Tell HN: We built a solar-charging wireless backup camera for your car
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#2It's such an amazing feeling to put your blood and sweat into a product for months and finally be able to share it with the world. It's great to take our startup out of stealth mode today!
I couldn't imagine a better group of people to do it with, either.
Re: Tell HN: We built a solar-charging wireless backup camera for your car
#3Does anyone know what's the battery life when is not being charged?
Re: Tell HN: We built a solar-charging wireless backup camera for your car
#4This looks great, and we particularly like that you showed up to tell the story of what you've been working on. I hope a good discussion will ensure. But we changed "Show HN" to "Tell HN" in the title, since the web page says "preorder" and Show HN is supposed to be for when your thing is actually available. I hope you'll come back and do a Show HN when you reach that stage.
There's nothing wrong with the post otherwise, since this is clearly a real project and I suspect the community would be interested in learning about it.
Re: Tell HN: We built a solar-charging wireless backup camera for your car
#5So, this is really cool, but I park underground both at work and home. I have doubts morning and evening sun is enough to charge this.
Also, what if I have something else already in the ODB port? It looks like I have to get a Y splitter or something, but having dangling cords under the steering wheel doesn't seem like a good idea.
Re: Tell HN: We built a solar-charging wireless backup camera for your car
#6Very cool! I'm interested in your thoughts about car manufacturers including them on cars now. In Canada, all new car models must have a backup camera, for example. (Kinda funny how you feature brand new Porsches and Audis in your product demos; both these cars have backup cameras!)
I still think there's a market for the product for older/used/classic vehicles, but wondering what your perspective is on this.
Re: Tell HN: We built a solar-charging wireless backup camera for your car
#7This looks great, and we particularly like that you showed up to tell the story of what you've been working on. I hope a good discussion will ensure. But we changed "Show HN" to "Tell HN" in the title, since the web page says "preorder" and Show HN is supposed to be for when your thing is actually available. I hope you'll come back and do a Show HN when you reach that stage. There's nothing wrong with the post otherw…
Thanks dang! Totally understandable and I am happy to post again when we start shipping them out.
Re: Tell HN: We built a solar-charging wireless backup camera for your car
#8Great idea. Why use an OBD port? I suspect this will compete with other OBD-dependent solutions in the future.
Re: Tell HN: We built a solar-charging wireless backup camera for your car
#9Would love to see what the app experience is like outside of the camera view (push notifications to launch, settings, etc.)
Re: Tell HN: We built a solar-charging wireless backup camera for your car
#10Looks like a really cool project. Is there a non-solar charging method, just in case? Have you done much testing in less than ideal solar locations?