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The makers of the Lily Drone just announced they blew through most of the $34 million they raised and can't actually do a production run.
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Sagacity posted:The makers of the Lily Drone just announced they blew through most of the $34 million they raised and can't actually do a production run. Note that was $34m in pre-orders but they also raised a further $14m from investors.
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I realize products are expensive to bring to market but really now, what the gently caress did they even spend all that on?
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Jan 13, 2017 04:16
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Hookers and blow
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What are the odds they're on the run?
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Jan 13, 2017 04:28
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Paying themselves exorbitant salaries, the smart way to embezzle.
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Sagacity posted:The makers of the Lily Drone just announced they blew through most of the $34 million they raised and can't actually do a production run. TechCrunch posted:If that weren’t enough, court documents describe an email chain in which co-founder Antoine Balaresque worries that people will be able to tell certain video purported to be from a Lily was in fact shot on a GoPro. “I think we should be extremely careful if we decide to lie publicly,” the email attributed to Balaresque reads. 
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How are there so many people interested in drones? Isn't there enough drones already? Unrelated, but whatever's happened to the modular mobile phone people? I think they were on kickstarter. Paladinus has a new favorite as of 10:41 on Jan 13, 2017 |
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Jan 13, 2017 10:39
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Paladinus posted:How are there so many people interested in drones? Isn't there enough drones already? Discretionary income, alone, wants to spy on girls
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Jan 13, 2017 10:43
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ddiddles posted:That product will probably never come out, but the idea is cool. this product came out in the bloody 90es... Force feedback mice was a thing. There's a reason it didn't catch on outside of haptic feedback mice for vision impaired people.
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Jan 13, 2017 10:56
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Paladinus posted:Unrelated, but whatever's happened to the modular mobile phone people? I think they were on kickstarter. It's just as stupid as it sounds.
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Jan 13, 2017 11:02
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Paladinus posted:Unrelated, but whatever's happened to the modular mobile phone people? I think they were on kickstarter. Well basically the prototypes for phones like that turned out to be hideously fragile in normal use, especially compared to a normal-rear end phone. Drop it on the table or maybe even stick it in your pocket, and bits fly or fall off. Let alone dropping it all the way to the floor or something like that. And when they're not falling to pieces, they're abnormally chunky and heavy because you need a bunch of extra space and material to protect the various bits.
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Jan 13, 2017 16:10
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Well, at least they've produced some semblance of the product instead of just running away with the money, I guess.
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I believe you're talking about Project Ara, which was Google's version of Phonebloks, which was cancelled in September. It was developed at Motorola when it was part of Google, which might be where their new modular phone deal comes from.
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Jan 14, 2017 09:39
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https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/zera-food-recycler-recycling--2#/ I'm not even going to claim this product doesn't work, but holy hell even if it does are the economics screwed up: $1000 for a device which not only requires proprietary 'additive packs' and HEPA filters to operate, but also 24 hours of electricity to produce probably <$1 of fertilizer Note both the flexible funding AND the '2' on the end of the URL which aren't exactly positive signs
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Serak posted:https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/zera-food-recycler-recycling--2#/ See, this is something with potential at least. Get rid of the additive, make it so you can keep it outdoors, and it'd be nice for gardening and reducing waste. I'm pretty sure those filters and additive packages will make up for the food redirected though. The benefit over regular compost heaps would be smaller size and maintenance. My parents had a heap when I was growing up and it was 2x4 in the back yard.
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Avenging_Mikon posted:See, this is something with potential at least. Get rid of the additive, make it so you can keep it outdoors, and it'd be nice for gardening and reducing waste. I'm pretty sure those filters and additive packages will make up for the food redirected though. As will the energy cost. You've got an electric heater, and mixer motors. The economics absolutely do not work, and landfill space is not actually a scarce commodity. This is like solar roadways: might be a great way to capitalize on economic/thermodynamic ignorance and social signaling, but actually does not do anything useful.
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Avenging_Mikon posted:See, this is something with potential at least. Get rid of the additive, make it so you can keep it outdoors, and it'd be nice for gardening and reducing waste. I'm pretty sure those filters and additive packages will make up for the food redirected though. They already make little compost buckets you can keep in your kitchen, and larger ones that you can stick out on the porch or whatever - my grandma's had them for like 30 years. This product's basically just those except you pour in some fertilizer first so it's ready faster.
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The venture capitalists and techies were so caught up with the "how" of making a wifi trash can with mobile app-enabled controls and proprietary fertilizer packets, that they never stopped to consider if they should even be doing so in the first place.
