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Refreshingly honest about the video quality you should expect in the main promo video. Typical problems like dynamic range, color profile, light bleed and tracking problems with the top of the head being cut off at one point. Pretty typical unless you spend more money on your drone or camera equipment. There are so many companies that fake the footage or pick much easier shooting locations.
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Tech specs buried here: https://support.pixy.com/hc/en-us/articles/5039928089236-Pix... No info about battery life anywhere to be found.
From their FCC application: Battery: 3.85V DC, 860mAh, 3.311Wh https://fccid.io/2AIRN-006/RF-Exposure-Info/220100298SHA-004...
People saying that this can’t compete with DJI are missing the point. This product knows its target market (hint, not the people who browse HN) and, based on my initial first impressions, I think it’s nailed it. Forgive me for a slightly contrived analogy, but if a DJI Mavic is a DSLR, and a DJI Mini is a portable point-and-shoot camera, then Pixy is a Polaroid. It’s certainly not got the highest picture quality, doe…
They didn't go for a skydio "follow me when I go for a run" they don't have a flight path. Though you likely could get the drone into trouble if you tried, a 30 second clip is enough for it to start flying, you move a few feet away, it follows you with a very close range, and then it is ready to land again.
A great example of constraints making a better/simpler product.
Refreshingly honest about the video quality you should expect in the main promo video. Typical problems like dynamic range, color profile, light bleed and tracking problems with the top of the head being cut off at one point. Pretty typical unless you spend more money on your drone or camera equipment. There are so many companies that fake the footage or pick much easier shooting locations.
Why isn't it trivial to cut out that noise? is it 4 motors? especially with data about current RPMs of the motors, with a FFT and some adjustments, it should be pretty trivial to deafen the sound. From my listening many motors are effectively pretty simple instruments with normal harmonics etc which are easy to model. I could be wrong though.
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And what if we could mount these directional speakers directly on someone’s head! Then we could reduce the volume a lot so it’s even quieter to neighbors. Maybe use some sort of physical bell or cup shape to direct it right into someone’s ears without ultrasonics (for cost reasons). Then we might save enough that we can use 2x speakers to get L/R audio streams.
To address your point rather than your sarcasm: headphones are unsafe while cycling because they block environmental sounds (though it’s true that music from a speaker can impact attentional blindness. There is also the shared experience of listening to music with another person. The ability to create a “music bubble” around you without disturbing others satisfies both parties. Ultrasonic speakers aren’t even exotic…
Agree with your point, though.
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I'm not the person you replied to but just dropping this here for others interested: There are some 'open-back' and 'open-ear' headphones that let you hear your environment passively. Others that have more active environment passthrough such as Ambient Sound from Samsung, also exist. This might be a useful gift for a cyclist or jogger that needs situational awareness.
Bone conduction? (Am fairly certain they aren't great if you are going for audiophile level reproduction - but from a safety perspective, they let you hear your environment - note, I have personally never tried them)
Also beats getting hit by a car that you didn't hear.
Where this drone is more like a stickless selfie stick, I can see people using it during things like Stadium TFRs, flying over crowds inadvertently, etc.
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And what if we could mount these directional speakers directly on someone’s head! Then we could reduce the volume a lot so it’s even quieter to neighbors. Maybe use some sort of physical bell or cup shape to direct it right into someone’s ears without ultrasonics (for cost reasons). Then we might save enough that we can use 2x speakers to get L/R audio streams.
To address your point rather than your sarcasm: headphones are unsafe while cycling because they block environmental sounds (though it’s true that music from a speaker can impact attentional blindness. There is also the shared experience of listening to music with another person. The ability to create a “music bubble” around you without disturbing others satisfies both parties. Ultrasonic speakers aren’t even exotic…
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I don't think you're their target demographic.
What is this supposed to mean? "Flights" is a bad metric if they don't define it. Whatever your age, gender, income, it doesn't change that it's meaningless.
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To address your point rather than your sarcasm: headphones are unsafe while cycling because they block environmental sounds (though it’s true that music from a speaker can impact attentional blindness. There is also the shared experience of listening to music with another person. The ability to create a “music bubble” around you without disturbing others satisfies both parties. Ultrasonic speakers aren’t even exotic…
I got a pair of bone conduction headphones that allow me to still hear my surroundings while on my bike. Nothing goes in your ears that blocks sound. Agree with your point, though.