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Hi everyone,

I’m working on a student project called S-AIDE, a smart bandage designed to help monitor wounds and provide alerts when abnormal changes are detected.

I’m currently trying to understand whether people would actually find this kind of product useful, so I’d really appreciate your honest opinion.

1. Would you use a smart bandage that can monitor a wound and detect changes?

- Definitely

- Maybe

- Probably not

- No

2. Which feature would be most useful to you?

- Temperature monitoring

- Heart rate / SpO₂ monitoring

- Wound condition monitoring

- Swelling detection

- Alerts to a smartphone

- Other: ______

3. In which situation would you find it most useful?

- Normal wounds/cuts

- Burns

- Infected wounds

- Animal/insect bites

- Remote areas / emergencies

- Post-surgery care

- Other: ______

4. What would be your biggest concern about using a smart bandage?

- Price

- Accuracy

- Comfort

- Battery life

- Hygiene/safety

- Privacy

- Reliability

- Other: ______

5. How much would you realistically consider paying for a disposable smart bandage?

- Less than $5

- $5–10

- $10–20

- $20–50

- More than $50

6. Would you prefer the bandage to send alerts directly to your phone?

- Yes

- No

- Doesn't matter

7. What feature do you think is missing from current bandages that a smart bandage should have?

Feel free to criticize the idea — negative feedback is just as useful as positive feedback.

Thanks to anyone who takes the time to answer.

E-mail for support: alaaalaabatta2018@gmail.com

I know I should have probably posted this on an engineering subreddit but since what I'm working on is a product I was thinking maybe someone here could help me.

I'm working on a pitcher like product and I need it to do one thing but I don't have the engineering knowledge on how to do it.

Basically what it is:

The pitcher that I'm designing needs to have a button on the handle that activates a blade (or two blade) mechanism which is strong enough to cut through a plastic bag.

I'd really appreciate if someone could help me with this. Leave a comment or DM me, either one works.

Need idea which is innovative and practical which can also be implacated as a physical prototype.

Please send any problem Statements or ideas.

I'm studying the Ilizarov method and wondering if it's possible to do something similar without surgery, using microfractures and traction. I know it's controversial, but I wanted to exchange ideas about the mechanics. Has anyone here researched this?

It's a project I suddenly became curious about. but I have no idea how to execute this conceptual project, since I'm an amateur. So, I wanted opinions from professionals Or people who understand the subject.

NoviSense Touch - Control Beyond The Surface

Turn your everyday surfaces into a smart controller that can control your home. A simple touch of your countertop, and simple hold on your desk can trigger scenes, turn on devices, and create the environment you desire.

I created this as a solo founder and with no previous experience, but am a red seal master electrical foreman by trade.

Check out the explanation video if your interest is even slightly piqued: https://youtu.be/zV\_7M0\_\_txE?si=d6PrY8Xs2t3fHSDz

Any feed back, thoughts on this device or applications, interest in investment or any thoughts at all are all welcomed. If you want to learn more you can dm me!

Have a wonderful day! And keep inventing!

A manual pruner pole (would love it to be electric but with such length that's be impossible because the weight at the head) but the blades they have some Fiscar and Corona brand ones that I see pros use on youtube and they stay sharp/can be sharpened and makes cutting limbs up to about 10" not that hard, the problem though is no one seems to make anything over about 20 feet for what you need is a square tube type rod not round, because square isn't as floppy and cuts better. I've been using a 25ft Mr Long Arm telescopic painting pole and I drilled a hold in the end in order to through-bolt a regular pruner pole head that has a ~10" curved blade plus one of those smaller branch cutters that is like a spring loaded cigar cutter that you pull a string and it activates. The problem is when I'm using it all the way extended it's too floppy and takes forever, all the force is lost in the flop of the pole it's like I'm just tickling it. I'm not a huge guy but I know I can still handle a much much longer heavier pole that is square and won't flop and is heavier metal and transfers the energy to the blade better. These are extremely useful for chopping dead/unwanted branches safely from the ground in stead of climbing a tree without safety gear or experience etc or to pay a tree climber a monopolized price that they'd want just to remove some limbs/branches. They're also good for coconut harvesting some species the coconuts are like 40 ft up. With the addition of also a 8 foot A frame ladder and the 25' mr long arm I can get some high up branches done but again it takes forever and is a hassle.