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Jan 15, 2017 04:18
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Wi-Fi Trash Can would be a good username
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web 2.0 guy fieri
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Serak posted:https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/zera-food-recycler-recycling--2#/ Hahahahahaha says the first ones will be shipped in may of this year! Yeah, that will not happen.
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Crocoswine posted:Wi-Fi Trash Can would be a good username you would, of course, be foolish to assume that this is not already a stupid failed thing https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brunosmartcan/trash-can-vacuum-bruno-the-worlds-first-smartcan/description Estimated delivery date October 2015 Last Project Update: December 2016, Still developing prototypes
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fishmech posted:They already make little compost buckets you can keep in your kitchen, and larger ones that you can stick out on the porch or whatever - my grandma's had them for like 30 years. This product's basically just those except you pour in some fertilizer first so it's ready faster. Neat. I've always lived in apartments, so no real ability to garden to the point compost would be useful. If I get a garden, I'll look more in to it
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So is whirlpool involved at all? Or did they just flash the whirlpool branding to make it seem legit?
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C.M. Kruger posted:The venture capitalists and techies were so caught up with the "how" of making a wifi trash can with mobile app-enabled controls and proprietary fertilizer packets, that they never stopped to consider if they should even be doing so in the first place. Did they get VC funding? I'd love to know who wrote that cheque.
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Serak posted:https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/zera-food-recycler-recycling--2#/ Also note a better version exists for 60 bucks https://www.amazon.com/SCD-Probiotics-K100-Composter-Tan/dp/B003ANMBKQ
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SpaceGoatFarts posted:Also note a better version exists for 60 bucks is not wifi enabled therefore completely useless to me
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Serak posted:is not wifi enabled therefore completely useless to me Do any of the people in this thread have something in their house on WiFi? I mean Internet Of Things stuff, like a kettle or something.
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Serak posted:is not wifi enabled therefore completely useless to me I get enough trash emails already
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Non Serviam posted:Do any of the people in this thread have something in their house on WiFi? I mean Internet Of Things stuff, like a kettle or something. If I ever got whacked in the head and bought a wifi enabled lightbulb or whatever I'd just put it on a separate wifi that's not connected to the internet.
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Non Serviam posted:Do any of the people in this thread have something in their house on WiFi? I mean Internet Of Things stuff, like a kettle or something. I have a weather station because I'm childish.
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I considered buying a wifi‐controlled outlet, but then decided that was a dumb idea.
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I'd really like a wifi outlet hooked up to the block heater on my car. It's a good idea to heat it up before you go out when it's <-20C, but our schedules are so weird lately that a simple timer doesn't cut it. It'd also be nice to just have it click on on its own when it gets absurdly cold so the oil doesn't freeze or something ridiculous. But, any temperature cold enough to gently caress with my car is for sure outside the operating temps of a wifi switch so, v0v
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tuyop posted:I'd really like a wifi outlet hooked up to the block heater on my car. It's a good idea to heat it up before you go out when it's <-20C, but our schedules are so weird lately that a simple timer doesn't cut it. It'd also be nice to just have it click on on its own when it gets absurdly cold so the oil doesn't freeze or something ridiculous. Well duh, just get a wifi switch with a heater hooked up to the wifi switch with the heater.
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Well duh, just get a wifi switch with a heater hooked up to the wifi switch with the heater. I'll give you $200 for your idea. All you have to do is tell me it's disrupting the market and made by hand by authentic American artisans
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Non Serviam posted:Do any of the people in this thread have something in their house on WiFi? I mean Internet Of Things stuff, like a kettle or something. The closest thing I have to an Internet of Things device is a wifi printer and it's enough to tell me that having a network-connected device without a dedicated screen and control interface is a real pain in the rear end when it screws up or your network changes.
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I could see a WiFi kettle being nice, but I wouldn't pay more than $5 on top of regular kettle price for it - I could send it an email and be all like "hey kettle heat 500 ml of water at 83 C" and it'd be like "kay" and then a few minutes later it'd be like "ready." I'd use that. And I'd pay $30 for it.
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CommonShore posted:I could see a WiFi kettle being nice, but I wouldn't pay more than $5 on top of regular kettle price for it - I could send it an email and be all like "hey kettle heat 500 ml of water at 83 C" and it'd be like "kay" and then a few minutes later it'd be like "ready." That sounds pretty adorable actually. I don't talk to most of my appliances so I dunno how to start a conversation with them I mean unless they're not working and I yell and kick them
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I actively avoid IoT things.
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