Entrepreneur. Software engineer. Building the future of cloud @comodit. Passionate about the Open Web. Developer of http://storytlr.org, an open source lifestreaming/blogging platform federating with the #indieweb.
Hello, I'm Laurent Eschenauer, a software developer, entrepreneur and open-source hacker living in Belgium. This is my activity feed, here is a list of my open-source projects.
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I wonder why innovation and Pizza are so tightly linked. Remember back in 1994 when you could order the first pizza over the internet? Or the famous Bitcoin pizza? Well, here is the first drone based pizza delivery :-)
Anyway, I don't believe so much in the cost efficiency of drone based pizza (or tacos) delivery. However i'm sure these kind of logistic use cases will be disruptive in some industries.
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This is my first attempt at estimating the position of an ARDrone by integrating the motion data through time. You can kinda see I have been flying two square patterns.
There is a lot of noise obviously (both sensors and wind) which are the cause of this not so precise tracking. Next step is to integrate observations derived from the camera into a proper Extended Kalman Filter. That's the tricky part :-)
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Elon Musk is such an amazing entrepreneur. Listening to him is both inspiring (let's dream big!) and depressing (not everyone can climb big mountains). In this video, he talks about electric cars, building mars colonies and going from LA to SF in 30 minutes with his HyperLoop. He also talks about wa...
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Ok, I admit, over the last months I got myself a real passion for flying robots. Yet, most of my friends & familly have been literally laughing at me and my 'toys'. This is an annoying cognitivie dissonance, of thinking you are working on world changing technologies when other just see you as playing with toys.
So, it was reassuring to come accross Drone Adventures and this video. Good to see a few other folks out there also believe these little toys can make this world a better place, and not only a big brotherish distopian future.
Update: These are other life savings flying robots. They will help us better understand tornadoes and provided key information to first aid responders in emergency situations.
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Beware debates about implementation that weren't preceded by debate and agreement on the desired outcome.
— Ryan Singer (@rjs) May 30, 2013
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I find this both fascinating and scary. We have an autonomous flying copter tracking the position of commercial aircrafts.... Maybe the short battery life is a good thing after all :-)
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Woaw, an awesome plugin for WebFlight, showing live air traffic overlaid on the #ardrone camera feed.
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When I grow up I want to be Elon Musk.
"He calls it the "Hyperloop" and he says it's better than a bullet train. The Hyperloop would get people to Los Angeles from San Francisco in 30 minutes."
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“As far as I know, we’re the last startup to become high-profile on the Web.”
I was having a similar feeling, what exciting stuff happened on the web lately? Even on mobile, is there really something big?
Instead, it seems the cool stuff is all around hardware at the moment: wearable computing (glass/peeble), 3D pritning, quantitative self (jawbone up etc.), drones, etc.
We may wall be at the end of an era...
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I never thought you could do a standup comedy about... code. You actually can and it is awesome. Great stuff. Was really laughing hard on this one.
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"We as web developers, engineers and designers follow the hype to create more of these monopolies, because it has become so popular. A new startup is worth nothing until it reaches a couple million users. It's all about "the next dent in the universe". It's all about growth — VC-funded, cancer-like growth."
Great post. As developers, we have to make a choice: you can't fight for an openweb, opensource, sustainability, etc... and at the same time build the next billion dollars startup that will require millions of users locked in a commercial silo to succeed.
via waterpigs.co.uk
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Spent the evening adding this little widget to ARDrone WebFlight. Rendered in a html5 canvas. Always good to know how much battery you have left when flying this little beast :-)
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I didn't know about this company; and must say this concept is mind-blowing. A kind of mix between drones and wind turbines.
"Makani is trying to crack energy-generation problems with self-piloting flying wings tethered to a base station."
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"Facebook quitters, is this guy your savior?" Ho boy, was I proud of this title ^^^ and blog post by @scobleizer. It was on May 22nd 2010, exactly three years ago. Facebook was engulfed in a major privacy scandal, the Diaspora team was wrapping up an amazing kickstarter campaing and Google was havi...
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The unexpected consequence of the new Daft Punk album is this sudden revival of the Giorgio Moroder sound... but nothing beats the original.
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A company that was the cheerleader of the open web is rapidly turning its back on every single open standard they once championned. Their latest move, announced yesterday at Google I/O, appears to be closing XMPP server-to-server federation. It is only a natural next step in a process...
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Fascinating piece by the @guardian.co.uk giving a much needed context and perspective to the ongoing Syrian conflict.
"The origins of Syria's 'war by proxy' are therefore unmistakeable - the result of converging climate, oil and debt crises within a politically repressive state, the conflict's future continues to be at the mercy of rival foreign geopolitical interests in dominating the energy corridors of the Middle East and North Africa."
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In case you haven't seen it, the new Daft Punk is available for streaming on ITunes. I'm just done with my first listening and I'm really disapointed. Based on the Collaborator serie teasers and the vibe of Get Lucky, I was hoping for a groovy, soulfull, funky, disco-house album. Unfortunate...
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Chris Hadfield is amazing. First he delighted us with his various science experiments, then he oversees an emergency EVA to fix an ammonia leak on board ISS, and finally he wraps his six month tour aboard the station with a wonderfull cover of Bowie. Some amazing pictures in there as well.
You can follow Commander Chris Hadfield him on twitter.
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Et en plus c'est "made in Liège". Celà vient de chez re-store, en Neuvice.
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Perfect for the low ceiling in the kitchen. Made in Liège at the Re-Store.
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Ok, this is six years old, but somehow I'm just discovering it now. I love it. It retains much of the original piece spirit while adding an awesome jazz vibe to it. I love jazz and this is a perfect demonstration of what jazz is all about.
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Smarter Objects from Fluid Interfaces on Vimeo.
Have a look at this video, and think about a future where you look through Glass instead of your tablet. Everyday objects overlayed by virtual interfaces visible through the digital lense.
Now we just need brain implents to make this even smoother and then we can drop the real world altogether :-)
Thanks to @karinslegers for sharing this.
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"In this course, we will provide an overview of current techniques for 3D localization, mapping and navigation that are suitable for quadcopters."
Awesome to have such a course available online together with all lectures in mp4 and notes. Perfect for #nodecopter enthusiats.
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