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by Qworg 13y ago
Riding Lawnmowers. And no, that would obviate the benefits of their new technology.
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by Qworg 13y ago
Batteries are really hard. The combination of electrochemical systems, with mechanical requirements make the tradeoffs subtle and the gains sometimes elusive. Ex: We tested some new SLA(Sealed Lead Acid) batteries that claimed 20% improveme
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by Qworg 13y ago
I think you'll find there are quite a few people interested in something like this - I know I certainly am. Do you have plans to share some of your data/sections early? If you'd like, I'm even willing to help proof your
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by Qworg 13y ago
There's also at least a few companies on here that aren't startups - both Kiva Systems and Bot & Dolly jump out as startups that are now part of big companies (Amazon and Google respectively)
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by Qworg 13y ago
In comparison to a million dollar missile? Yes.
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by Qworg 13y ago
It has no purpose because there is no purpose. I know that sounds like a tautology, but bear with me. Without a project to rally behind, no one is going to automatically form little collectives and bang out cool stuff. Things are either dr
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by Qworg 13y ago
Possible but likely not enough overhead to make a business out of it.
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by Qworg 13y ago
This is an interesting article, but it doesn't actually prove its thesis. The idea that robots are unregulated is untrue. In many industries, they're already regulated. I think it boils down to a great quote from one of the guys
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Lens Free Camera Sees Things Differently(technologyreview.com)
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by Qworg 13y ago
Anecdote: A guy who wanted one of our open mechanical/embedded positions came in with something he built and programmed. It was super impressive side work and helped him stand out. Sadly, when you're competing against the world fo
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by Qworg 13y ago
Our rule of thumb is 30k per product for all tests/rework/retests. And never assume a clean first-time pass.
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by Qworg 13y ago
Except infomercials are known advertising. I had always expected the news to be above it, but "earned media" is totally a thing.
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by Qworg 13y ago
Out of all the things I learned working in marketing, this was one of the most shocking. Many times, cool news about a particular company or a new products was written, verbatim, by the company itself.
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by Qworg 13y ago
I've seen systems that perform standard image recognition on one side and point cloud integration on the other, then combining them. I don't know if they're open source though or even available.
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by Qworg 13y ago
Interesting! I'd love to see how they're building their decision up. Nielsen offers the reverse of this service to large multinationals so they can determine where to send their sales reps (like Coca-Cola wanting to know where al
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by Qworg 13y ago
Caterpillar is another.
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by Qworg 13y ago
Not only that, but simply testing your system will not provide any sort of safety guarantee. Software errors are not just "show stopping bug" variety, but critical errors in odd corner cases that are not exercised until there&#x2
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by Qworg 13y ago
Several major truck/auto manufacturers are working on the semi problem - it is a bigger focus in Europe than in the States right now. Scania and Volvo both come to mind: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/2013040
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by Qworg 13y ago
I'm currently working in a field that tries to lean on the same thing - the operator is making a choice. It doesn't work, we still get sued, and money has to change hands. I'd love to be laissez-faire about it, but it is a pr
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by Qworg 13y ago
Any conversation at all about how to avoid the legal issues/being sued out of existence? As much as I'd love robot cars to "move fast and break things", making an argument that "well, at least it doesn't kill a
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by Qworg 13y ago
There's an excellent article about this in the NYT: http://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/10/28/magazine/the-island-whe...
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by Qworg 13y ago
You could have rigged up something like this: https://www.servocity.com/html/s3102_micro_mg.html#.Uyu11fna... to the PWM output of your Arduino. This would have moved the iPad around, the same way as the pan tilt head.
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by Qworg 13y ago
Any reason you went with the Bescor over just a servo motor?
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by Qworg 13y ago
An all-electric vehicle is definitively a design choice. That design choice directly impacts who Tesla targets with their products.
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by Qworg 13y ago
The best I can offer for that is the 20 Freescale employees on board.
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by Qworg 13y ago
Margin seeking in manufacture would immediately try to drop a $60 computer in the product for work a $1 chip could do. While prototyping is faster, development into something saleable goes much deeper (and into C).
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by Qworg 13y ago
I see it as moving into path 2 and 3 combined. It is interesting that some parts of CS have more opportunities for consulting than others. Has anyone else experienced this in their chosen specialization?
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by Qworg 13y ago
AFAIK, that always used a loophole - you're not charging for the photos, you're charging for the service of engineering work.
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by Qworg 13y ago
Yes, but IANAL. There's a reading above by not a lawyer as well, which was helpful.
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by Qworg 13y ago
IANAL, but can we get a reading of the actual decision? As much as I'd like to take this on face value, dronehire.org may have a bias.

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