Ian Smith

Hello! I became enamored with the idea of how to use technology to help people find their pets that go missing. After all, pets are animals and their behavior can be random. Sure, there are tracking collars and other systems like identification chips, but those can either be expensive, run out of battery, or don't actually actively track where your pet is at any given moment. The common...

Playing around so far and this is pretty ok for GPT-3 tools. Gotta say though that I'm a huge fan of your loader animation around the search bar.

Most audacious product launch in a bit—Bezos wasn't kidding around when he talked about going for home runs and not being scared of complete flops.

Beta user: Fantastic experience. Much better than Getaround. Nice cars in SF (new Volkswagens)—sedans and SUVs. Not much fuss. Prices are good and it's stress-free.

I read this book **while it was still being written**, using Google Doc's collaborative, real-time features.

Welp, I guess I get to be that guy. "Direct" does not mean "non-stop". A non-stop flight takes you to your final destination without stopping anywhere else. A direct flight can have many stops in between. But, ya know, what's in a name. Cool product!

Like it or not, Google continues to improve its hardware line with every release. Sure, the notch is ugly, but you can hide it with a built-in software setting. The screen and speakers and AI and camera and build quality are all improved. Pros: Insane and best AI, as usual. Best camera. Higher quality design components. AND you can hide "the notch" with a built-in software setting. Cons: Price...

Hi all, Automated roof reports are a big deal for drones as it helps take drone data to the next level by providing answers instead of raising more questions. These reports also solve an immediate problem for the roofing and solar industries by allowing inspectors to keep their boots on the ground. By flying a quick, 10-minute automated drone mission to capture imagery of a structure and then...

Of course they're in Jets green.

This is the crown jewel of Android phones at the moment. If you want to stick with iOS, go ahead—you know where to go. This is pure, unadulterated Android. Pros: AI-focused experience, best smartphone camera... ever, unlimited, full-res photo and video storage, works with Project Fi, and more Cons: Price could be better, a bit more water resistance would be nice

Emoji sounds are dope—thanks for this. Coming to a podcast near you in 3...2....

AR tech is absolutely perfect for enterprise drone deployments—especially in industries like construction. You can easily sync drone data (like volumetrics on a construction site) to the cloud and then pull down that info via API, direct to your glasses. Imagine the construction superintendent of the near-future wearing these on the site, glancing at a stockpile, and instantly getting the...

This is targeted perfectly towards the beginner drone consumer hobbyist. There are some great features in here for a selfie drone but it is absolutely not going to get you professional quality imagery and video. Range is quite low compared to the other DJI platforms (since it lacks Lightbridge technology and uses WiFi instead). However, awesome first drone for the newcomers to the technology...

Hi all, today DroneDeploy released Fieldscanner. It's basically a flatbed scanner for the earth. Fly your drone above a field or anything you care about and get a nearly instantaneous map. Chris Sullivan from DroneDeploy (the engineering mastermind behind this product) unfortunately doesn't have a Twitter account so I tagged co-founder of DroneDeploy, Jono Millin as the maker. Let us know if...

Hi all! This is a drone podcast I recorded in January. Here are the deets: Airware, a commercial drone company, was founded in 2011—a couple years before drones exploded in popularity. They've raised over $100 million in funding, acquired another drone company, Redbird—and recently received a strategic investment from Caterpillar Inc (the ones that manufacture the big yellow construction...