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In the beginning I was afraid he was going to lose his ears... vacuum contraption reminds me of Flowbee on a 3d arm. I think it's impressive feat of engineeri
by pcurve 6y ago
In the beginning I was afraid he was going to lose his ears... vacuum contraption reminds me of Flowbee on a 3d arm.
I think it's impressive feat of engineering. I'm sure he can really perfect it collaborating with a stylist.
- jansan 6y agoFor those fellow readers who do not know the Flowbee, here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK7_VSpTyVY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oK7_VSpTyVY Quote: "This ingenious device lets you give yourself and family perfect haircuts everytime!"
- davio 6y agoMy buddy's nickname in HS was Flowbee. His mom cut his hair. It actually looked good, I think it was the uniform nature of it that earned him the name.
- exhilaration 6y agoIf anyone else suddenly had a flashback of Wayne's World where the Flowbee was parodied, here's the clip you're looking for: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LrJDt-fPQI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LrJDt-fPQI
- js2 6y agoThis guy actually gives himself a decent haircut with one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4XKVEm11dI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4XKVEm11dI
- amINeolib 6y agoI was the complete opposite, maybe I'm a hater. The hard part isn't done. Controlling servos and motors is school level work. Combining it with 3D, a 400 level class. But it doesn't actually work. Saying "I can collaborate with a stylist" is not the bottleneck. It's the precision, the irregularities between clients, and obviously more. Its a cool YouTube video if you don't know design Engineering, but I was utterly disappointed and was surprised to see people praising him..
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoYeah that's a hater. It was a youtube project showing some Engineering skills applied to a difficult problem. Not a product to be shipped.
- amINeolib 6y agoYou are inspiring me to make my own YouTube channel now!
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoIt seems expensive. I understood YouTube had reduced payments to content providers. Can it really support that machine shop? Or is the guy independently wealthy?
- ghaff 6y agoTo a first approximation, no one should go into content creation (whether YouTube, a podcast, a book, a blog...) with the primary intent of making more than some token amount of money that makes driving for Uber seem like a pretty cushy gig. Doesn't mean you shouldn't do it of course. Direct money (as opposed to supporting other activities) isn't really one of them though.
- y7 6y agoI'm guessing the majority of his income for these videos comes from Patreon, although with his current 167 subscribers at $5 or $12 per month it's not a living wage.
- fortran77 6y agoI don't get all the hate here. Here's a charming guy making a fun video about an impractical robot to cut hair and showing how you can make a fairly complicated thing in a home shop that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. And people are disliking him because he's funny, good-looking, smart, and educational. C'mon. Don't be jealous of him.
- aasasd 6y agoAs an old prediction about robotic hair cutters goes: — But people have different head shapes, what about that? — Well, initially they do.
- dredmorbius 6y agoThere's a similar device (possibly a Flowbee) used by the robot GERTY in Moon (2009). https://invidio.us/watch?v=84Ewj-BOBuc https://invidio.us/watch?v=84Ewj-BOBuc
- pmiller2 6y agoYeah, my only reaction to “robot wielding sharp instruments within tens of millimeters of my scalp” is “nope, nope, nope!”