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MrRobotics
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Comment #48600113
Fascinating article. Keep up the work, Matthias!
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Comment #47512274
throwaboat, you clearly get it. I'm building in this space and would love to talk. Email's in my bio.
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Comment #41523415
This is the sort of reasoning needed to solve the ARC AGI benchmark.
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Comment #31971626
Once robotics develops further, it would be interesting to have an organization that uses small mobile farming robots to tend gardens in people's yards and produce fruits and veget…
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Comment #30489099
You’re right that fans don’t affect humidity and are less effective in extreme heat. However, there are many places such as garages, airplane hangers, and large warehouses where AC…
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Comment #30485881
The energy savings from spot cooling with fans can be incredible compared to AC. A garage AC unit consumes ~1300W while a 20” fan consumes about ~150W. My startup, Following Fan, h…
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Comment #29770908
Currently, I go to the gym 5 days a week for about 60-90 minutes per session. My workouts generally consist of cardio for a warmup and then free weights and Olympic style weightlif…
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Comment #27764274
Cool DIY guide to make a smarter fan! I was playing around with upgrading my own fan last year and ended up adding person-tracking capabilities so that the fan automatically stays …
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Comment #25022689
That is a good point. Large ceiling fans are one solution and probably superior when there are a lot of people. However, Following Fan is more efficient when there are not a lot of…
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Comment #25021716
Thanks for the thoughts. We think it could be especially useful in places such as warehouses, auto shops, and garages where there is no air conditioning but get extremely hot in th…
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Comment #25015419
Additional information: Person detection is performed using a camera integrated into the front and center of the fan grill and a computer next to the motor in the fan head. We will…
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