![]() And unlike a lot of the press, we’re both skeptical and experienced enough to smell the snake oil. Some are on Kickstarter, others are firms looking for investors. Here at Hackaday we see a lot of technological hoaxes looking for funding. We’ll delve deeper into that after the break.Ĭontinue reading “A Pragmatic Guide To Motors With Jonathan Beri” → Posted in cons, The Hackaday Prize Tagged brushless DC motor, Hackaday SuperConference, Jonathan Beri, stepper motor, talk Included in that list are the 7 attributes places priority on when he chooses a motor for one of his projects. For instance a list of 30 attributes that should be considered when selecting a motor. The slide show he has put together has quite a bit of information and tips for beginners that might go overlooked when choosing a motor. Although just scraping the surface of each type of motor touches the important details you can use to determine which type of motor is best for your project. He discusses brushed DC, stepper, servo, and brushless motors. covers a lot of ground during his motors talk at the 2015 Hackaday SuperConference. By day he works on making Android & iOS SDKs easier to use and by night he can found begging a PID controller to “just work already.” Recently he contributed to, “ Make: JavaScript Robotics,” printed by Maker Media (2015). is a Maker of all sorts, with an affinity for robots, APIs, and Open Source. That $2 Million is a little less than what Solar Roadways raised, meaning no matter what will make one important medical discovery: people are very, very, very dumb.Ĭontinue reading “The Most Brilliant Use Of Crowdfunding Yet: Medical Research” → Posted in Crowd Funding, News Tagged crowdfunding, DRACO, virus ![]() That $100k goal is just the first step thinks he’ll need about $2 Million to test DRACOs against more viruses and hopefully show enough progress to get additional traditional funding. Right now, just over $50,000 has been raised of a $100,000 goal. The IndieGoGo campaign is flexible funding, meaning all the money raised will go towards research even if the funding goal is not met. has performed a few tests on cell cultures and mice, and the DRACOs have been effective in combating everything from the common cold, to the flu to dengue hemorrhagic fever. So far, results are promising, but far from the cure for HIV and the common cold the DRACO promises to be. It’s easy to get funding for early research, but to get the millions of dollars for clinical trials it takes real results – showing efficacy, and proving to pharmaceutical companies or VCs that the drug will make money. The research behind the DRACO was published in 2011, and since then has already received funding from more traditional sources, but right now the project is stuck in the ‘funding valley of death’. The DRACOs attach themselves to these long strands of RNA and cause those cells to commit suicide. Infected cells contain long chains viral double-stranded RNA. It works by relying on the singular difference between healthy cells and infected cells. The research has developed is called the DRACO, the Double-stranded RNA Activated Caspase Oligomerizer. He’s turned to IndieGoGo with an audacious plan: get normal people, and not NIH grants, to pay for the research. ![]() He might have developed a way to cure nearly all viral diseases in humans, but he can’t find the funding for the research to back up his claims. You will never go broke underestimating people. Right now, the top five crowdfunding campaigns ever are two video games, a beer cooler, a wristwatch with an e-ink screen, and something to do with Bitcoin. ![]() The reality of crowdfunding isn’t producing the best humanity has to offer. It’s the potential for people to pool their money, give it to someone capable, and create something really great. It’s a direct democracy for scientific funding. The idea of crowdfunding is a very powerful one: it’s the ability for thousands of people to chip in a few bucks for something they think is valuable. Since the rise of Kickstarter and Indiegogo, the world has been blessed with $100 resin-based 3D printers, Video game consoles built on Android, quadcopters that follow you around, and thousands of other projects that either haven’t lived up to expectations or simply disappeared into the ether. ![]()
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