[bambax]

> The comments so far in Y Combinator...

You're confusing Y Combinator with Hacker News; they're related but different.

The video is poor because it's inconsistent; it starts by saying that Reallocate aims to "solve specific humanitarian issues" and then explains that the first project is to build statues of people attending Burning Man and delivering them via what appears to be AR Drones from Parrot.

Really? That's the most pressing humanitarian issue they could come up with?

There's nothing wrong with building 3D sculptures of people at Burning Man; but it's bizarre to call this a humanitarian endeavor -- even if "in the next decade" this technology may be used to order parts for "broken tractors".

Also, the speaker in the video talks too fast and drops her voice at the end of sentences, making her speech hard to hear / difficult to engage with.

[stcredzero]

> The video is poor because it's inconsistent; it starts by saying that Reallocate aims to "solve specific humanitarian issues" and then explains that the first project is to build statues of people attending Burning Man and delivering them via what appears to be AR Drones from Parrot.

Really? That's the most pressing humanitarian issue they could come up with?

Unfortunately, they only make sense if you've already read articles on Matternet. It's wise not to beta-test infrastructure before it's beta-ready, so customers aren't alienated. A bottle of pills can be expensive to us in the 1st world. They are even more dear in the 3rd. Better to lose some Burner's statue than some patient's prescription.

[monkeytests]

>Really? That's the most pressing humanitarian issue they could come up with?

I can't help but feel like you're being intentionally obtuse. Nowhere in that video did it claim that the Burning Man test run was a pressing humanitarian issue. Its clear this is just to raise awareness/funds in support of the longer-term goal. The "no pressure" field-test aspect of it probably doesn't hurt either.

[arialogistics]

monkeytests,

The 3D statues are perfect analogs for possible delivery services. Many companies in the healthcare sector have begun looking at 3D printing for building pills and prevent counterfeit medicine which is also a huge issue worldwide.