Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool? (February 2014) • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool? (February 2014)

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Post by kartikkumar » Mon, Feb 03, 2014, 9:50 AM UTC

A few different things:

- Finishing up my PhD -> working on figuring out what's going on in Uranus' outer ring system (https://github.com/kartikkumar/StoMi)

- http://www.gourbangrow.com -> My second attempt at a startup, focussed on the smart gardening/smart farming sector -> check it out!

- http://www.spaceup.nl -> bringing the SpaceUp movement (http://www.spaceup.org) to The Netherlands

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool? (February 2014)

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Post by mckee1 » Mon, Feb 03, 2014, 9:50 AM UTC

alexbilbie wrote: post #54

http://elections.io/ (site not available just yet) - open data platform with historical election results and candidates. Launching in the next few weeks for the EU Parliament, UK 1/3 council, London borough, and mayoral elections.

Hey that's actually pretty cool, can you post it when you're finished? I'm a bit of politics geek.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool? (February 2014)

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Post by kartikkumar » Mon, Feb 03, 2014, 9:56 AM UTC

hfreire wrote: post #26

http://www.linkafy.com Control your home from a tablet. One app, multiple mobile platforms. An Internet of Things mobile application and Platform as a Service for appliance manufacturers.

Very cool! I'm a bit perplexed about the "sharing control" feature. I'm assuming you're going to be deploying some serious security into the app.

Anyway, going to keep an eye out for your progress!

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool? (February 2014)

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Post by sumedh » Mon, Feb 03, 2014, 9:56 AM UTC

alexbilbie wrote: post #54

http://elections.io/ (site not available just yet) - open data platform with historical election results and candidates. Launching in the next few weeks for the EU Parliament, UK 1/3 council, London borough, and mayoral elections.

Just out of curiosity, how are you going to monetize this?

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool? (February 2014)

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Post by collyw » Mon, Feb 03, 2014, 10:12 AM UTC

new299 wrote: post #29

http://www.quantumbiosystems.com an IC that can read DNA without any complicated chemistry and on a device that costs dollars. It's cool not only because it could revolutionize medical research and diagnostics. But also because it gives the world a fundamental new class of sensor on which new applications will be developed for years to come.

What are the error rates like on this tech at present?

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool? (February 2014)

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Post by Nodex » Mon, Feb 03, 2014, 10:18 AM UTC

A community driven property lettings / rental portal where the advertisers vote for extended functionality.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool? (February 2014)

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Post by contingencies » Mon, Feb 03, 2014, 10:24 AM UTC

dschiptsov wrote: post #48

I am helping people to realize that life could be much more than this meaningless competition for so-called "success" fueled by greed, pride and exhibitionist consumption.) I am high altitude trekking instructor and cultural guide for Himalayan region (Tibet, Nepal, North India). I provide no-nonsense introduction to Buddhist and Hindu philosophy, ancient, "primitive" ritual-based religions, tribal culture and tradit…

Check out Yunnan.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool? (February 2014)

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Post by davodesign84 » Mon, Feb 03, 2014, 10:48 AM UTC

http://www.zonino.co.uk is a platform for finding tech jobs in London startups. We scrape the jobs automatically parse them with a natural language processing system (GATE), index them and make them available to the public. For free! It gives me a nice fuzzy feeling :)

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool? (February 2014)

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Post by hdkmraf » Mon, Feb 03, 2014, 10:54 AM UTC

Was working on an automated cricket farm. Worked like a charm and didn't have to worry about water. But then got a mite infestation and had to release the little fellas. Will start again with a different design.

Working with life is awesome.

Re: Ask HN: What are you working on and why is it cool? (February 2014)

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Post by collyw » Mon, Feb 03, 2014, 11:02 AM UTC

versusdotcom wrote: post #12

We run Versus and are just working on automated comparisons of JS MV* frameworks—check some examples: Angular vs Backbone http://versus.com/en/angularjs-vs-backbone-js Angular vs Ember http://versus.com/en/angularjs-vs-ember-js React vs Backbone http://versus.com/en/react-vs-backbone-js React vs Angular http://versus.com/en/react-vs-angularjs Knockout vs Angular http://versus.com/en/knockout-js-vs-angularjs Or compar…

This is a good idea, and hopefully will become an alternative to Stack Overflows "closed as not constructive" questions.