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minthd
11y ago
At least, getting access to some pretty programmed algorithm running on a it on a cloud should be easy enough to do.
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3d printing of injection molds is already being used for some low volume medical products.
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11y ago
>> Samsung clearly do not share that opinion, and justifiably so. And Samsung would be wrong.If Google hasn't decide to add Samsung to android, it's very likely that Samsung would be in somewhat similar fate to that of micro
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Is there any way for this technology to do multi-material or multi-color prints ? how ?
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11y ago
sorry , forgot to add source: http://www.alternet.org/story/146686/why_planting_farms_in_s...
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11y ago
Let's not forget algae. Solazyme is already producing various food components for food companies, from algae, in highly efficient and dense factories, and at a competitive price.And i think with time it might be a cheap carbohydrates s
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11y ago
Two major , expensive costs - the factory, the equipment, land,etc.very expensive - but maybe this can be solved. maybe. But there's also the required energy: "just to meet a year's U.S. wheat production with vertical farming
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11y ago
>> only long term winner in them is Google, and other companies are now highly aware of this. Actually Samsung did very well on android, probably much better than if Google hasn't shared android with them. Ass for small companies
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11y ago
>> and ever since then, no other venture/product coming out of google has reached even a fraction of that revenue. That's not true. They started with search ads, expanded successfully to various types of display ads, and now
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11y ago
You forgot the most important parts: they also have a dedicated pattern recognition engine, and they claim everything is very low power. Let's wait and see if it's true. I remember their Galileo chip was indeed low-power.
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But if the future is uncertain and filled with automation , isn't the correct response - to work hard and earn a lot (or even bet on a startup) , live cheap, and save a lot ?
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>> I find that number too high to be true. 10 or 20%, maybe; 40% The 40% came from a study at oxford, which i think was a bit conservative , because it didn't take into account the possibility of creative jobs being automated. &
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11y ago
Looking at current uk employment numbers[1] , it seems that healthcare , education accommodation and food services count as 23% of the economy. But : 1. Will they grow under new conditions ? These sectors historically didn't enjoy more
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What's the difference for you , between leasing and buying ?
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11y ago
So how big of a business this could be for Google ?
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Why are mechanical solutions more reliable than a servo ? Aren't mechanical and moving parts less reliable than electronics , in general ?
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11y ago
Some time ago i talked with a machine designer - and he told me that the industry is moving away from complex mechanical contraptions , into microcontrolers coupled with smart motors(servo - either linear or rotary) which allow exact contro
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Probably the arduino - with the open source libraries and such.
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Why aren't academics just hosting in the cloud ?
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Your platform is definitely interesting,and there's a lot of value locked in academic algorithms , but isn't the fact that most academics haven't offered algorithms via the cloud(it's not terribly complicated), hint to s
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When we look at figure-1(levelized PPA), we see steady price reductions until mid-2013 , and than none. That is probably due to soft costs starting to dominate. So since the cost drivers changing - why does it make sense to model future pr
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>> If you think they're much better at spending money than you are, this is a great opportunity. If you don't, it isn't. It's not that one-dimensional . Their company does have resources that enable them to do thi
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11y ago
>> small, separate entities makes it easier to tackle new opportunities (which start small) that wouldn't move the needle for Google - as per Christensen. They would still need to move the needle for alphabet.
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3-days free trial isn't freemium.
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Maybe, if you can allow it and you care enough for security , the best thing is to use a framework designed for security like Scala lift. That way, everything is built in.
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curation. create you own corner of the net.
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>>> Neural net ... "I dunno, it feels like it's an ostrich" I don't think this applies to deep-learning. Because with deep learning , the lower layers will will say "this has long neck", "this has
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You're right , the tech isn't hard. For example there's this arduino hobby project , a swimming robot snake: http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-a-swimming-Robo-Snake/
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Maybe it's the wrong area to attack in that market , because people really like to test couches. Maybe the key it either find a good way to test couches virtually(how ??) ,or some social model that lets people test couches at homes of
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11y ago
>> Changing this fundamental assumption would be a major breakage, and much much more effort. That's non of the concern of the unlicensed spectrum.The LTE-LAA guys should do their work and come prepared for what is common in the
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