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    1 year ago

    Me too. My 30 are basically the same as my 20s, and same for most of the people around me.

    But shhh if the kids underestimate us, we can get away with more! “oh noes, my poor old hip can’t handle pushing this heavy thing! You do it and I’ll impart some wisdom because of my advanced years.”





  • I know nothing about cyanotyping - Does the heat from the lamp help with the printing process, or just the UV light? If the heat is a bug not a feature, there are some LED products that do pretty good UV light emission. You could do a spectral comparison and some tests and see if you could use those instead, since cutting the heat waste would make it smaller and cheaper and help the components last longer.

    Also this is really really cool and I want to make one.









  • Honestly I don’t know, but worth adding to your list to look into I imagine. I know they have children’s products, but I haven’t had occasion to poke into that myself. You’re still giving someone your (and your kid’s) data, but if what you’re looking for is an alternative to the Bluetooth tracking and mesh, and to Apple/Google, then solid GPS in comsumer devices seems like a good alternative product category to investigate.

    Do let us know which way you go with this. It’s annoying that you can’t track your kid privately, I’d just never really thought about it before. Interested to see where you land!


  • Unfortunately most of the cheap trackers (airtags, tiles, etc) rely on networks of Bluetooth sniffing users, so less ubiquitous varieties will necessarily be less effective.

    Even as privacy enthusiasts, my family and I have opted for Garmin products. Reliability in backwoods and off road situations is more important than privacy, and that calculation may apply to you even in urban settings given its a child you’re talking about. It’s a drag that you have to choose, but so it goes.