TheLoneMinon

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[–] TheLoneMinon@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

When my cat was a kitten she crawled into one of my dresser drawers while I was in the shower, and after I got dressed I closed the drawer, not knowing she was in there. Poor thing was in there from about 4pm-11pm. I came home to a very traumatized cat who still won't go into confine spaces. Check your drawers!

[–] TheLoneMinon@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It.... Wasn't great. It felt pretty souless. My wife and I saw it yesterday since we have MoviePass and figured might as well. I'd wait for it to stream free.

[–] TheLoneMinon@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Ah that makes sense. Thank you! Seen the movie, have not read the book. Gonna give that a go!

[–] TheLoneMinon@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Just finished The Red Rising series and am still feeling spacey, this sounds great. What book is this?

[–] TheLoneMinon@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

I figured as much and wouldn't have further spread it without confirmation, but yeah it wouldn't even be the most shocking defense I've heard at this point.

[–] TheLoneMinon@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Alright no one's asking so I'm doing it. Are these real quotes? And ain't it a shame we're living in a time I need to ask that?

[–] TheLoneMinon@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

It's wild you says this because my wife discovered this stuff about a month ago and it's now literally on everything. Can vouch, it's amazing.

[–] TheLoneMinon@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's something I've been trying to work out. I was thinking it would be plugged in and included those wall covering tracks in the package, but ultimately that's no solution. And if it's mounted getting it down to charge or replace batteries doesn't make much sense.

[–] TheLoneMinon@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Yes, I've seen this before. Well not this specific article, but the idea that the laser pointer doesn't give them that tactile satisfaction. Again, we do play with our cats with lots of touch toys. Just thought this may be a fun other toy.

[–] TheLoneMinon@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

I can, but we're gone at work all day. Having something that can engage them when they want would be very useful. We play with them, but I think it's a bit of a generalization to say it's dehumanizing or we can't make the time. There's nothing wrong with wanting an additional thing besides myself to enrich my pets lives.

Edit: also, the angles. Our home is narrow and so to give them a good workout it requires a lot of moving around and holding the laser pointer over my head to get a good angle on it. Clearly you don't have a cat, cause it's 20-30 minutes when I bust it out, not 5. They fucking love the thing. Having something that knows the bounds of the space and can move through it smoother and more consistently than I can would be great.

[–] TheLoneMinon@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Thanks for all the advice and responses. Sounds like anything coming to fruition is pretty unlikely, as I don't have $100k to work with. The product was a programmable wall/ceiling mounted laser pointer for cats. Could map your space, design patterns, and maybe have some tracking to keep the laser in front of your pets and avoid it shining in their eyes. The controller app would connect via Bluetooth so it'd be local and no personal data like video or mapping would get stored, as I wanted to emphasize privacy.

Maybe someone more qualified can do something with it. Or Amazon will build it. Idc, it's just something I'd like and thought it was a pretty good idea. One that, admittedly, I probably won't do the work required to actually make.

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I have an idea for a product that I think it is remarkable it's not already a thing. It would be easy to make and produce, and I imagine manufacturing would be cheap, but could be sold at a decent price.

I know I'll need a designer or engineer to help me with a virtual design. I'll also need a programmer as the product is a "smart" product and would link back to an app. So I'd need an app dev and someone to program the functionality of the device.

So assuming I get all that, then what? How does one get something like this manufactured, assuming it gets that far? I have a potential source from which I could get a business loan, but would at least need a virtual mockup and a plan.

I would love to see this become a reality but it feels daunting and I have no idea how to make it all come together. Any insight from the lemmings is much appreciated.

Edit: I've seen some prototyping and invention help companies, but they feel skeevy and Id have no doubt the terms end up with most of the profit going to them.

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