I’m drawn to inventive products and startups involving drones, robots, and the sea. My reactions range from calling a transformable aerial robot an awesome product to saying I would buy gesture-controlled flying sword drones; I also expressed general enthusiasm for startups. The technical descriptions below come from posts I quoted, not from my own independent reporting.
On October 16, 2025, I called Dragon “awesome.” The quoted post by @lukas_m_ziegler described Dragon as an aerial robot developed by researchers at The University of Tokyo, with four pairs of ducted fans linked by actuated joints so it can reshape itself mid-flight. The post said it can grasp objects and perform tasks usually reserved for ground-based manipulators; each segment has dual rotors, and its navigation stack calculates an efficient shape for each object. It claimed a payload of more than 3 kilograms. The quote’s final note is cut off after “batte,” so I do not know what it said about increasing battery capacity or how that would be done.
On December 4, 2025, I wrote, “I would buy these.” I was reacting to @vidsthatgohard’s quoted claim that a Chinese inventor made flying sword drones that move with hand gestures. I expressed willingness to buy them, not a report that I purchased them. The post included a link but gave no further details about the drones or their inventor. This is another example of the robotics and product developments I notice in robots rapidly gain new skills.
On April 26, 2026, I wrote, “So many cool startups these days. Love it!” I was quoting @jasonjoyride, who described @UlyssesInc and an episode about MAKO: Episode 70 of S3 went underwater to see MAKO tested in Lake Tahoe, California, and meet a “mostly Irish founding team” building maritime logistics. The quoted post described the ocean as a “$3T economy” covering “71% of Earth's surface.” Those descriptions and figures belong to @jasonjoyride; I expressed general enthusiasm and did not independently endorse or verify them. The post does not explain what MAKO is or identify the founders.
Together, these posts capture my interest in striking machines and emerging ventures, while keeping the quoted accounts’ technical and market claims distinct from my own reactions. My product reactions also fit the broader pattern recorded in cool product sightings.
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