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Re: Ask HN: Any hardware startups here?

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Post by greatjack613 »

hnfuzzy wrote: post #138
greatjack613 wrote: post #56

We develop huge 32" interactive display touch screens for trade shows and conferences that allow users to interact with apps and websites that a company wants to show. They look amazing and are always a show stopper for booths. They run a custom os based on AOSP which allows companies to use there pre made android app for the display instead of having to build anything custom. We also offer a website module that will…

"You solved it, congrats!" :) Got an email bounce from your address. Would love to hear about your AOSP experience!

Thanks! I Misspelled the email, it's fixed now! Looking forward to hearing from you.

Re: Ask HN: Any hardware startups here?

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Post by zackees »

Very early stage, but I have a small electronic jewelry project that merges voice sensing electronics to timeless gemstones and bespoke hand wrapped high end jewelry.

The value here is that everyone wants to be more important. A shining crystal that pulses with your voice makes you a celebrity everywhere you go.

Later versions will include an AI assistant that is tuned specifically to keeping you on task and engaged.

Re: Ask HN: Any hardware startups here?

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Post by konschubert »

bombcar wrote: post #172
konschubert wrote: post #20

I am making and selling an eink smart screen. It can display a google calendar. You can also point it to any url that serves an image. Is it okay to post a link? https://shop.invisible-computers.com/products/invisible-cale... I am planning to release more applications for it and I am opening the platform for 3rd party applications.

If you can document how to make this show a calendar from Office 365 that would get you so many sales.

There is no native outlook support (yet), but it works if you sync it via a google calendar.

Here is a guide on how to do it:

https://shop.invisible-computers.com/pages/outlook-calendar-...

Re: Ask HN: Any hardware startups here?

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Post by rsaxvc »

cactacea wrote: post #121

Just a one man show for now but this is my current side project: https://www.tesotaoverland.com/product/apds The idea is that this replaces a many of the components you'd normally use to build out a 12V electrical system for a van or 4wd truck. Just plug everything in to the WAGO connectors, no bus bars, fuse blocks or difficult crimp connections required.

This would've been so nice when I was rebuilding an RV. I had converted nearly everything to 12V(before Dell & IBM did charger authentication) and ended up with little 12V fused distribution blocks everywhere.

Re: Ask HN: Any hardware startups here?

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Post by fzliu »

We did (and still do) indoor localization (essentially GPS for indoor spaces). We started off building our own hardware and during the prototyping phase, we built a quad-channel software defined radio: https://github.com/fzliu/osdr-q10

My 2¢: don't do a hardware startup. Iteration cycles are long and expensive, funding is minimal, and if you're successful you'll be squeezed out of the market by giants such as Intel.

Re: Ask HN: Any hardware startups here?

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Post by lijok »

Solvency wrote: post #143
aquaphile wrote: post #23

We make the world's best baby car seats. https://www.kioma.us Fatherly Magazine calls it "The Car Seat of the Future". It's been crash tested, flight inversion tested, flammability tested and mom tested. It is full of patented innovations to make kids safer and parenting more enjoyable. It required lots of material science, production techniques, supply chain adjustments, and a surprising amount of software (to model…

Ok, I'll bite. I don't want to expose my child to exotic glues, adhesives, PFAS, or any other foreign molecules in their car seat. How does your product stack up?

Exotic glues? Foreign molecules?

I wonder. Are you aware that keeping your living space exquisitely clean compromises the development of a childs immune system?

Re: Ask HN: Any hardware startups here?

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Post by aquaphile »

bigdict wrote: post #147
aquaphile wrote: post #23

We make the world's best baby car seats. https://www.kioma.us Fatherly Magazine calls it "The Car Seat of the Future". It's been crash tested, flight inversion tested, flammability tested and mom tested. It is full of patented innovations to make kids safer and parenting more enjoyable. It required lots of material science, production techniques, supply chain adjustments, and a surprising amount of software (to model…

Do you use these for your children?

Yes, but my kids have outgrown them. When my son outgrew his seat, he sometimes still used it as a rocking chair to read his books in his room.

Re: Ask HN: Any hardware startups here?

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Post by sitkack »

aquaphile wrote: post #23

We make the world's best baby car seats. https://www.kioma.us Fatherly Magazine calls it "The Car Seat of the Future". It's been crash tested, flight inversion tested, flammability tested and mom tested. It is full of patented innovations to make kids safer and parenting more enjoyable. It required lots of material science, production techniques, supply chain adjustments, and a surprising amount of software (to model…

The strap is a single point of failure. Each mount should be attached to the seat brackets individually. Those brackets need to be braced and not just bolted through plywood.

Having patents on innovations is necessary, but if you have innovations that will save kids lives, you should find a way to make those broadly usable by all.

https://patents.google.com/patent/US10967762B2/en?oq=1096776...

This this TOS usual for a piece of regulated safety equipment?

Terms of service The legalese.

The KIOMA Car Seat is provided “as-is, where-is,” without representations, conditions or warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including, but not limited to, warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. The recipient or buyer is solely responsible for determining the appropriateness of using the KIOMA Car Seat.

Re: Ask HN: Any hardware startups here?

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Post by konschubert »

airstrike wrote: post #156
konschubert wrote: post #20

I am making and selling an eink smart screen. It can display a google calendar. You can also point it to any url that serves an image. Is it okay to post a link? https://shop.invisible-computers.com/products/invisible-cale... I am planning to release more applications for it and I am opening the platform for 3rd party applications.

Do you have docs on the API / integration mentioned here and on the website? Would be good to know in broad strokes before buying one. Sample apps and whatnot

Here is the API description:

https://github.com/Invisible-Computers/image-gallery/blob/ma...

And here is the sample app:

https://github.com/Invisible-Computers/image-gallery

Admittedly, I am not the greatest technical writer, but I compensate by being pretty responsive. So if you have a question, just message me :)

Re: Ask HN: Any hardware startups here?

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Post by Leherenn »

talldatethrow wrote: post #113
reaperman wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

QA/QC is very expensive, especially for low volume . You send something out to a customer, they claim its broken, you ship out a replacement at your expense, maybe the customer eventually sends back the broken one, then it sits on the shelf for 2 years because you don't have the manpower to do a root cause investigation. Now you've sold 300 units and have replaced 50 of these and you have no idea why they're broken,…

If you're doing such low volume, yet your service and customer relations is based on big corp style, sure you're going to have big problems. If you sell only 300 of something, and returns are coming in, you should be figuring out why ASAP. And probably talking to the people before they attempt to send it back.

That's pretty much what they are saying as far as I can tell? My experience is pretty similar to theirs, root cause analysis takes a lot of time per device, and there's rarely once single failure cause for all of them.
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