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holy hell is this guy productive. it is worth scrolling through the various one-off projects he has completed and documented: https://mitxela.com/projects
I thought so too but look at the dates and the scope of the projects. They're just good at managing their time :) I probably have just as many projects accumulated over the years.
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I might be misunderstanding the idea, but I don't think it addresses the original problem that wires can't connect the two parts of something that rotates in a single direction.
I think what he means is having the second motor act as a generator driven by the first motor (maybe with some geared arrangement to have the generator shaft rotate at a different rate from the body), so that the resulting power can be used for the rotating electronics.
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I think what he means is having the second motor act as a generator driven by the first motor (maybe with some geared arrangement to have the generator shaft rotate at a different rate from the body), so that the resulting power can be used for the rotating electronics.
Sorry if I'm being dense, but the second motor (the generator) must stay stationary relative to the first motor to do the generating. Which means that the generator is on the same "plane" as the power source. The problem all the solutions are trying to solve is how to transmit power from one plane to another rotating plane, because physical wires can't do it without getting twisted up. So if the generator is on the s…
Overall though it's certainly not going to be good enough to justify the complexity compared to either slip rings or wireless transmission.
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I have the inverse problem. Do you have any advice for me? I have no problem coming up with, and remembering, cool projects. I just rarely have the energy or the lasting enthusiasm to actually follow through.
Find a partner who gives energy to you, and who you give energy to. Not always easy to find, but if you do, then its easier to work on stuff like this.
But yes, a good business partner (or two) is, for me anyway, a requirement to move something from idea to reality.
What's missing here is that I grok the concepts but I am ammillion miles away from having the tools, the setup, the basal how-to to appreciate how hard this was I am always banging on about software is a new form of literacy and I love and encourage any attempt to get kids coding, but there is a huge gap of "maker" style hands on availability - more libraries with "maker" areas, more encouragement The UK supposedly h…
Software is as much a form of literacy as being able to compose music. It is at best a form of art, which does not make it literacy. Several points: Reading code solely does not make you good expert in it. Literacy is needed in any area, while artisans can go without software and still produce. Software is about logic, literacy is about conveying meaning. Knowing how to code does not at all teach you how to communica…
Neither does reading words. Literacy is not just reading - but it's a big component. Reading a book on cooking does not make one a chef. Reading the code in a toyota robot won't make you a kanban focused floor manager.
>>> Literacy is needed in any area, while artisans can go without software and still produce.
My argument is that so much of the world is going to be eaten by software that being illiterate will put you at enormous disadvantages. Not every part of work will be software-replaced, but so much of the surrounding "B-work" will be that, I don't know, an artisan bricklayer can still do their work well if they are illiterate but they will be disadvantaged "in life", from invoicing to whatsapp messages.
>>> Software is about logic, literacy is about conveying meaning.
Straight nope to that. More and more software is encoding meaning and enforcing that meaning. Unless we are talking about evoking emotions - and even then let me introduce you to some edges of the gaming community.
>>> Knowing how to code does not at all teach you how to communicate.
I think pretty much every software list of advise since 1980s has included something along the lines of "learn to write english better"
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Sorry if I'm being dense, but the second motor (the generator) must stay stationary relative to the first motor to do the generating. Which means that the generator is on the same "plane" as the power source. The problem all the solutions are trying to solve is how to transmit power from one plane to another rotating plane, because physical wires can't do it without getting twisted up. So if the generator is on the s…
It shouldn't have to stay stationary I think? As long as the shaft rotates at a different rate to the body, there should be some power generated. That's why I mentioned the need for gears. Overall though it's certainly not going to be good enough to justify the complexity compared to either slip rings or wireless transmission.
One of those brilliant ideas that seems obvious in retrospect. Given that the results are so compelling even when pulled together by hand out of relatively primitive discrete components, I’m wondering why we shouldn’t expect to see full color, high resolution versions from every random 7-letter drop shipper on Amazon next Christmas?
for a 32 inch display, you gonna get a motor that may need to spin like a mofo in an area of pi*32^2.
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Software is as much a form of literacy as being able to compose music. It is at best a form of art, which does not make it literacy. Several points: Reading code solely does not make you good expert in it. Literacy is needed in any area, while artisans can go without software and still produce. Software is about logic, literacy is about conveying meaning. Knowing how to code does not at all teach you how to communica…
>>> Reading code solely does not make you good expert in it. Neither does reading words. Literacy is not just reading - but it's a big component. Reading a book on cooking does not make one a chef. Reading the code in a toyota robot won't make you a kanban focused floor manager. >>> Literacy is needed in any area, while artisans can go without software and still produce. My argument is that so much of the world is go…
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Find a partner who gives energy to you, and who you give energy to. Not always easy to find, but if you do, then its easier to work on stuff like this.
I assume you mean business partner and not romantic partner. My romantic partner gives me great energy but would be like "Why are you playing with that soldering iron and not with me?" But yes, a good business partner (or two) is, for me anyway, a requirement to move something from idea to reality.