I mean, it's like saying "we don't trust people that live in this area"... but if you walk/drive 75 miles to the west we will give you millions of dollars to kill people 75 miles east of you.
What have you prototyped recently? Anything you have released to market? I'm in the same general area by am teetering on actually launching products wouldn't mind connecting with a like minded e gineer
One thing that I think has real potential is a portable split system aircon for workshops and garages. The all-in-one aircon units have terrible efficiency but split systems require expensive installation that can cost as much as the unit itself. This compromise gets you the best of both worlds.
I built one a year or two ago out of a crusty old second hand split system, and a scrap metal frame that holds the indoor heat exchanger at about head height, and the outdoor heat exchanger back-to-back with it with a ~500mm gap. You open the roller door, position the frame with the outdoor side outside and the indoor side inside, close the roller door, and plug it in. Voila! Aircon! It was way undersized (2.5kW cooling) for my workshop but it still made a noticeable difference. Gonna build a 7kW cooling version for this summer.
I think there's heaps of people with garage workshops that would benefit from something like this. You could also make one where the frame slips through a vertical gap rather than a horizontal one, so it can be set up through a sliding door, allowing renters to use one in houses where the owner refuses to install it.
That's another way to look at it. Getting AI to reliable and accurate output is where we feel there are steps that'll need better structure, like for Ingesting and chunking strategies.
Any app with "modify system settings" permission can turn location services and Bluetooth radio on.
Any app which asks google play services for location will automatically turn on location and Bluetooth.
And reminder that Amazon devices connected to the internet WILL respond to whispertalk requests from airgapped devices(tablets, fire sticks with no internet, echos, doorbell cams, etc)
Fascinating design I haven't tried, I have made inductor based designs but a pure capacitor design combined with a high speed mos might make for a fun micro psu design.
These types of switching circuits are very common inside ASIC where the high speed isn’t an issue, you don’t need to move all that much charge, and one can’t easily (if at all) support inductors.
Rabois alleges that Airwallex's significant operational presence in mainland China and Hong Kong, combined with Chinese ownership stakes and legal obligations under Chinese law, creates vulnerabilities for US clients. According to his thread, approximately 40% of Airwallex's 1,700 employees are based in mainland China and Hong Kong, including core engineering teams with access to production systems.
Anyone remember when Nvidia obsoleted $800 video cards with 'twice as powerful, twice as efficient'on a yearly basis?
Remember when Microsoft made operating systems that fit on a single CD or better yet, 13 floppy disks? Remember when windows update didn't turn itself on, when new windows firewall rules weren't magically created, when outlook didn't tell people you were online?
Remember when Oracle made and supported database software that was actually better than it's competitors? It ran on your own hardware and did not cost a small country's GDP per license?
AI bagholders are getting a lesson retail gamers and small business sysadmins have been suffering for decades with tech bros toying with supply, using convoluted licensing, prioritizing manufacturing to artificially inflate hardware prices. Retail trader bros have a bit more weight behind their punch so this will be an interesting hardware cycle.
