"some novel industrial engineering" - can you expound? You need to figure out where people with this niche understanding hangout on the web. Per your analogy, not sure if it is in the same space, but there are a lot of glass and overlay film patents, maybe search there for names?
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#22> at worst a new type of material being invented Oh god. Unless you find a very good materials scientist, the answer is "no", probably after spending a lot of money.
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#24I am glad to chat, my contact is my username at Gmail. I have broad experience in chemistry and materials science, and can at least help you get going in the right direction.
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#25"some novel industrial engineering" - can you expound? You need to figure out where people with this niche understanding hangout on the web. Per your analogy, not sure if it is in the same space, but there are a lot of glass and overlay film patents, maybe search there for names?
Great idea. Thanks
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#26Chat GPT is somewhat accurate when asking about materials and stuff. It might help expand your vocabulary at least.
I think we need a phrase for this, like 'just google it' or 'search it up' etc. Chat-GPT-it doesn't really ring, and might be wrong if the next big model is not an openAI GPT series. AI-it?
Bing It ;)
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#27Fellow software dev here,
Your post just reads like the equivalent of "I just need some nerd to do my app for like 50 bucks and then I'll be rich".
I think you should stop immediately. Please try to not take this the wrong way as much as you can, but you sound completely oblivious of what product design, hardware engineering and industrial production of something entails.
Obviously you don't know, but the worst part is I'm afraid you don't want to know and therefor you place little value/difficulty in the hardware part.
If you only spend your money, I would say go ahead, it would be a very valuable lesson.
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#28Chat GPT is somewhat accurate when asking about materials and stuff. It might help expand your vocabulary at least.
Just be mindful of what you share with Chat GPT because conversations can be reviewed by humans.
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#29Hi OP,
Mechanical engineer here with a background in R&D and patents.
I would be happy to talk to you. You can email me at hackernewscontact2 at gmail dot com. I didn't want to dox myself on here, but will be happy to share my LinkedIn/resume with you individually.
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#30I have a PhD in physical chemistry and I've managed very varied projects ranging from designing machines to industrializing their production to developping new laser-based processes. Now head of R&D for a startup, if you want a quick chat you can send me a PM.