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Somewhat old news, as a more recent article highlights that those issues have since been resolved. https://breakingdefense.com/2025/10/army-says-its-mitigated-...

Really interesting. Feels like it would be a natural addition to a company like Brain ( https://www.braincorp.com/ ) who is already using robots to regularly perform those kinds of…

Have you identified any limitations in current grippers based on lack of tactile sensing solutions to unlock truly dextrous manipulation?

RTK GPS? Assuming you have a base station, you correct the precision of the drones to ~1cm

Double down on the IQT comment(have co-invested with them in the past). Their specific charter is to invest in startups like this. Though they don’t typically lead rounds, they hav…

My experience with this, though this may not be the consensus view, was that participation from friends/family was generally a good sign, since founders clearly believe in the busi…

For seafloor mapping, the other opportunity is in wind power, which is actually a reasonably compelling market

Depending on where you are located, there are a number of oceanographic near-shore buoys that provide reasonable data access, but they are highly concentrated near the coastal US. …

Recently built one myself (funny how that works with HackerNews). And would double down on your comments about gpsd and ntpd. My biggest problem was gpsd autobaud detection for the…

Following up on the lightmode request. It's difficult to switch from income statement to cashflow or balance sheet because the menu is dark text on dark background. Additionally, y…

Great guide! Overall, agree with the thoughts on leverage and running an efficient process. However, speaking from experience and having spent time as a principal and associate, I …

Not a fit for either position (My software skills are more around hacking together impromptu projects), but wanted to say that I'm super excited Gaia is growing. I really appreciat…

For reference, there are companies that have developed this to a commercially viable level. First that comes to mind is ZGlue, a company that has the design tools, interconnect fab…

Unfortunately, libressl is not FIPS 140-2 compliant, so you can't leverage it for open source development of secure applications for the US government (though this is more to do wi…

Another 2017 OMSCS grad with a unique career path chiming in. I was a MechE by background, but had some pre-existing computer science education from dabbling with robotics. My prim…

There are also a few pdf copies floating around that are acceptable quality.

On the book front, I'd also recommend Foundations of Mechanical Accuracy by Wayne R. Moore. It's a great treatise on how you can measure things like one millionth of an inch, and h…

Venture Deals by Jason Mendelson and Brad Feld is a good overview. If you want to get more technical, the NVCA publishes a list of their own "standard" documents, which go into dep…

One potential modification would be to add some language to the No Shop clause to allow the lead investor to approve any other conversations about the round. This can be helpful wh…

I have an XPS 15 and have been quite happy with the it overall, but echo similar comments about the atrocity of the killer wireless cards and drivers. It’s mind boggling that those…

Cannot agree more strongly with you here. Anything that makes it harder to read/reference/share these materials is a small but common irritant.

NASA has also done some reseach into ZBLan fabrication on earth using magnetic fields to eliminate crystal formation ( https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/201200.…

Very cool! Have you considered applying this technique for labeling Building Infrastructure Management (BIM) Pointcloud data? One of the challenges when dealing with as-built BIM c…

If you don't mind my asking, what field are you in? I've been fascinated with 3d printing for a while(built my own printer etc) but haven't quite found the right place to apply and…