I'd buy one....
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MIT Engineer Creates Remotely Operated Snowblower
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This was my idea!
Sitting inside in the comfy chair watching as you remotely clear your driveway. However, I did have concerns about swallowing up small dogs or children, the mess, the need to replace 1 or 2 shear bolts per incident, the law problems, so I shut down my research. More AI progress needed before this can be practical.
Sitting inside in the comfy chair watching as you remotely clear your driveway. However, I did have concerns about swallowing up small dogs or children, the mess, the need to replace 1 or 2 shear bolts per incident, the law problems, so I shut down my research. More AI progress needed before this can be practical.
I kind of want to do this with my 30 year old Snowblower now... I think I'm going to order an Arduino this afternoon.
First thing I thought was that this is a lawsuit waiting to happen, as alluded to above...
I also think about how much I have to shove my snowblower around on my steep driveway and I think this is not a good idea for me...maybe it's fine on flat ground.
I had a snowblower with tracks before and still had to shove that thing around...the ground pressure was actually TOO low on that thing and it liked to climb on top of the snow given the right conditions.
I have a wheeled 3 stage now and that thing is mighty impressive when throwing snow of the right density...WAYYYY out into the woods!
I also think about how much I have to shove my snowblower around on my steep driveway and I think this is not a good idea for me...maybe it's fine on flat ground.
I had a snowblower with tracks before and still had to shove that thing around...the ground pressure was actually TOO low on that thing and it liked to climb on top of the snow given the right conditions.
I have a wheeled 3 stage now and that thing is mighty impressive when throwing snow of the right density...WAYYYY out into the woods!
Agree... cool but not safe. Tractor in auto in a straight line, driver goes for a beer, kid gets tangled in the machine.
Free lawn-darts with every purchase.
This is a high school project and these days a gifter elementary kid can easily do it. If this is what is being expected of MIT students these days, no wonder companies want to higher from abroad.
Originally Posted by KrisZ
This is a high school project and these days a gifter elementary kid can easily do it. If this is what is being expected of MIT students these days, no wonder companies want to higher from abroad.
Harsh much?
This is a high school project and these days a gifter elementary kid can easily do it. If this is what is being expected of MIT students these days, no wonder companies want to higher from abroad.
Harsh much?
Originally Posted by StevieC
Originally Posted by KrisZ
This is a high school project and these days a gifter elementary kid can easily do it. If this is what is being expected of MIT students these days, no wonder companies want to higher from abroad.
Harsh much?
No, but this is nothing impressive. All the components can be bought off shelf. At least if he wrote some programming code so that the blower would do a section by itself, that would be cool.
Any RC enthusiast can do the same as this engineer with their remote models.
Originally Posted by KrisZ
This is a high school project and these days a gifter elementary kid can easily do it. If this is what is being expected of MIT students these days, no wonder companies want to higher from abroad.
Harsh much?
No, but this is nothing impressive. All the components can be bought off shelf. At least if he wrote some programming code so that the blower would do a section by itself, that would be cool.
Any RC enthusiast can do the same as this engineer with their remote models.
It wasn't meant to be taken that way... It was just a "Neat" that he did it, not a "OMG we put someone on the moon" type. Have a little fun on a Friday.
It's not in an MiT journal it's in the news...
It's not in an MiT journal it's in the news...
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If the title was "a young adult" or something to that effect, I would not see a problem. But they specifically emphasized the MIT engineer part.
You argued sensentional journalism in that Hyundai thread, trying to define what raid means, but here it's all about having fun. Sure...
You argued sensentional journalism in that Hyundai thread, trying to define what raid means, but here it's all about having fun. Sure...
Originally Posted by KrisZ
If the title was "a young adult" or something to that effect, I would not see a problem. But they specifically emphasized the MIT engineer part.
You argued sensentional journalism in that Hyundai thread, trying to define what raid means, but here it's all about having fun. Sure...
The thing has goofy eyes on it was that not enough "tone" to pick-up on that it's light-hearted versus an investigation into Hyundai and having files confiscated which is far more serious?
If the title was "a young adult" or something to that effect, I would not see a problem. But they specifically emphasized the MIT engineer part.
You argued sensentional journalism in that Hyundai thread, trying to define what raid means, but here it's all about having fun. Sure...
