DocAndersen
Someone always has a great idea. It is part of the world around us! In the case of these fun technologies, they are offering a new way of doing the same old things.
- Hiuni, a connected telescope. What does that mean? It means that the telescope is connected to your smart device. That means you can use any one of several high celestial applications to control your telescope. Did I mention it has a built-in Astral Camera? You can take pictures of the moon, even when you re asleep!
- Ambassador from Waverly Labs. Ambassador is an over the ear voice translation system that allows the wearer to translate any language the system knows about, to a word the wearer speaks. It also allows the wearer to communicate with the person in their native language. If you are a star trek fan, this is nearly the universal translator form the original series!
- Erora 3d Scanner – traditionally, we scan in 2 dimensions. With the Erora device or the Occipital Device, you can study in 3 sizes. For objects you want to print on a 3d printer, this is a huge opportunity!
All of these and many other products will soon be available on Amazon.com! If you read this post two or three months after publication, you may see these devices in this amazon ads on the site! One of the impacts of this pandemic is the impact on manufacturing. Larger companies have the advantage of having a “storage” or warehouse system where parts are staged. The reality of two, three, or even four months of no new supplies simply means the company goes down to the best shelves. Small companies and crowdfunded projects don’t have that luxury. The reality of making something new limits them. It means that they are probably going to suffer lost sales and potentially more than that.
These are exciting technologies. They may be the last exciting technologies that ship in 2020.
The other side of the pandemic is when you are worried about tomorrow, creating the next great thing isn’t as high on the priority list.
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I am worried about small business in my area…
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i am struggling right now because of this virus.
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I always get interesting information about new technologies from you. Thanks Doc ..
It is truly amazing what new technology invents, one must also be cautious with it, as they said once, “First, do no harm!”
Do no harm is my personal motto. i try to instill that in the team that works for me every day.
Q: I AM WORRIED ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS IN MY AREA…
Yes (10 votes) – 91%
No (1 votes) – 9%
Q: I AM STRUGGLING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THIS VIRUS.
Yes (5 votes) – 100%
Q: I LIKE HEARING ABOUT NEW TECHNOLOGY
Yes (7 votes) – 88%
No (1 votes) – 13%
sorry about the missing no in the second question.
Thank you to everyone that responded to this poll!!!
Could I please have the astral camera? 😁 I prefer to take pictures while I am awake though.
They are still finishing up their prototypes. They won’t be on the market (Amazon most likely) until September.
I would love to take pictures of the moon at its peak, which normally is long after I am asleep!
I was just kidding. but what is the grey poupon?
it is mustard that people in the UK love. They used to have a commercial where a person in a Rolls Royce watched a person in a cheap American car, putting mustard on a sandwich.
the wealthy say excuse me sir, is that gray Poupon?
i am playing with funky titles right now.
LOL we don’t have gray poupon here. Well your funky titles may nit be so SEO friendly 🤣
actually they are just not always bringing views to Virily.
i find it hard sometimes to bring people to Virily. some of my long time readers joined Virily years ago, but they will not visit now.
Oh dear that is so sad. Does that mean Virily gets no external views? If so it would be a very unhealthy situation.
it just means that they read my posts on my backup blog. They refuse to deal with Virily now.
it is truly sad. But, we go on.
i promise I am not feeling sorry for myself. I accept their choice and happily interact with them on my other blog!
i have a time-lapse weather station – that creates a video of the day in weather. I would love to do that at night!
Technology is really advancing very fast. For us seniors a little too fast. 😊
i understand that sometimes~
With these stay at home times, I am sure that a few persons will pop up with a great new technological invention. BTW I answered yes that I am struggling but I made a mistake because I just thought a No answer would pop up. I am not struggling and am healthy as I can be except for that darn cataract…. Nice picture you inserted there… Most of the small businesses here are suffering but a lot of them are slowly reopening with restrictions and protocols that they have to follow. The grocery stores here are also suffering as a fair amount of their staff are testing positive despite the facemasks and plexiglass and gloves etc.
polls are funky right now!
Good to hear small business is slowly reopening!
Technology is always advancing. Sounds exciting.
I am personally ok medically with the situation of COVID.
But I have worries of relatives, as you know.
Small businesses are suffering unfortunately.
I am sorry about that –
small business is suffering makes me sad.
Many sad things going on, but I still hope for a better tomorrow.
i do as well – i am hoping small businesses bounce back quickly.
One can never know when the next great idea will come. Maybe those who had some time to think during the last few months will come up with even more exciting inventions.
i truly hope someone does, the reality of how those systems works will definitely make it take longer to get here!