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by nik12795 5y ago
Did you watch the video and did you get the sense that this was actually something I thought should be brought to market? It was a fun experiment :) I totally agree it is not the right approach and, if you watch the end of the video, I say
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by nik12795 5y ago
25% of car accidents in the US are caused by texting and driving. Although I think the “real solution” is self driving cars or some other great technology, I wanted to run an experiment where, every time you look down to text and drive, you
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Show HN: A machine that detects when you text and drive then shocks you [video](youtube.com)
66 points by nik12795 5y ago|79 comments
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by nik12795 5y ago
25% of car accidents in the US are caused by texting and driving. Although I think the “real solution” is self driving cars or some other great technology, I wanted to run an experiment where, every time you look down to text and drive, you
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Show HN: A machine that detects when you text and drive then shocks you [video](youtube.com)
1 points by nik12795 5y ago|1 comments
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by nik12795 5y ago
Wasn't too familiar with DJ Hero. Took a look... dang. That would be an interesting and challenging project!
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by nik12795 5y ago
Thanks! Appreciate you saying that :)
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by nik12795 5y ago
Thanks! The image recognition is done by OpenCV which I highly recommend checking out.
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by nik12795 5y ago
Honestly, I'm pretty new to robotics and haven't had a chance to mess around with transistors. I was able to find some videos on solenoids and relays and that made it easy for me to get something up and running quickly. The latenc
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by nik12795 5y ago
Appreciate you looking through the code and offering that suggestion. I'll take a closer look ;) Also was not aware of the Ace of Spades robots. Just watched the video and it's epic!
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by nik12795 5y ago
Thanks! Actually had a similar comment on my video: > Yes! I didn't realize this other robot existed until I was partially through the project and was doing more research. I loved their form factor so I used it for Jon Bot Jovi. II
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by nik12795 5y ago
Yes I'm a fan of his! Coincidentally, Stuff Made Here actually commented on this YouTube video. But I have been enjoying and learning from his channel.
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by nik12795 5y ago
Thanks for taking the time to write that. It means a lot to me and I'm really happy you're enjoying the videos. Good call on the microphone. I'm still testing some things out so will keep that in mind as I produce the next fe
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by nik12795 5y ago
Yes exactly! Thank you!!
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by nik12795 5y ago
I don't understand exactly what you mean. There were only 30 frames coming in per second that I could parse. Do you think there might be a way to get 60fps from the PS2 and parse that in the OpenCV code?
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by nik12795 5y ago
Thank you and I appreciate your subscription :) Hope to continue to entertain you in future videos!
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by nik12795 5y ago
I did think of ways to have alternative strumming, but there's something hilarious about it just mashing the strum button as fast as it can. And since the solenoid was able to handle it, I kept it as is :)
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by nik12795 5y ago
Agreed the sustained notes would be a bit of a programming annoyance, but if I had spent more time, I think I could have cracked it. I did get some MVP working for it but it was throwing some other things off, so I abandoned it in an effort
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by nik12795 5y ago
The Raspberry Pi is doing the blob detection! In terms of 97% and why not 100%: > There wasn't any limitation from the mechanical perspective. The AI did a nearly perfect job of recognizing notes. I don't know exactly why it m
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by nik12795 5y ago
Thanks!! It was super challenging but it was a fun time and the payoff of it shredding was well worth it
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by nik12795 5y ago
Wow man that's an awesome story. Sounds like it was quite the ride. Thanks for sharing!
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by nik12795 5y ago
A Go-playing robot would be sweet! I think the biggest improvement for score would be implementing logic to hold down long notes and then implement star power at the ideal time. That would make a dramatic difference!
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by nik12795 5y ago
Lol challenging Boston Dynamics would be awesome
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by nik12795 5y ago
There wasn't any limitation from the mechanical perspective. The AI did a nearly perfect job of recognizing notes. I don't know exactly why it missed some notes, but my hypothesis is that it was the speed of notes in quick success
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by nik12795 5y ago
Ah yes. And it worked beautifully!
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by nik12795 5y ago
Thanks a lot!! Yeah it's an epic song and is so nostalgic.
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by nik12795 5y ago
Thanks!! Appreciate it
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by nik12795 5y ago
Hahaha
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by nik12795 5y ago
Will do, thanks!!
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by nik12795 5y ago
Thanks a lot!! Really glad you enjoyed

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