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some drill rigs are semiautonomous, with GPS. The control systems were priced around $120k the last time I looked about 10 years ago. Any HN'ers want to disrupt
by teyc 16y ago
some drill rigs are semiautonomous, with GPS. The control systems were priced around $120k the last time I looked about 10 years ago. Any HN'ers want to disrupt this? I know some drillers out this way.
- nl 16y agoThey have similar technology for farming, too. If you wanted to disrupt this, I suspect you don't want to make it cheaper (the mining companies have plenty of money), but to do a better job somehow. (Where are you?)
- CamperBob 16y agoI assumed that 'disrupt' meant 'jam the GPS and watch the carnage.' Thought it was an odd choice of wording at best.
- jamesbritt 16y agoWhat's the insurance liability for somewhere like that?
- w00pla2 16y ago> They have similar technology for farming, too. This is called "Precision agriculture". Tractors and equipment enabled with this can throw the precise amount of fertilizer/seeds at specific points. Probably quite a hot topic in farming... Go to any farming show and you will see this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_agriculture http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_agriculture
- Hexstream 16y agoI can only guess $120k is less than pocket-change for an operation like this.