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Some surprisingly interesting companies this round, including quite a few leveraging hardware and robotics in cool ways. That being said, two stuck out to me:

Some surprisingly interesting companies this round, including quite a few leveraging hardware and robotics in cool ways. That being said, two stuck out to me: I can't see Lumineye as something other than military and police state tech pretending it's going to help first responders more than it will help special operations units kill people and police/FBI violate privacy even further. This should be disturbing, not cool. I like what Well Principled is trying to do, but having worked in the consulting space for a long time, the disruptable segment of the management consulting market is not that big. A lot of clients don't hire McKinsey for actual insights or results, they hire for the brand name, someone to point the finger at when things go wrong, and as trusted outsider confirmation of what executives wanted to do in the first place. I have a feeling this will pivot into the financial engineering segment of the market pretty quickly or get bought out by one of the big 4.

seren 7y ago
Regarding Lumineye, there is a market for elderly people at home, which are already monitored by bracelets or some other devices they are suppose to wear, that they usually forget, to detect fall, or other adverse events. No one want to have a camera installed at home to be monitored 24/24. However, something that could check your pulse or maybe if you have moved in the last 30 minutes remotely would be much more acceptable. It is probably a much bigger market than law enforcement. In more institutional places, it could probably be used in hospital, nursing home, psychic wards or prisons.
- mdorazio 7y ago
  I'm not sure why you need to be able to track bodies through walls to accomplish that. A simple ultrasonic sensor array in a room with some software could accomplish the same thing without the dystopian potential. I just can't see this not getting horribly abused.

seren 7y ago

Regarding Lumineye, there is a market for elderly people at home, which are already monitored by bracelets or some other devices they are suppose to wear, that they usually forget, to detect fall, or other adverse events. No one want to have a camera installed at home to be monitored 24/24. However, something that could check your pulse or maybe if you have moved in the last 30 minutes remotely would be much more acceptable. It is probably a much bigger market than law enforcement. In more institutional places, it could probably be used in hospital, nursing home, psychic wards or prisons.

mdorazio 7y ago
I'm not sure why you need to be able to track bodies through walls to accomplish that. A simple ultrasonic sensor array in a room with some software could accomplish the same thing without the dystopian potential. I just can't see this not getting horribly abused.