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So, I assume everyone else's first thought after reading this was: Let's build a vanilla flower pollination robot using deep learning to process RGB camera imag
by hotdog97 8y ago
So, I assume everyone else's first thought after reading this was: Let's build a vanilla flower pollination robot using deep learning to process RGB camera images and help guide the robot actuators. Startup, anyone?
Edit: turns out this is, in fact, not a unique thought:
"Implementation of Automated Vanilla Pollination
Robotic Crane Prototype, 2017":
https://sci-hub.tw/https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSOSE.2017.7994929 https://sci-hub.tw/https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSOSE.2017.79949...
(No deep learning, but I guess these people weren't desperate for funding.)
- metiscus 8y agoI think if you could work a blockchain in there somewhere you might have an idea worth funding. ;)
- hotdog97 8y agoWell obviously you would need a blockchain to track the investments. Each vanilla pod would have an entry in the vanilla blockchain. And also an IPv6 address. Seems like there already was something called Vanilla Coin (VNL), since rebranded/failed.
- azinman2 8y agoBecause screw those poor farmers?
- hotdog97 8y agoMeanwhile I could ask of you: why do you want to keep these people as extremely low-paid wage slaves, producing goods for the well to do, for something that can be automated? (I find it likely that automation would cause real vanilla to become so cheap that most people could enjoy it, not just the 10% richest.) The big picture is complex and it's hard to do forecasts, but I'm not entirely convinced that this kind of change would screw these farmers in the long run.