https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31417554 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31417554 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31200793 https://news.ycombina

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31417554 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31417554 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31200793 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31200793 ...and probably others. It seems like this thing is constantly being touted on HN. Dear HNers: 99% of the stuff MIT's press office brags about will never make it into the "real world." It either has significant real-world problems, it can't be commercialized because of MIT's commercial licensing terms and fees, the professor tries to spin it off into a business but has no idea how business or manufacturing works, etc.