Y Combinator Gets Hardcore About Hardware

Re:Y Combinator Gets Hardcore About Hardware by inversionOf on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @08:38PM (#10089429)

Offtopic, but the magic piece of hardware will be a washer / dryer that is actually competent at both tasks.

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Re:Y Combinator Gets Hardcore About Hardware by joecomotion on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @09:08PM (#10089513)

The magic will be when my hamper contents gets emptied / sorted / washed / dried / folded without my intervention. Bonus points for refiling in my closet and bureau.

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Re:Y Combinator Gets Hardcore About Hardware by dmritard96 on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @11:08PM (#10089864)

100% agreed. This and dishes are two things that would leave so much time in my life for things I would rather be doing. Like building a sandwich machine haha

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Re:Y Combinator Gets Hardcore About Hardware by _asummers on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @10:07PM (#10089678)

http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/05/19/407736307/robot...

I think we're a ways away from that, unfortunately.

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Re:Y Combinator Gets Hardcore About Hardware by swimfar on Wednesday August 19, 2015 @10:10PM (#10089683)

I can't find a reference to it anywhere, but there is a guy in the SF Bay area who is working on that. He has a proof of concept that he put together and claims it dries better than the ones available with closed-loop drying systems.

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Re:Y Combinator Gets Hardcore About Hardware by mercer on Thursday August 20, 2015 @11:01AM (#10092275)

What bothers you about the current options? I'm curious because - while admittedly my demands are pretty simple - I'm quite happy with my washer/dryer and can't think of anything I'd want to improve.

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