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Re:Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Y... by ragazzina on Monday December 15, 2025 @11:11AM (#46276375)
>I have a few really good hardware ideas, but I don't believe I could ever market them fast enough and far enough to make it worth spending the R&D to make them happen.

Then make a nice blog post, translate it to Chinese (hell, I'll pay a professional translator for you) and post it on the internet so that someone in Shenzen can try it.

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Re:Robot Vacuum Roomba Maker Files for Bankruptcy After 35 Y... by thenthenthen on Monday December 15, 2025 @11:49AM (#46276922)
Just post your ideas to crowdsource websites and wait for the aliexpress clone to appear, zero r&d costs, zero dev and manufacturing/qa! That said, Taobao and Ali are so full of bizarre products (transparent rubber domes to be able to type with 5cm long nail extensions), it will be a challenge to stand out
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