Need a laugh, see the self driving/powered potato! (This is serious.) - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: BrianHG
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 13, 2018, 06:28:08 am
content: Need a laugh, see the self driving/powered potato!

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 13, 2018, 06:38:45 am
content: Ha ha, isn't that how it always turns out?Now, for the ultra low power AI. Potato consciousness. I for one welcome our potato overlords.

author: GreyWoolfe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 13, 2018, 03:04:39 pm
content: All your potato are belong to us.

author: BillB
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 13, 2018, 03:57:53 pm
content: Don't let Amazon see this... self-delivering produce.

author: jasonbrent
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: March 13, 2018, 05:38:56 pm
content: Ok, this is awesome.

author: calexanian
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 13, 2018, 05:52:30 pm
content: I liked it.

author: CJay
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 13, 2018, 06:15:11 pm
content: Quote from: BrianHG on March 13, 2018, 06:28:08 amFantastic, cannot wait to book cab with Tuber

author: basinstreetdesign
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 13, 2018, 09:25:47 pm
content: Taking half-baked ideas to the next level...

author: BrianHG
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 13, 2018, 09:36:20 pm
content: Actually, a pre-fab rig with electrode plate at the bottom fastened in, where you just push your own potato on top of. Far better efficiency motor/wheel layout, maybe geared down to 1/2 the current speed, and you have a toy you could sell.Hey, the toy potato powered clocks sell. You just need enough contacts/surface area in the potato to get some more current out o the darn thing to shorten that 15 minute interval to 1-2 minutes, and you might have a viable, yet useless toy.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 13, 2018, 10:23:21 pm
content: Quote from: BrianHG on March 13, 2018, 09:36:20 pmBeats a Pet Rock.

author: Gregg
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 13, 2018, 11:07:27 pm
content: If you are careful and plant the spent potato, you can grow more potatoes.It is likeFree energy!

author: ExclamationMarek
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: April 02, 2018, 12:46:34 am
content: Quote from: BrianHG on March 13, 2018, 09:36:20 pmThat's my video! And I (almost) considered actually doing that! I work in product design, and when the owner of our partner factory in Shenzhen saw my video, he got super excited and tried to convince me that his needs to be mass produced(He is a really fun guy, retired engineer now "business person", designs toy drones when bored). The main blocker here is the costs of the parts. I think it really needs to be that exact energy harvester and that exact cap, because of how shit the potato is as a power source. Anything else and the leakage becomes too significant. I've spent a few weekends getting this darn thing to work. Those motors run at ~20mA, and have ball bearings, so little can be optimised there. All these parts are expensive, from big brands, they add up, and it would turn out to be a pretty expensive useless toy.On top of that, I'm guessing the observant people here might have noticed that the whole "free will, choosing where it wants to go" part is faked with an RC receiver and LiPo cell. Of course, some random movement can be implemented on a fancy ultra-low power micro, but that's more cost and development time. But then again, maybe worth a shot. I wouldn't buy this for ~$35, but maybe somebody would? Would sure love to see this making kids happy and engineer-y

author: ez24
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 02, 2018, 01:06:34 am
content: Quote from: ExclamationMarek on April 02, 2018, 12:46:34 amThanks for the videoMaybe this can get a new heading (topic, subject ?) called "Humor"What do others think? Would an electronics "Electronics Humor" be of interest ?

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 02, 2018, 02:47:55 am
content: "Electronics Humour" isn't a bad idea ... but I would caution about people offering the "dark" kind. I would not want to encourage deliberate and dangerous pranks in the name of humour. Electroboom covers this more than well enough in my book.I know it happens - but I do not want to be any part of encouraging or advertising it.

author: JPortici
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 02, 2018, 06:51:28 am
content: Quote from: ExclamationMarek on April 02, 2018, 12:46:34 amdon't forget that people in america had pet rocks..if you make a kit, it'd buy one20-25 tops.

author: digsys
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 02, 2018, 07:33:17 am
content: Where will it end ?? Already had visions of Self-driving watermelons, cucumbers, pineapples .... what have you created ??

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 02, 2018, 08:07:27 am
content: Fresh food delivery - from the farm to the table!

author: IdahoMan
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 03, 2018, 10:21:49 pm
content: Quote from: basinstreetdesign on March 13, 2018, 09:25:47 pmOk, I laughed.