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CAT was branding a phone some time ago with a low-res thermal camera, but it was locked to some already-ancient version of Android and otherwise total lamesauce
by myself248 7y ago
CAT was branding a phone some time ago with a low-res thermal camera, but it was locked to some already-ancient version of Android and otherwise total lamesauce.
Sad, because I'd buy one if it was just a normal phone plus IR. Presently I make do with a plug-in accessory module.
I share your frustration. Consider a sled-backpack-case sort of thing with "all the missing sensors", instead of piecemeal accessories you carry a gaggle of and have to swap out. If it was like one of those extended-battery sled cases, you could just leave it on and write apps that expect it to be there...
- nitrogen 7y agoYou'd probably want the sensor pack to be separable from the phone case, so you can buy a new phone (whose shape changes every year, forcing new accessory purchases). I do think it's simultaneously cool and ridiculous that instead of just adding a simple distance sensor, companies making measurement software for phones double down on the software-only approach with computer vision.
- NickNameNick 7y agoFriend-of-a-friend was involved in this https://ikegps.com/spike/ https://ikegps.com/spike/ I think they licenced it to Stanley or similar.