The thing has goofy eyes on it was that not enough "tone" to pick-up on that it's light-hearted versus an investigation into Hyundai and having files confiscated which is far more serious?
saw these on the weather channel the other day.
fully 3d printed
fully 3d printed
That's neat...
No kid killing there.
No kid killing there.
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Originally Posted by KrisZ
This is a high school project and these days a gifter elementary kid can easily do it. If this is what is being expected of MIT students these days, no wonder companies want to higher from abroad.
USA has more universities in the global top 100 than any other country. They "higher" from abroad because they would rather pay a foreigner peanuts than pay an American a decent wage. You say "abroad" but we both know they are hiring South Asians who just want green cards, they are not looking outside the country to hire another westerner from a developed country.
This is a high school project and these days a gifter elementary kid can easily do it. If this is what is being expected of MIT students these days, no wonder companies want to higher from abroad.
USA has more universities in the global top 100 than any other country. They "higher" from abroad because they would rather pay a foreigner peanuts than pay an American a decent wage. You say "abroad" but we both know they are hiring South Asians who just want green cards, they are not looking outside the country to hire another westerner from a developed country.
Originally Posted by Uregina09
Can we either do away with the eye-roll emoji
or have people stop using it? Someone visiting the site for the first time would think members are a bunch of immature kids in grade 7, not a group of adults who act like it.
Can we either do away with the eye-roll emoji
Originally Posted by maxdustington
Originally Posted by KrisZ
This is a high school project and these days a gifter elementary kid can easily do it. If this is what is being expected of MIT students these days, no wonder companies want to higher from abroad.
USA has more universities in the global top 100 than any other country. They "higher" from abroad because they would rather pay a foreigner peanuts than pay an American a decent wage. You say "abroad" but we both know they are hiring South Asians who just want green cards, they are not looking outside the country to hire another westerner from a developed country.
I think that might have been a slight dig towards folks not from the US. because my brother is Canadian and was given a scholarship to MiT after attending Waterloo university here. Now that he done with his schooling with MiT he teaches there so I would argue that he is contributing back to the country that gave him the opportunity. (If it was a dig at me)
Originally Posted by KrisZ
This is a high school project and these days a gifter elementary kid can easily do it. If this is what is being expected of MIT students these days, no wonder companies want to higher from abroad.
USA has more universities in the global top 100 than any other country. They "higher" from abroad because they would rather pay a foreigner peanuts than pay an American a decent wage. You say "abroad" but we both know they are hiring South Asians who just want green cards, they are not looking outside the country to hire another westerner from a developed country.
I think that might have been a slight dig towards folks not from the US. because my brother is Canadian and was given a scholarship to MiT after attending Waterloo university here. Now that he done with his schooling with MiT he teaches there so I would argue that he is contributing back to the country that gave him the opportunity. (If it was a dig at me)
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Originally Posted by maxdustington
Originally Posted by KrisZ
This is a high school project and these days a gifter elementary kid can easily do it. If this is what is being expected of MIT students these days, no wonder companies want to higher from abroad.
USA has more universities in the global top 100 than any other country. They "higher" from abroad because they would rather pay a foreigner peanuts than pay an American a decent wage. You say "abroad" but we both know they are hiring South Asians who just want green cards, they are not looking outside the country to hire another westerner from a developed country.
They hired me from Canada and when asked during my interview, for which they flew me in, got a rental car and a hotel room, why arent they hiring from within US, the answer was that they cannot find qualified candidates.
And if you think it's so cheap, they also paid for my move, storage, my expenses for selling the house back in Canada, the trip to bring my whole family with me, a specialist to help me with settling and getting bsics organized like a bank account, driver's licence et. and I can assure you, I did not take this job for peanuts.
I work with many that are either from Canada, Germany, Netherlands, and other "Western" countries. Sure we have plenty of people from India, China etc. as well, so what?
It's no secret these people want a shot to stay permanently in US, it is a great country after all, but it is also true that they are simply better educated and qualified. Corporations wouldn't be going through all this trouble to hire them otherwise.
Originally Posted by KrisZ
This is a high school project and these days a gifter elementary kid can easily do it. If this is what is being expected of MIT students these days, no wonder companies want to higher from abroad.
