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These startups are Outside SV.
Startups Outside Silicon Valley to Watch in 2014
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Re: Startups Outside Silicon Valley to Watch in 2014
#12I'm not seeing anything worth watching in this list. There's not much unique or different about any of these companies.
I'm sure some of them will do well, but personally I'm interested in companies at the least tackling the "frighteningly ambitious" ideas pg has written about, even if those alone seem far to insular.
Home automation, robotics, Medicine, 3D printing, renewable energy, etc, etc. That's what I want to "watch". I couldn't care less about the next t-shirt maker.
Re: Startups Outside Silicon Valley to Watch in 2014
#13I'm not seeing anything worth watching in this list. There's not much unique or different about any of these companies. I'm sure some of them will do well, but personally I'm interested in companies at the least tackling the "frighteningly ambitious" ideas pg has written about, even if those alone seem far to insular. Home automation, robotics, Medicine, 3D printing, renewable energy, etc, etc. That's what I want to…
I don't know that they're not worth watching but I'd agree many of them aren't that unique. The list was made based loosely on the "hottest" startups outside SV according to MatterMark along with some editorial input.
I really like you're idea of making some lists of the top "frighteningly ambitious" ideas of pg you're referencing.
I think we might take you idea and run with it. Be on the look out for a new list of those in the next couple days. Thanks!
Re: Startups Outside Silicon Valley to Watch in 2014
#14We just a had huge survey on the most interesting startups from Estonia to watch in 2014 and the results are here: http://kaljundi.com/2013/12/28/top-10-estonianmafia-startups...
Re: Startups Outside Silicon Valley to Watch in 2014
#15No More Woof in Sweden: http://www.nomorewoof.com/ http://oresundstartups.com/no-more-woof-aims-read-dogs-minds... http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/no-more-woof TLDR: they sell brain-scanning equipment that translates your dog's thoughts into human language.
That's crazy ! Add a human-to-dog feature and the duplex is complete
Re: Startups Outside Silicon Valley to Watch in 2014
#16No More Woof in Sweden: http://www.nomorewoof.com/ http://oresundstartups.com/no-more-woof-aims-read-dogs-minds... http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/no-more-woof TLDR: they sell brain-scanning equipment that translates your dog's thoughts into human language.
Is there any evidence this actually works? I see lots of talk but absolutely no demo. Not even a proof of concept demo.
Re: Startups Outside Silicon Valley to Watch in 2014
#17No More Woof in Sweden: http://www.nomorewoof.com/ http://oresundstartups.com/no-more-woof-aims-read-dogs-minds... http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/no-more-woof TLDR: they sell brain-scanning equipment that translates your dog's thoughts into human language.
Robust classification of EEG data from humans in real time in controlled environments (no motion, perfect contact quality, on subjects you can communicate with, etc) is difficult enough. It's part of the R&D that I do now. But on pets? How do you keep them still enough and the sensors seated and wet? Is the classification purely based on unsupervised learning? How the heck does one gather meaningful training data?
My skepto-meter is really pinging on this one. Especially with the flex-funding model.
Re: Startups Outside Silicon Valley to Watch in 2014
#18I'm not seeing anything worth watching in this list. There's not much unique or different about any of these companies. I'm sure some of them will do well, but personally I'm interested in companies at the least tackling the "frighteningly ambitious" ideas pg has written about, even if those alone seem far to insular. Home automation, robotics, Medicine, 3D printing, renewable energy, etc, etc. That's what I want to…
I'm with Nick. Those companies aren't trying to be frighteningly ambitious, but now I'm especially curious to discover the ones who are. Thanks for the comment!
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#19No More Woof in Sweden: http://www.nomorewoof.com/ http://oresundstartups.com/no-more-woof-aims-read-dogs-minds... http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/no-more-woof TLDR: they sell brain-scanning equipment that translates your dog's thoughts into human language.
Is there any evidence this actually works? I see lots of talk but absolutely no demo. Not even a proof of concept demo.
Studio Total (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_Total) who are involved with the product are known to do crazy stuff to get PR, like the 'teddybear airdrop' over Minsk. Some things they make buzz about does not exist yet :)