Temu says they have a 50ft pole but seems to be a type and only links to a 27 ft which is also round and you want square doesn't flop, similar to marshalltown big bad monster pry bar is a pry bar for prying well, anything heavy or can use it for prying up small tree roots or deep fence posts that have concrete this is also a square tube so it doesn't bend and become soft and weak eventually it's basically just a piece of ~$50 steel that they charge $300 for.

There's definitely a market for this idk like 40' thick durable square telescopic pruner pole is marketed towards professionals or those with coconut palms, etc, is also good for pruning the sharp triangle things some palm species shed and can be dangerous to be under if it falls or falls on something it's like a giant spear.

I don't know how it could be patented though, and if you'd need to patent like every country in order for china to not just steal the idea and undercut the price greatly once they see there's a market for these, and I don't know how much millions or whatever it would cost to even mass produce these but I just want to see it made and would buy one, and I think it's a sure shot that there's a decent market for it especially with good marketing , giving a bunch out for free to popular landscape/coconut harvesting youtubers to give their honest review they would says 'this thing rocks, I can reach super high and isn't too heavy, the other square ones are way too short I'm not a huge guy but I can handle this no problem and it's a joy to use because it's square and heavy so it transfers the energy to the cutting end, and with such length I can safely stand way back from the area the where the branch will fall, highly recommend this.

Can also be very useful for painting high up unlike the 24 foot mr long arm is made specifically for painting but is very floppy when extended. Some sheer wall exterior type painting is over a sloped hard pavement like a driveway that not only is sloped is dangerous even with an extension ladder that you can adjust each leg to make it level but also on smooth pavement the bottom can kick out much easier than if it's dug into grass, and so instead of dangerously doing that I've painting entire higher section of exterior houses with just the mr long arm, also attaching a paint scraper to it for prep using an articulating paint brush holder, and used the same articulating holder to hold a putty knife to apply wood filler over woodpecker holes, but again, it's so floppy that it makes it a hassle and I can handle a much bigger pole.

Might as well also add that the same goes for these telescopic power washer wand poles, I have a 25 ft aluminum was like $400 and is good until you need it fully extended then it whips around too easily and becomes a hassle and are constantly trying to pin point the perfect posture and angle etc while also moving it where it wants to flop all around and you're standing there looking straight up for hours getting a stiff neck.

I’ve been thinking about how humans deal with new inventions.
We create something to solve a problem. It works, people adopt it, and later we discover problems caused by the same solution. Then we create another solution.
Petroleum solved real problems and transformed modern life, but its large-scale use also created environmental concerns. Now electric vehicles and cleaner energy are presented as solutions.
AI makes me think about the same cycle. We are focused on what AI can do for us, but what might we discover about its effects after we become dependent on it?
Maybe we discover an invention in two parts:
First through creation.
Then through consequence.
So, do we really discover an invention when we create it, or only after we have lived with it?

A new type of intelligence will occur. We will go from AGI à ASI à ABI. It will be a new type of intelligence to maximize the amount of intelligence that can be constructed in a resource constrained environment. This type of intelligence will not only have maximum brain power but be equipped with consciousness similar to us humans.

What is this type of intelligence you may ask. It is intelligence that uses the most efficient resource allocation. The issues with machine intelligence is that it’s too inefficient and lacks true super intelligence. The machines are simply to simply built. Their only purpose is as a stepping stone to achieving ABI, the highest pinnacle of intelligence. ABI stands for artificial biological intelligence. A brain uses vastly less energy, measured in kJ per unit of intelligence compared to a machine. A biological creature is way more advanced in terms of building construction even though both are constrained with the exact same material.

How will this play out? We all know what datacentres are. It will play out in a similar way but instead of having machine computers we will have biological computers. The biological computers will be artificially constructed for maximum brain power by shaping and designing the biological creatures just the way we want them. My wildest guess is it will be like a head that with a brain as big as a football field that weighs several tons. The energy intake method and type is still unknown but to paint a simplified picture I will say this: a gigantic mouth that trucks are delivering tons of nuts and wheat to for it to be able to sustain the constant computation. Nothing will be out of limits as we will simply be able to construct the biological super brain for maximum efficiency and intelligence. At this point unimaginable things will be able to be achieved. The highest level of intelligence was always right in front of us, optimized over millions of years.

I'm working on a startup and would love some honest feedback.

Have you ever needed something like a drill, ladder, pressure washer, camping gear, or folding table for just a few hours—but didn't want to buy it?

I'm building an app called Pahincho that lets neighbors lend, borrow, or give away items instead of buying everything new.

Would you actually use something like this?

If not, what would stop you?

I'd really appreciate any honest feedback, even if it's critical.