USA has more universities in the global top 100 than any other country. They "higher" from abroad because they would rather pay a foreigner peanuts than pay an American a decent wage. You say "abroad" but we both know they are hiring South Asians who just want green cards, they are not looking outside the country to hire another westerner from a developed country.
They hired me from Canada and when asked during my interview, for which they flew me in, got a rental car and a hotel room, why arent they hiring from within US, the answer was that they cannot find qualified candidates.
And if you think it's so cheap, they also paid for my move, storage, my expenses for selling the house back in Canada, the trip to bring my whole family with me, a specialist to help me with settling and getting bsics organized like a bank account, driver's licence et. and I can assure you, I did not take this job for peanuts.
I work with many that are either from Canada, Germany, Netherlands, and other "Western" countries. Sure we have plenty of people from India, China etc. as well, so what?
It's no secret these people want a shot to stay permanently in US, it is a great country after all, but it is also true that they are simply better educated and qualified. Corporations wouldn't be going through all this trouble to hire them otherwise.
Originally Posted by KrisZ
Originally Posted by maxdustington
Originally Posted by KrisZ
This is a high school project and these days a gifter elementary kid can easily do it. If this is what is being expected of MIT students these days, no wonder companies want to higher from abroad.
USA has more universities in the global top 100 than any other country. They "higher" from abroad because they would rather pay a foreigner peanuts than pay an American a decent wage. You say "abroad" but we both know they are hiring South Asians who just want green cards, they are not looking outside the country to hire another westerner from a developed country.
They hired me from Canada and when asked during my interview, for which they flew me in, got a rental car and a hotel room, why arent they hiring from within US, the answer was that they cannot find qualified candidates.
And if you think it's so cheap, they also paid for my move, storage, my expenses for selling the house back in Canada, the trip to bring my whole family with me, a specialist to help me with settling and getting bsics organized like a bank account, driver's licence et. and I can assure you, I did not take this job for peanuts.
I work with many that are either from Canada, Germany, Netherlands, and other "Western" countries. Sure we have plenty of people from India, China etc. as well, so what?
It's no secret these people want a shot to stay permanently in US, it is a great country after all, but it is also true that they are simply better educated and qualified. Corporations wouldn't be going through all this trouble to hire them otherwise.
"Cannot find qualified candidates" is the same as "cannot find people to fill the jobs": there are candidates but they don't want to pay them, they socialize the costs and keep the profits with foreign worker nonsense. I don't buy that you cannot find candidates in the richest country in the world that also happens to have the best quality universities in the world. Where do you think the foreign "qualified candidates" got their degrees? How many world class universities are in China and India?
Originally Posted by maxdustington
Originally Posted by KrisZ
This is a high school project and these days a gifter elementary kid can easily do it. If this is what is being expected of MIT students these days, no wonder companies want to higher from abroad.
USA has more universities in the global top 100 than any other country. They "higher" from abroad because they would rather pay a foreigner peanuts than pay an American a decent wage. You say "abroad" but we both know they are hiring South Asians who just want green cards, they are not looking outside the country to hire another westerner from a developed country.
They hired me from Canada and when asked during my interview, for which they flew me in, got a rental car and a hotel room, why arent they hiring from within US, the answer was that they cannot find qualified candidates.
And if you think it's so cheap, they also paid for my move, storage, my expenses for selling the house back in Canada, the trip to bring my whole family with me, a specialist to help me with settling and getting bsics organized like a bank account, driver's licence et. and I can assure you, I did not take this job for peanuts.
I work with many that are either from Canada, Germany, Netherlands, and other "Western" countries. Sure we have plenty of people from India, China etc. as well, so what?
It's no secret these people want a shot to stay permanently in US, it is a great country after all, but it is also true that they are simply better educated and qualified. Corporations wouldn't be going through all this trouble to hire them otherwise.
"Cannot find qualified candidates" is the same as "cannot find people to fill the jobs": there are candidates but they don't want to pay them, they socialize the costs and keep the profits with foreign worker nonsense. I don't buy that you cannot find candidates in the richest country in the world that also happens to have the best quality universities in the world. Where do you think the foreign "qualified candidates" got their degrees? How many world class universities are in China and India?
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