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h317

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Constantine@maxlab.io

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    Comment #48408808

    I think the challenge that teachers have is that being “interested “ in something is a skill in itself. I never played a clarinet when I was a kid, maybe I would have like it, but …

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    Comment #48162846

    The only way something like this would work is through "networking", and trust that you are capable of delivering.

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    Comment #47579486

    I cannot wait for the day when tech companies become players in the construction industry because it looks like it is the only way forward to make a change. To think that everythin…

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    Comment #46408879

    It is way easier to fix a specific problem than to find one and sell solution for it. For example, Hi I’m John and my accounting software can increase your profits by 10% by reduci…

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    Comment #43826190

    Just to share a counterpoint: I think it’s impossible to get a product market fit without active outbound verification. If it’s a brand new project, balancing development commitmen…

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    Comment #42381780

    I was tired of coming home after networking events and shift through pile of business cards, so I made an app to just scan cards and export them to csv. Pretty much just for fun ap…

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    Comment #42286703

    If you need an open-source hardware+fw design for a camera with a motion sensor: https://github.com/maxlab-io/tokay-lite-pcb or can be purchased at: https://www.mouser.ca/ProductDe…

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    Comment #39008713

    About a month ago, I bought a toaster for Christmas, and, while walking in the alley and checking prices offline and online, I was mesmerized by the price strategies. With quantiti…

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    Comment #37818200

    You are right, it is faster,cheaper and absolutely possible to take the existing enclosure and modify it. OEM enclosure suppliers will gladly add or remove a few openings on their …

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    Comment #37818169

    Not the topic poster, but speaking from the similar experience, the cost can be as low as $4,000 in China for the size of these parts. In USA/Canada it would start with a $60k mini…

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    Comment #37817150

    In case some other folks who are in need, we have a side-project dedicated to the completely open source camera: hardware: https://github.com/maxlab-io/tokay-lite-pcb firmware and …

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    Comment #36609359

    By "AI" here I mean cameras that support running machine vision models directly on the device. We provide the device and firmware, and then on the application and model level it is…

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    Comment #36603518

    We make edge AI cameras. After focusing on services for a while, it has been a different type of journey to switch to the product. We did an open source pilot product on esp32, and…

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    Comment #36342760

    Hi everyone, we made an open source camera for developers. There are some models we already tested (face, parking spot recognition, animal detection,) but this is mostly a hardware…

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    Show HN: Open-Source ESP32 Camera

    Hi all. We are finally at the project wrap up for the edge computing camera design based on esp32. It is fully open sourced (hardware and software) under permissible license. The p…

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    Comment #34637039

    There is a quite a big chance we will be there!

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    Comment #34637025

    Thanks mate! We will send the update within a few weeks with the production plan or buy options.

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    Comment #34637014

    It does surprisingly well on object detection for its value. The tested use cases so far are: animal detection, sophisticated version of a motion sensor, plant recognition, people …

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    Comment #34636998

    It is ov2640.

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    AI model on a $3 chip (ESP32)

    We finished a design that allows a plug-and-play solution with TensorFlow Lite and a web server with the UI on ESP32. Here is a video of the process: https://youtu.be/aEZX3JMzwTo I…

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