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philnelson··on Where Is OpenCV 5?
We'll look at Open Collective for future fundraising... if we have future fundraising.
philnelson··on Where Is OpenCV 5?
This is true
philnelson··on Where Is OpenCV 5?
Thank you!
philnelson··on Where Is OpenCV 5?
Thanks for the support
philnelson··on Where Is OpenCV 5?
Intel offers some support, but not at the level they were before.
philnelson··on Where Is OpenCV 5?
In addition to helping keep the library in development member organizations of OpenCV get some perks as a result of their support such as appearances on our live streams, press releases, and pull request priority. We have tiers for Bronze ($6k/yr), Silver ($30k/yr), Gold ($100k/yr) members with more benefits for each tier.
philnelson··on Where Is OpenCV 5?
I agree with this one
philnelson··on HiFi 3D Sensor: Plug-N-Play Depth Perception and AI
One of the best teams in the business. Best of luck, Tangrammers!
philnelson··on A 3D Printed Nikon F-Mount Adapter for a Mid-90s Apple Digital Camera
Neat
philnelson··on CVAT, Industry-Leading Open Data Annotation Platform, Joins OpenCV
We're up on Product Hunt, too, of course https://www.producthunt.com/posts/cvat-computer-vision-annot...
philnelson··on Owncast is a self-hosted live video and web chat server
Phil here, I run the RetroStrange TV channel. We’ve seen hundreds but not sustained over time. Average currently 2-15 viewers at a time. I’d love a stress test.
philnelson··on OpenCV Spatial AI Contest (Combine AI and LEGOs in a Manufacturing Context)
That's correct. We hope so too!
philnelson··on Modelplace: AI Model Marketplace by OpenCV
It's a good suggestion, thanks.
philnelson··on Modelplace: AI Model Marketplace by OpenCV
Thanks for the report- it looks like we had our anti-spam set a little too sensitive. Glad you like the site!
philnelson··on Modelplace: AI Model Marketplace by OpenCV
Thanks! This is definitely a feature we want to add in the future.
philnelson··on Camera Modeling: Focal Length and Collinearity
Collinearity is fun to say.
philnelson··on Camera Calibration from Scratch Using Rust
Tangram always brings the Good Content
philnelson··on Show HN: megaAI – a powerful, small, AI-capable 4K camera for Pi
This is a single board based around the Myriad X chip, and the CrowdSupply campaign launched on Thursday. I wrote a lot of the copy and created the video. I think it's an awesome product for hobbyists, researchers, and enthusiasts like me. I'm planning on hooking it up to a Pi-powered robot tank body, with the megaAI attached to a tilt/pan servo.

These boards are interesting to me in part because they give us important parts of AI recognition/tracking without the severe problems that cloud processing brings. It makes bespoke and embedded uses so much easier.

I think what HN will be most interested in is that this is from a very small team of highly experienced/skilled people, but we've already made big updates to the software and hardware offerings since the successful campaign for DepthAI last year. All the software is MIT-licensed, and several of our boards are fully open designs you can find on our Github (https://github.com/luxonis/)

philnelson··on Microsoft Has Stopped Manufacturing The Kinect
Structure Sensor supports OpenNI 2 on Linux, Mac, Windows, and our own Structure SDK on iOS. It oughta do anything you could want from a Kinect and a bit more.
philnelson··on Ask HN: Building a side project that makes money. Where to start?
Time and attention, yes indeed.
philnelson··on 5 Characteristics of Data Driven People
Particularly enjoyed the section on analysis paralysis.
philnelson··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2013)
San Fransisco, CA OR Boulder, Co - Full-Time - On Site

Occipital, Inc http://occipital.com

We make the Structure Sensor http://structure.io

We're looking for a backend web developer with serious Python and database skills, who also has semi-serious sysadmin skills and wants to work in our SF or Boulder offices full-time.

Us:

Occipital is equal parts science lab and software startup. We created RedLaser, 360 Panorama, and the the Structure Sensor, the latter raising over $1.2 million on Kickstarter earlier this year. We run on coffee, think in pixels, and fight for milliseconds (and millimeters). We have really good benefits including health, dental and an HSA. We provide equity to all employees. Also, money.

You:

You are a person. You are meticulous and forward-thinking. You're up on The New. You are opinionated but your ego is in check. You use Python every day, or almost every day. You know various sorts of databases, of which Postgres is one. You take your tools seriously and want to work on a small team building some crazy exciting tech. You do things the right way becuase it's the right way, not because someone is looking over your shoulder. You take complicated things and make them simple, and elegant.

We don't want a ninja, or a rockstar, we want someone who cares about the work. If this is you, then let's talk. Drop us a line at jobs@occipital.com