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Re: Ask HN: What tech is under the radar with all attention on ChatGPT etc.?

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Post by meew0 »

thih9 wrote: post #49
meew0 wrote: post #21

Something I'm personally excited about: colour e-ink displays. There are a few decent colour e-ink tablets on the market already, for surprisingly low prices ($400-500). So far the colour reproduction and refresh rate is still somewhat suboptimal, but development appears to be progressing rapidly. I predict that in a few years there will be little reason to get a conventional tablet over an e-ink one, at least for th…

> There are a few decent colour e-ink tablets on the market already, for surprisingly low prices ($400-500). Which ones are you referring to? Are they complete and ready to ship products? Or is that a DIY project / kickstarter?

Yes, for example this one: https://onyxboox.com/boox_novaairc

Re: Ask HN: What tech is under the radar with all attention on ChatGPT etc.?

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Post by aatd86 »

dionysus_jon wrote: post #60

All the private fusion companies making very interesting progress. https://www.helionenergy.com/ https://cfs.energy/ https://www.tokamakenergy.co.uk/ https://tae.com/ Insert below; jokes about its being 25 years away, and comments about how it will never work etc

Nah, A(G)I will accelerate that. Give it a few months.

Edit: Dang... It was just a joke. (well partially, the timescale should have made it obvious still)

Re: Ask HN: What tech is under the radar with all attention on ChatGPT etc.?

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Post by vhcr »

bufo wrote: post #28
MuffinFlavored wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are WebGPU "libraries" at a point where instead of being recommended Python + PyTorch for neural network training (then exporting the model to ONNX and turning around and loading it and using it)? If not, how far? I've had trouble understanding why the PyTorch "GPU" (CUDA, MPS, etc.) code can't convert to WASM + WebGPU. Something has to be missing/it has to be a huge effort, but in theory you're supposed to be able t…

It can be converted, and can be fairly fast, see Tensorflow.js or https://jott.live/markdown/m1_webgpu_perf . However the any “web” standard will always be a subset of what the hardware can truly provide because it has to support ALL GPU vendors. For example leveraging Nvidia Tensor Cores or Apple’s neural accelerator is not possible. For ML training and inference this means that any webGPU implementation is at least…

That's not necessarily true, WebGL for example supports extensions.

Re: Ask HN: What tech is under the radar with all attention on ChatGPT etc.?

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Post by mamcx »

New databases.

Is probably the most "under the radar" of all. Is interesting how little attention you get from people about this stuff (when talking about implementation or internals).

Is like, literally, only make a splash AFTER at-minimun you have something competitive with a major stablished product.

But you get more "views" talking about compilers than talking about DBs!

(except when talking about compilers that use the relational model. I probably should rebrand https://tablam.org as a "lisp"! -no accurate, but whatever-)

* I also pithy anyone doing a new OS, now that is crickets!

Re: Ask HN: What tech is under the radar with all attention on ChatGPT etc.?

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Post by Our_Benefactors »

MikeTheGreat wrote: post #18
Our_Benefactors wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Extreme panel curvature, new panel sizes, software baked into the display, technologies like quantum dot reaching near-oled quality at a fraction of the price.

What do you mean by "software baked into the display"? (Like, firmware? Or is this more like an all-in-one type computer but the 'computer' part is equivalent to a Raspberry Pi/Arduino/etc [So - programmable, but somewhat minimal?]?)

Some high end displays for example have a piece of hardware to control the display, will all sorts of multi monitor settings. I suppose you could call this firmware but it’s much more advanced than the previous setup of a few buttons for menu driven use. They can also take software updates, I think?

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Post by nickthegreek »

josephpmay wrote: post #25

We've all pretty much forgotten about AR/VR But Apple's going to be launching their headset next month

I’m kinda of excited about the battery be wired and not on the head unit. I’m hoping Apples is the lightest weight set to date. I never found the HoloLens comfortable. The quest2 would start out okay, but the weight fatigue was real.

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Post by ThunderBee »

rcme wrote: post #17
Animats wrote: post #5

Now that the NFT and Meta clown cars have crashed, metaverse work is quietly plugging along. It's a niche, but it may be a Roblox/Fortnite sized niche.

Is anything actually exciting happening in the space, though?

Meta released a near photorealistic avatar demo recently. So they’re definitely progressing still.

In the hardware space openBCI has partnered with Valve and they’re working on an BCI integrated immersive headset called Galea. It runs about $25k+ atm. They’ve begun shipping to researchers and developers and I’ve heard they’re aiming for a consumer line but don’t know of a planned release date.

Re: Ask HN: What tech is under the radar with all attention on ChatGPT etc.?

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Post by tarikjn »

1. lots of innovation in ICE engines is getting close to production. Cleaner, more efficient etc. This is important even while the industry is moving to EVs.

2. Bambu Labs leapfrogged prosumer 3D printing by 5-10 years. Their printers are becoming the de-facto standard. This will enable all sorts of startups for the next decade.

3. Most iPhones now have a 3D scanner + AI-aided software to accurately scan your body and generate designs is becoming more mature. See also 2.

4. material sciences both new discoveries and new applications for 50 years old discoveries

Re: Ask HN: What tech is under the radar with all attention on ChatGPT etc.?

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Post by simmanian »

mamcx wrote: post #75

New databases. Is probably the most "under the radar" of all. Is interesting how little attention you get from people about this stuff (when talking about implementation or internals). Is like, literally, only make a splash AFTER at-minimun you have something competitive with a major stablished product. But you get more "views" talking about compilers than talking about DBs! (except when talking about compilers that…

Are you talking about vector databases?
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