back, just as in laser tag, and the various gestures would register as sundry hexes/jinxes/curses- Avada Kedavra, Stupefy, Expelliarmus, Rictusempra, Tarantallegra, Petrificus, Sectum-Sempra, etc..

(or generic spells if there’s a Trademark issue, but it’d be great to see this as officially licensed Harry Potter merchandise)
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Also, I thought of two more gestures (in addition to my other comment) that could be added to the Kymera’s library: A figure 8, and an infinity symbol (an “8″ on it’s side), bringing us to 22.
Hopefully I’m suggesting clear movements that are feasibly identifiable to the accelerometer and uCPU.

Add RF so X10 and other devices can be controlled.

Add a pc/mac/smartphone administrative interface(e.g. usb) so data/commads can be quickly loaded, edited, shared.

Hey,

I think this magic wand could also come in handy if it could be used as pen. Maybe with some sorcerous ink, which disappears after some time or is just visible in the dark etc. So you can leave secrets notes for your friends .
In addition to the pen there could also be a stylus at the front of the wand which can be used to use touch screen appliances.
And to complete the pupils pencil case, it would be nice to have an unnoticeable eraser at the back of the wand.

Well I wish you a happy new year and additional creative ideas to make the wand even more magical!

It would be awesome if the wand could understand just one spell/voice command: Accio Wand or something simillar that would cause the wand to not only light up like said in a previous comment, but also vibrate so if lost, the wand can be easily found.

I also think it would be great if the wand could recognize numbers by tracing them in the air as a tool to jump to a specific channel. (ex. to get to channel 57 simply trace a 5 and then a 7)

Also, the lazer tag type idea is amazing, allowing people to have real wizard duels!

(I know the last 2 are duplicates but they are great ideas!!)

I think the wand needs some additional devices, that makes it usefull aside from just “toying around with it”. The IR could be used as am inch-ruler for example. Or as a thermometer. That way being ill wouldn`t be as bad as it has been before and kids would probably not hate getting their body temperature checked anymore.
A little LCD at the bottom of the wand could then just give out the numbers.

Hey! What about using the Kymera Wand as pocket lighter? Just as Dumbledore used his put-outer to ignite the street lamps the Kymera Wand could be used to enlucidate romantic candle light dinners…
Perhaps if you have a small lighter at the end of the wand and a flame approachs when flipped open.

Chirque is right with her idea of having some exceptional applications. How about a toothbrush at the end of the wand which turns it into a survival equipment? I think this is a realy suprising feature!

Wow! What a great invention. I love this wand! And so I would like it if it were possible to downsize the wand, because some people also suggested to use it as car key.
Either you can pull out the wand to its full size or fold it apart.

I’m a little late for this contest but I have a good suggestion: a scabbard / holder for the wand that would disable the wand when it was inside. This can be done with something as simple as a magnet in the scabbard causing a NC reed switch in the wand to open the power circuit.

Dear Wandmaker,
I know I’m too late for the drawing but I still have an idea or two just food for thought, eh?

USB Connection:
As you make improvements and new features to the wand, it would be great if the wand could be connected the USB port and then could automatically seek new updates and basically upgrade itself….that way a person wouldn’t have to keep buying a new wand every time there was a new ability added.

Someone touched on this briefly but not the way I was thinking. An awesome feature would be:

Biometric Identification:
The wand will only work for its proper owner.
-small fingerprint panel on the side…??
-Voice recognition, say out loud a word or phrase and upon successful confirmation, the wand pulsates and is ready for use. If you are NOT the proper owner, the wand emits a slight shock, basically saying ACCESS DENIED…??

Another cool idea:

Mini Rain Sensor:
if the wand could sense barometric changes in the weather like that umbrella can on think geek. A small LED or glow panel will indicate that it’s going to rain…??

Well that’s my shillings worth…lol

Amazing invention y’all….:))