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LiesNStartupPR

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About LiesNStartupPR

Engineer, entrepreneur, blogger. Opinions on startups and VC can be found at http://liesandstartuppr.blogspot.com/

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    Ossia, the RF wireless charging company, have received Part 18 approval from the FCC. The system needs a fixed transmitter and receiver, a receiver the size of 2 phones, barely rec…

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    Comment #13248933

    Exactly, thanks for putting this so succinctly.

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    Comment #13248930

    And all for ~1/10th of the cost of a CT or MR system.

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    Comment #13248858

    Pretty good summary of what I said, thanks.

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    Comment #13248855

    The basics of imaging require a certain number of elements. The acoustic window must be a certain size for the application, the elements must be smaller than a wavelength to avoid …

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    Comment #13248841

    I do appreciate being called a "condescending asshat", I might get a t-shirt with that on it, thanks. I though my credentials were one paragraph instead of many, but maybe I need t…

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    Comment #13248780

    Quick answer - yes, GPUs are now reaching the point that they are becoming useful, but also imaging techniques such as superresolution methods, ultra fast imaging, and others, dema…

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    Comment #13248769

    Original post author here, thanks for your comments. There is a robust second hand market for ultrasound systems and probes, just google for those companies or search on eBay. Ther…

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    Comment #13248745

    Because there are multiple competitors in the field, and you are a new entry. In order to be accepted as an unknown in a quality and results conscious market, you either have to be…

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    Comment #13248728

    A 2 cent PZT buzzer is ridiculously far from an ultrasound probe, engineering wise, and your units are off by about three orders of magnitude. And soldering depoles PZT. A transduc…

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    Comment #13248659

    Original blog post author here. Thanks to everyone for their comments, I've tried to answer as much of the issues raised as I can in a new blog post, here. http://liesandstartuppr.…

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    Comment #13234041

    Having been involved in designing and building ultrasound systems for a couple of decades, I thought I'd comment on this in a blog post for those looking for a little more detail o…

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    Comment #12656972

    I appreciate the comment, though I think the situation is often more nuanced - a junior employee may simply not have all the facts, and a more senior one may either have a 'gag ord…

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    Comment #12513900

    Planning on doing 'Apple compliance testing' is a zero cost thing to do, and has no effect on getting a deal with Apple. People seem to read into this statement what they want it t…