adamweld

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by adamweld 9y ago
Right, the only problem being that they don't exist.
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by adamweld 9y ago
The fundamental reason is that no chipset mfn is going to separate the modem from host on a single IC. Thus you are adding a second complex BGA package and interconnects that take up space.
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by adamweld 10y ago
It has higher energy density than Lithium, so theoretically yes it could increase the battery life of your phone. For equivalent energy the size is 33%, so one could fit 3x the energy capacity into a cell of the same size.
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by adamweld 10y ago
RIP pebble.
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by adamweld 10y ago
We have a Taiwanese ex-pat CNC the carbon fiber parts for us.
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by adamweld 10y ago
The video is at the top of the page but it's a slideshow and not super clear. I'll have to make it a bit more obvious. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xoSHdMIMYU Good point on the comparison - I'll have to a
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Show HN: My boot-strapped robotics side project, HoverBot.io(hoverbot.io)
13 points by adamweld 10y ago|4 comments
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by adamweld 10y ago
I'm working on HoverBot with a friend at a different university, but I did all the design and prototyping work on this quadcopter over the course of 2-3 months.
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by adamweld 10y ago
Would it be kosher to resubmit with the correct title from the get-go?
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by adamweld 10y ago
Hi, this is my boot-strapped side project that I started this semester alongside my classes. I'd be happy to answer any questions here.
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Show HN: hoverbot.io, my robotics side project(hoverbot.io)
18 points by adamweld 10y ago|9 comments
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by adamweld 10y ago
Yes, this is Hacker news. Since when did having screws accessible to the user become a bad thing?
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by adamweld 10y ago
>one day notice That's probably most of the problem...
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by adamweld 10y ago
The most exciting thing for mobile robotics is that soon LIDAR will be solid state (like RADAR is today). See Quanergy. This will bring the cost and size of precision proximity/ranging/mapping sensors down by an incredible amount.
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by adamweld 10y ago
The Chromebook Pixel is the only laptop I've had that matches Apple build quality. It can also run Linux and ChromeOS synchronously on the same kernel, which leads to a really great user experience. The Surface Book I'm on now is
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by adamweld 10y ago
If you are interested in learning how your brain makes decisions, where biases and error come from, and a whole lot more, I highly recommend this book by Nobel Prize winner Daniel Kahneman: https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fa
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by adamweld 10y ago
It's not that simple. Some cognitive biases, especially related to shortcuts in decision making, are more prevalent in smarter people. Here's a good jumping off point: http://www.newyorker.com/tech/frontal-cor
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by adamweld 10y ago
There is only one camera on the Spectacles. No stereo.
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by adamweld 10y ago
Also relevant: http://idlewords.com/talks/deep_fried_data.htm
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by adamweld 10y ago
It doesn't have to be infallibly. It only has to be a single order of magnitude better than any human driver, and most people will start using it. How many other sectors have abandoned human interference after computers surpassed human
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by adamweld 10y ago
For one, sending false data != controlling other vehicles. And on the other hand there is plenty of opportunity to include encryption with gov/mfn signed keys, crosscheck received data with sensor values, etc. The benefits far outweigh
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by adamweld 10y ago
>There's a lot of research showing the positive effects of medication (and in ADHD's case, the futility of non-medication-based treatments), but there's still a major fight for acknowledging the validity of this form of tr
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by adamweld 10y ago
That sounds incredibly dangerous. I don't doubt that it happens, but I'd much prefer the person cutting me open to not be fatigued and exhausted.
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by adamweld 10y ago
Isn't that... The definition of a failure?
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by adamweld 10y ago
>Now, Google is no Samsung, but they're a long way from Apple or even Microsoft on the UX front. Not sure I agree with this. I've been on android for a while, so I'm sure I'm biased, but stock AOSP Android is pretty m
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by adamweld 10y ago
Dangerous, yes. Marketed as self driving, no.
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by adamweld 10y ago
They use it to pay administrators. My university has one admin for every two students and they make $150k on average...
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by adamweld 10y ago
Don't forget the clickbait headline.
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by adamweld 10y ago
Sorry, but I disagree entirely. >Autopilot has been used for more than 130 million miles, noting that, on average, a fatality occurs every 94 million miles in the US and every 60 million miles worldwide. This technology, even if imperfec
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by adamweld 10y ago
"Each Plaintiff received disclosures from his or her Educational Institution that indicated his or her (Apps for Education) emails were private," I'm missing the part where Google told the students they weren't scanning

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