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Chinese engineers didn't make the hoverboard. If anything the hoverboard example disproves your example as they just copied the hoverboard from foreign companie
by Sargos 9y ago
Chinese engineers didn't make the hoverboard. If anything the hoverboard example disproves your example as they just copied the hoverboard from foreign companies.
I know what you're point seems to be even though you aren't communicating it very well. I do think you're missing the fact that producing goods cheaply does not make you a leader in tech. Besides quick fads like hoverboards or fidget spinners China does not have much traction with actually producing and selling products. Things might be made in China but they are designed by foreign companies and the vast majority of the profit leaves the country.
- JBiserkov 9y agoHave you heard about a certain drone manufacturer, DJI?
- Sargos 9y agoI'm certainly not saying that there aren't actual Chinese products that are selling. It's just not the norm. DJI is a great company but not indicative of the general ecosystem of China.
- dreamfactored 9y agoYou are right that today DJI is exceptional and represents the cutting edge - but that in itself is indicative of what is normal in the future.
- moreorless 9y agoThere are a lot of Chinese companies that are doing amazing things that many of us in the West have not heard of. Have you heard of Broad?
- a1371 9y agoI doubt anybody will ever see this response, but about the Hoverboard, here it is: Hoverboards are originally from China [1] however, most of us have likely learned about them from Kickstarter etc. I think the users of HN would agree that "invention is never a sudden thing". The process for hoverboards has been iterative, of course. I have heard claims of having commercial hoverboards as much as five years before they became household names in the US. [1] https://youtu.be/SGJ5cZnoodY?t=33m52s https://youtu.be/SGJ5cZnoodY?t=33m52s
- Retric 9y agoHover boards are a poor knockoff of a segway. There was even a stickless version hacked up by someone in the US a few weeks after the Segway's release. This dates back to patents filed in 1994.
- chaostheory 9y agoActually the video confirms that the hoverboard was created by a Chinese American, living in Seattle, who also patented it. The Chinese versions even look identical to the patent filing.