Marley and Dash

Dash the Robot

b8ta is a store filled with cool technology gadgets: drones, electric skateboards, wearables, connected home devices and more. A couple of weeks ago, my daughter and I spent almost an hour in the store. As I tested numerous IoT products and chatted with the friendly staff, she was consumed with just one product. A robot named Dash, which of course, we purchased. Dash is a…

b8ta

b8ta: Retail Designed for Discovery

I recently visited b8ta in Palo Alto, California for the first time. b8ta is a traditional brick-and-mortar retail outlet that lets consumer’s tryout IoT (Internet of Things) products before making a purchase. The store believes that IoT devices are best experienced in-person as opposed to online and I tend to agree. Technology should be hands-on. It’s the reason why thousands of people flock to Maker…