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The Uncage
- bobowzki 4y agoI'm sure this will take off.
- bosky101 4y agoSounds like a modest, competent founder. I wish him the best!
- croon 4y agoAs someone chronically uninterested in sports generally (have tried), I do love seeing the occasional innovations in equipment that may or may not take off and change (some aspect of) the game.
- actionfromafar 4y agoHe also has a SAAB. An indirect vouch as good as Virgin Galactic in my book.
- joeatwork 4y agoThe whole newsletter archive is worth a look. The step-by-step account of engineering in this series is pretty remarkable. The author talks through process and experiment and does the math where you can see it.
- d--b 4y agoHow is that guy not selling one of these to every goalie in the NHL right now?
- tjoff 4y agoIt doesn't work yet - he is making progress though! The blog seems good from what little I've read.
- pottertheotter 4y agoHe recently met with the SJ Sharks. They are interested but want to make sure it really works well. https://surjan.substack.com/p/an-inventors-quest-for-the-nhl-pt-0ac https://surjan.substack.com/p/an-inventors-quest-for-the-nhl...
- dmix 4y agoThat version looks much nicer too
- mhb 4y agoWhy aren't those made out of clear plastic?
- aidenn0 4y agoIf I had to guess, either condensation, or the thickness required would distort things, but I honestly don't know either.
- mhb 4y agoIt turns out they are: https://www.amazon.com/Ice-Hockey-Masks-Shields/b?ie=UTF8&node=3412761 https://www.amazon.com/Ice-Hockey-Masks-Shields/b?ie=UTF8&no...
- dhosek 4y agoIt’s buried but there’s more to the story, there’s a part 22 linked in this original and pottertheotter linked to part 27: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33009134 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33009134 so he’s taking off. And as an aside, part 22 has a picture of the author and I love it when my (based on stereotypes and prejudices) expectations get completely upended.