[HN Gopher] IoT Bolts
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       IoT Bolts
        
       Author : Breadmaker
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2021-11-05 18:50 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (strainlabs.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (strainlabs.com)
        
       | kordlessagain wrote:
       | This is nuts.
        
       | vipa123 wrote:
       | If you build it, they will come.
        
         | jmathai wrote:
         | I'm not familiar with this space but it's hard to wrap my head
         | around the vast number of use cases that something like this
         | could have.
        
         | bsder wrote:
         | Agree with the humor.
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         | A lot of the problem in IoT is that anyone who cares is
         | _already_ monitoring. So, you need to find someone who cares to
         | implement monitoring, has money to implement monitoring, but
         | doesn 't already have monitoring in place. It's a small window.
         | 
         | Even worse, many companies who could benefit _don 't want to
         | know_. Knowledge brings _certain_ legal liability--ignorance
         | can be argued around.
        
       | IshKebab wrote:
       | Looks like a neat idea. How is it powered?
        
         | buescher wrote:
         | If it's not powered by a coin cell or cells, I'll be very
         | surprised. Maybe a tiny rechargeable lithium pack? Do they make
         | them that small?
        
       | yodelshady wrote:
       | I like it. It sounds very silly, very IoT-all-the-things, but
       | I've without question seen situations where they'd be worth the
       | investment and then some.
       | 
       | Could pose some organisations an interesting dilemma, where to
       | draw the line for the extra expense.
        
       | buescher wrote:
       | Omega used to sell load bolts that were basically a hollow bolt
       | with a strain gauge inside. Sort of like this:
       | https://tml.jp/e/product/strain_gauge/btm_list.html#:~:text=....
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       | If you need that kind of thing, a wireless version would be
       | great. I'm torn between kicking myself for not having thought of
       | it and skepticism over the size of their market.
       | 
       | Here are their US patents:
       | https://patents.google.com/patent/US10066930B2
       | https://patents.google.com/patent/US11149777B2
        
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