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Comment · 6 years ago
The problem here is that the real customers are the health insurance companies, Medicare, and the VA. They don't care about being delighted, they want inexpensive and rugged devices.

That's the problem Dean Kamen had with his iBOT wheelchair. They were very cool and their users loved them, but they went for something like $25,000 each and likely needed frequent maintenance.

Comment · 6 years ago
The way MIT persecuted Aaron is one reason why this alum no longer gives it money.
Comment · 6 years ago
For the curious, everyone there has moved on to thedonald.win.
Comment · 6 years ago
Which wack-packers were posting? Beetlejuice and Elephant Boy?
Comment · 6 years ago
He was also in the Bob abd Doug MacKenzie movie 'Srrange Brew'.
Comment · 7 years ago
MIT grad here. This is just one more reason I have stopped giving money to the Institute.
Comment · 7 years ago
Why can't the person from Amazon reporting the bug just submit a pull request?

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