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by jrussino 8y ago
Fun, but if you want to see some seriously interesting modern work in knitting check this out: https://www.ri.cmu.edu/event/on-demand-machine-knitting/
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by jrussino 9y ago
The foundation claims that Anathem was inspired by this project: http://blog.longnow.org/02008/07/21/anathem-and-long-now/
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by jrussino 10y ago
Last week Dr. Michael Ressler at JPL gave a talk about the Webb telescope, mostly focused on the mid-range infrared imaging sensor: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/events/lectures_archive.php?year=201... If you happen to be in
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by jrussino 10y ago
I guess what I mean is, this is not a finished product that's a regular car with a "hands-free" mode; it's a prototype for a fully-autonomous driver-less car that's still under active development. I.e. the reason th
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by jrussino 10y ago
This is not the former, this a step in the R&D process that is working toward the latter (and can act as PR in the meantime). I expect that "supervised by humans in the driver's seat" here means "the car is fully sel
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by jrussino 10y ago
I worked on a team at NREC that was building self-driving trucks for use in surface mines. The project was a descendant of CMU's work on the DARPA Grand/Urban Challenges. These vehicles actually went into production and are being
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by jrussino 10y ago
If you haven't yet read it, I highly recommend Greg Egan's short story "Learning to Be Me" ( http://will.tip.dhappy.org/revolution/Technoanarchist/plan/.... ), a story with a similar take on
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by jrussino 11y ago
3M sells these lead test swabs for surfaces: http://amzn.com/B009NQNL0I Once again, not exactly "analyzing your dust" but I think this is the current consumer-grade solution to the problem of "are there dange
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by jrussino 11y ago
For anybody who finds ideas like this to be thought-provoking I highly recommend reading the novels & short stories of Greg Egan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Egan
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by jrussino 12y ago
The idea is right but if by "release" you mean "sell to consumers" I think you're a little over-optimistic about the timeline. Google's driverless car project is a direct descendant of the tech developed for th
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by jrussino 12y ago
Are there any particular resources that you recommend for a high-level overview of this kind of stuff? I'm an engineer with a solid grasp of classical mechanics and strong math background, but very little exposure to modern physics (ba
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by jrussino 12y ago
They actually provide a (somewhat limited) AR furniture placement iOS app as a supplement to the 2014 catalogue: http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/about_ikea/newsitem/2014catalogue http://www.youtube.
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by jrussino 13y ago
"new Hacker News API" -> do you mean there's now an official API? I must have missed this news. Can you provide a link / additional info?
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by jrussino 13y ago
Why doesn't 'Y' behave similarly? I've never understood this inconsistency in the default key bindings: 'c$' OR 'C' = change to end of line 'd$' OR 'D' = cut to end of line 'y
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by jrussino 14y ago
This links to one particular startup's landing page. The main demo day page is at http://www.nreduce.com/d/ .
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by jrussino 14y ago
I agree 100% about avoiding the self-promotion nonsense, but I would make the following exception for "that wine guy" (Gary Vaynerchuk): his wine videos are terrific! I learned a ton about wine and the wine industry from http://tv.winelibr
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by jrussino 15y ago
This reminds me of the "Metalworking Shop From Scrap" book series: http://www.lindsaybks.com/dgjp/djgbk/series/
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by jrussino 16y ago
I think the "MS tech demo" that you are referring to is Photosynth: http://photosynth.net/
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by jrussino 16y ago
I think the "MS tech demo" that you were referring to is Photosynth: http://photosynth.net/
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by jrussino 16y ago
"one can't patent... an idea per se" Actually, this is precisely what patents are for. You don't need to implement an invention in order to obtain a patent, you just need to describe it in sufficient detail "as to enable any person skilled
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by jrussino 16y ago
I traveled to China this summer, and in the Shanghai airport they use a very similar system to get quick feedback on customers' satisfaction with the customs agents. At each station, there's a little box with 3-4 buttons ranging from :-) to
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by jrussino 17y ago
It seems to me that people just don't like switching between input schemes. If most of your interaction with the computer is done by typing - in a text editor or at the command line, for example - then being able to use the keyboard for tho
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by jrussino 17y ago
I've seen another game like this one, called "notpron": http://www.deathball.net/notpron/ The goal is to use clues to get to the next page of the puzzle; most levels require the user to guess the correct URL to move on, using clues on the
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by jrussino 17y ago
Also agree. I don't have time to watch this live today but would love to watch a recording sometime next week. Slides would be a nice bonus.
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by jrussino 17y ago
The problem that they want to solve is: "How do we create a three-dimensional model of every built structure on Earth? How do we make sure it's accurate, that it stays current and that it's useful to everyone who might want to use it?" I th
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by jrussino 17y ago
I wonder how much improvement there has been between more recent models of cars. I doubt that there are many people driving the 1959 Chevy Bel Air on today's highways, but there are probably plenty of people driving cars that were built in
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by jrussino 17y ago
Thanks! I'm going to try out heroku as well.
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by jrussino 17y ago
What kind of registration/hosting services do you use for these sites? I'd like to be free to play around with small projects on the web, but the prices that I've found make me hesitate to start something that seems frivolous. For example,
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by jrussino 17y ago
Baltimore, MD.
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by jrussino 17y ago
Yes, I believe so. We use Yahoo's media RSS (MRSS) standard for the feeds on the site: http://video.search.yahoo.com/mrss You should always get title/link/thumbnail/source, plus embed code and other metadata (description, tags, runtime, e

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