dr_rat posted:

I mean the thing about this is small frequent light weight vehicles going through underground railed tunnels, if you figured out bunch of issues could theoretically work, but this just seems to be going about it in the absolutely dumbest way.

Also once you do everything you need to get it working, like most of these type ideas you just end up with fancy looking one carriage trains, and unless you're putting it into a city where for the entire time it's running it's never not busy, might as well you know make it multi carriage and schedule it as... like why not.

Only advantage I can see of the second carriage one is if it's just in a small loop, or going back in forth between two places so you don't need to schedule, when it get full it goes, but like the number of places that would be actually useful in seem um, limited.

Biplane posted:

This is like a train, except worse and if you're poor you're not allowed on it.

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At the top of the Displace TV is a built-in webcam that’s used to detect Kinect-like hand gesture controls. This will be the primary way — apparently the only way — of navigating and interacting with the TV, complete with gestures for “throwing” content from one Displace TV to another.
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Oh, and here’s one important tidbit I haven’t mentioned yet: if you manage to drain all four batteries while the Displace is still on the wall, it could potentially fall to the ground since the “active-loop vacuum technology” also relies on battery power.

Colonel Cancer posted:

More consumer devices should brick themselves when hitting 0% imo. Maybe call it hardcore mode, people will love it!

lobster shirt posted:

i have a tv that is immune from falling over thanks to the complex technology of putting it on a tv stand

Renaissance Robot posted:

debatable given you're posting on the something awful forums in 2023

lobster shirt posted:

i have a tv that is immune from falling over thanks to the complex technology of putting it on a tv stand

HAIL eSATA-n posted:

you'll be sorry when gravity crashes

Rutibex posted:

screws never run out of batteries

whaley posted:

something needs to be done about that

lobster shirt posted:

i have a tv that is immune from falling over thanks to the complex technology of putting it on a tv stand

Colonel Cancer posted:

Smart screws

ekuNNN posted:

Cops protecting a digger from activists at the town of Lützerath that's currently being excavated to mine coal

christmas boots posted:

by god i use nails like a god-fearing christian

christmas boots posted:

by god i use nails like a god-fearing christian

christmas boots posted:

by god i use nails like a god-fearing christian

ekuNNN posted:

Cops protecting a digger from activists at the town of Lützerath that's currently being excavated to mine coal

Rutibex posted:

i donno if Jesus approves of this. i think he has mixed feelings on nails

rko posted:

It’s just more industrial internet of things cruft. It’s hard for me to imagine an application where a screw is the best place for a component like this unless it’s part of some fault management system. If it was, say, an airplane, you could imagine an array of smart screws reporting airframe stress that could be used for predictive maintenance.

ekuNNN posted:

Cops protecting a digger from activists at the town of Lützerath that's currently being excavated to mine coal

DR FRASIER KRANG posted:

strain gaged screws are absolutely a thing even outside of aerospace.

Cup Runneth Over posted:

I think that a screw should focus on its primary purpose, which is holding things together

The Lone Badger posted:

I could see a purpose for a passively-powered RFID tag in a fastener. I can wave a scanner over something and it will tell me that (6) fasteners are in place, much quicker than manually checking that they're all still there.

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"mutalk" is a soundproof Bluetooth microphone that makes it difficult for others to hear your voice and at the same time, makes it difficult for ambient noise to enter the microphone.

Conducting a conference call in a quiet office or open space such as a cafe can cause annoyance to those around you and may lead to information leakage. Also, when you are doing voice chat in the Metaverse or online games, you often end up shouting when things get heated up, but even in such situations, you do not want to disturb your family or neighbors.
Soundproof boxes are one way to do this, but there are price and space challenges. The soundproof Bluetooth microphone "mutalk" is an inexpensive and space-saving solution to this problem.

It is easy to use. Simply place "mutalk" on your desk with your mouth facing up to automatically mute the microphone, and lift it up to instantly unmute it.
"mutalk" also has an earphone jack, so it can be used with smartphones as well. The included band can be used to secure the device to the face. This allows for hands-free conversation even when both hands are full.

ekuNNN posted: