We previously looked at French acrobatic artist Bastien Dausse's wonderful anti-gravity device here: Designed...
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"You could also record a visual of the bird in position at the moment of weighing, and have software that can extrapolate from the point of contact. Perhaps marginally less accurate, but much simpler hardware."
"Theranos was a blatant fraud that didn't do anything. Now, if you want to be Steve Jobs and change the keyboard layout people have used for a century? Just spend half a billion in marketing over a decade and you'll be set with a whopping sub-25% of the market, with your entire customer base being people who blindly use your system and proclaim it as the best ever despite no perceivable useful difference while costing twice as much."
"How does it work on bone? How does it handle darker skin textures? Will
tattoo artists be expected to match the "quality" of this until all
tattoos are either printed with one of these at Clair's by a bored
technician or several thousand dollars by the few remaining
professionals? Yet another piece of tech solving a "problem" that didn't
exist."
"The downside of this is that the visible/wear surface would have to be permanently bonded to the underlayment/padding, and for placement or removal would have to be flexible. So carpeting and linoleum, but no hardwoods."
"Now I'm wondering if a "table-top"/small format pellet-to-wire-stock unit would bridge the gap. For someone doing hobby prints, it might not be worth the cost, but a small commercial outfit looking for an upgrade to pellet stock without the cost of a pellet fed system might find it useful."
"I like this concept because while handle knobs are easier to use, they can get hung up on loops/pockets of clothing/etc. I wonder if 4-5 tubes nested like the petals of a flower would work as well; that way the handedness is less important."
"Pros: cool design. Mid: could use a hook blade point on the back of the blade. Bad: Price. Insane, very much targeted at IT managers doing EDC cosplay."