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srlake

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About srlake

stephenlake.ca - co-founder of Thalmic Labs (YC W2013)

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    Comes from the latest Startup Genome report: "Its startup density is second only to Silicon Valley and a full 50% higher than its closest follower. How can such a small city compet…

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    It's been a few years since studying in this area, but one approach we used to use for modelling and control of manipulators (mostly industrial robotic arms) was Screw Theory. Here…

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    The eye is not focusing on that depth. The light coming out of the lens or LCD would be collimated / diffracted to form an image on the retina that appears to originate from a spec…

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    What were you hoping to do with the raw EMG data?

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    Exact same hardware. Difference is software only.

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    Hi there - good chance we're either getting blocked by a spam filter or have an incorrect email. We've been sending out some kind of email roughly every 4-6 weeks. If you send us a…

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    I'm one of the co-founders at Thalmic (Myo). We get the request for raw muscle data quite often, and are trying to find a way to handle it better in the future. The reason we don't…

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    As a startup-founder (Thalmic, YC w13), I wholeheartedly disagree with the viewpoint of the author here. Is the pressure high, and the chance of success low? Certainly. Was the exp…

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    D-wave is a great example of a company in the class described. Founded in 1999, they didn't ship their first quantum computer until 2011. However, they were able to show progress a…

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