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VergeSense (YC S17) Is Hiring Multiple Roles (Full-Stack, Firmware, Product)(workatastartup.com)
1 points by dpryan 5y ago
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VergeSense (Vision Sensor Platform: S17) Is Hiring Engineers (Remote and SF)
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VergeSense (YC S17) Is Hiring Multiple Engineering Roles (Embedded, ML, SWE)
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VergeSense (YC S17) Is Hiring Systems Test Engineers in SF(vergesense.workable.com)
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VergeSense (YC S17) Is Hiring Full-Stack Engineers (SF or Remote)(vergesense.workable.com)
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by dpryan 9y ago
Sent you a note!
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by dpryan 9y ago
At a local-level, each sensor builds a background model, which we diff against & combine w/ inference outputs for detections (background modeling helps reduce our false-positive rate). At a global level, we continuously push new p
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by dpryan 9y ago
Retail analytics are a potential use-case, but we've decided to focus on space-optimization for buildings because we believe it's an underserved market relative to the opportunity. There are a lot of established companies doing f
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by dpryan 9y ago
Great question - we believe there are a lot of potential add-on modules, especially around building control. One that is gaining a lot of interest recently is using people-counting data to more precisely control HVAC systems (most systems
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Launch HN: VergeSense (YC S17) – AI-Powered Sensors for Building Management
36 points by dpryan 9y ago|15 comments
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by dpryan 13y ago
ByteLight - http://www.bytelight.com - Boston, MA (on-site) ByteLight is building a combined hardware/software platform for delivering contextual mobile computing experiences. Our core technology modulates LED lights to tra
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Light Field Communication: Short Range Data Transmission to Smartphone Cameras(gigaom.com)
2 points by dpryan 13y ago|1 comments
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How Google Glasses, Indoor Location, & Mobile Shopping Can Save Retail(xconomy.com)
5 points by dpryan 14y ago|1 comments
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by dpryan 14y ago
Exactly. Hardware needs pre-funding more than anything. The article is opening up a discussion for alternative models that work better than Kickstarter. The problem with Kickstarter's approach is that oftentimes, the reality of the product
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by dpryan 14y ago
Yes - but it doesn't work for hardware. It leads to projects failing to deliver on their expectations. Failures hurt the Kickstarter brand. They know that. Which is why they're moving away from hardware. The "kickstart" part is what's m
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by dpryan 14y ago
Indoor positioning using LED lights. Our market is in enterprise (not the home). We're using selfstarter to experiment if there's enough demand for individual developer/hacker kits. It's not economical for us to sell small orders unless t
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by dpryan 14y ago
Kickstarter has been responsible for funding Oscar nominations, museums, and countless creative projects. Their 2012 summary is full of stunning success stories. The goal of this post is to kickoff a discussion about alternative crowdfundi
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by dpryan 14y ago
This is we like the selfstarter model. Backers don't get charged until the product is ready. And project creators are incentivised to use efficient techniques that get their product to market quickly. There are flaws with this too, which
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by dpryan 14y ago
I believe there's an opening for a crowdfunding model focused purely on hardware startups. Perhaps some of you are already working on it. App.net, Lockitron and most recently Lumawake helped kick this off, with selfstarter. We contributed
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The Problem with Kickstarter(xconomy.com)
34 points by dpryan 14y ago|34 comments
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by dpryan 14y ago
They didn't cite a specific reason - only that it "wasn't in their focus". My take is that they are going to be very selective about admitting hardware projects, given some of the high profile projects that failed to deliver. Thanks for the
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by dpryan 14y ago
For any HN's that want free access to our native SDK (we'd love feedback), fill out our contact form and put "HN" (no quotes) in the content field.
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by dpryan 14y ago
ByteLight (Cambridge, MA) - Full time, local, relocation We're a funded, early stage start-up creating a revolutionary indoor GPS platform using LED lights. We're looking for an experienced full-stack software engineer to join our team as
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by dpryan 15y ago
At least since Alexander Graham Bell and the optical telephone: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photophone
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by dpryan 15y ago
One of the (many) issues with IrDa is that there are severe restrictions on the power output, since the radiation is invisible. Using visible light, especially in the context of general purpose lighting, allows you to achieve much higher S
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by dpryan 15y ago
This is an open problem. The dream scenario is to utilize power line communications, but that technology has its own set of issues.
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by dpryan 15y ago
It's also convenient in that it takes advantage of the existing infrastructure if you're performing the communication with general purpose LED lamps, which are being rapidly adopted for their energy efficiency.
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by dpryan 15y ago
Fraunhofer recently demonstrated 800 Mbps through visible light as well. http://www.fraunhofer.de/en/press/research-news/2010-2011/20...