They've been heads down gearing up for mass production for nearly a year now. Surely they've got one prototype working by now, just how long does it take to rewrite the laws of physics.
Now there's that negative thinking again, it holds back technology and stifles progress! As we've heard many times,
anything is possible if you just believe! *clutches rose quartz close to chest*
You've got to ask why a top acoustics person would not put the hottest and most high profile acoustics company on the planet on their LinkedIn profile?
A tad embarrassed maybe?
He's having a moment.
They've been heads down gearing up for mass production for nearly a year now. Surely they've got one prototype working by now, just how long does it take to rewrite the laws of physics.
"Ya kn'not rewrite the laws of physics, captain!" -Scotty
Here is the uBeam crew, all happily shuffling the deck chairs on the Titanic
Because they haven't been able to hire any acoustic experts any more, they think a HR droid will work magic
Of course. The whole ubeam project is about magic, not science. They even say so themselves!
This isn’t a science project – we‘re executing on a rigorously mapped vision that will change the world.
There you have it. The science doesn't matter! It's the
rigorously mapped vision that matters!
It's also amusing that the "team" page above shows only the "leadership" team and the investors, but not anybody who's actually
making anything. Those people aren't part of "the team"? On second thought, seeing as how the real corporate mission seems to be fleecing investors based on a physically-impossible and
rigorously mapped vision, then maybe all those pesky people with engineering degrees and Aspergers are just dead weight after all.
To quote the CEO in her own words:
If it smells like a fish, looks like a fish, and tastes like a fish, it’s probably a fish.
Perhaps that should become their new corporate motto?
It's also amusing that the "team" page above shows only the "leadership" team and the investors, but not anybody who's actually making anything.
I don't think there is anyone left actually making anything
Also, uBeam can't be the next Theranos, because Theranos actually shipped something that people used.
Those people aren't part of "the team"? On second thought, seeing as how the real corporate mission seems to be fleecing investors based on a physically-impossible and rigorously mapped vision, then maybe all those pesky people with engineering degrees and Aspergers are just dead weight after all.
Of course all you need is vision, engineers just get in the way
Perhaps that should become their new corporate motto?
Doesn't matter, they'll fold soon enough. The charade can't keep going much longer.
Whilst it seems obvious you're not going to be able to provide anywhere near enough power to charge the beasts we carry around in our pockets without going full Samsung on the user, it may be they have just targeted the completely wrong problem area? It's always the way with blue-sky thinking, the dreamers get fixated on the wrong application for their technology. Just look at organic solar cells as an example, and tell me when was the last time you saw a commercial one?
Turns out organic semi's are much more useful in sensors!
If ultrasonic power transmission is feasible but only with lower power applications, what about
bioimplants and niche applications where rogue magnetic fields (inductive charging) are unwanted? Are there any interesting inflection points where ultrasonic beats inductive?
You know it's going to be bad when the article starts with a homeless guy peeing on a mural of Meredith Perry. It even goes into the story about Meredith's brother who goes by the name "Penis Bailey" who sees himself as the savior of Hollywood and wears a large penis shaped necklace.
http://epicmagazine.com/silicon-is-just-sand/Paul Reynolds also talks about the Energous scam where the CTO and his parents have sold off all their stock.
http://liesandstartuppr.blogspot.com/
Looks like the last remaining tech stallwart Sean Taffler left in October.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/seantafflerLooks like poor new sucker Larry Pendergrass hasn't got any engineering department left to manage?
Must be lonely shuffling the empty deck chairs on this Titanic.
Sean is probably scanning Indiegogo for more "Blue Sky opportunities".
Looks like the last remaining tech stallwart Sean Taffler left in October.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/seantaffler
Looks like poor new sucker Larry Pendergrass hasn't got any engineering department left to manage?
Must be lonely shuffling the empty deck chairs on this Titanic.
It can't have long to go now before it implodes with nothing more than a few patents. Those investors conned by the VC BS, and all their VCs' thorough due diligence (not) must surely be asking how to get out.
It's going to be difficult for the VCs to make anything on this one I'm sure, there's almost nothing to sell on, but they only have themselves to blame for loss of reputation. I live in hope they've actually learned something, that pissing away other people's money has reputational consequences. Regrettably I doubt it, they are thick skinned, they'll put it down to the numbers game rather than actually change their ways.
I live in hope they've actually learned something, that pissing away other people's money has reputational consequences. Regrettably I doubt it, they are thick skinned, they'll put it down to the numbers game rather than actually change their ways.
Nope, the likes of Suster will never learn:
https://bothsidesofthetable.com/what-is-it-like-to-wake-up-and-have-the-press-ready-to-torpedo-your-business-351f27ca6d67#.pzee23vgzThey will never admit an idea was brain dead from the start and they just didn't see it.
They will always think that all you need is the vision, tenacity and resiliency and you can do anything.
And ironically, their two big hitting PhD's names in that article are now gone.
There has to be an entertaining book to be written about this whole saga. (Apart from the one Meredith will probably write when the VC wages run out)
Managed departmental resources, staffing and mentoring to enhance and maintain a world-class engineering team whilst motivating them to realize the product.
http://www.taffler.com/Taffler/Resume.html
Did he miss the end off that sentance?
Managed departmental resources, staffing and mentoring to enhance and maintain a world-class engineering team whilst motivating them to realize the product.[/i]
http://www.taffler.com/Taffler/Resume.html
Damn, that's funny!
You'd think that changing the world would be motivation enough. But not when you are an engineer who knows the product you are working on will never work as claimed, that requires some serious motivational BS
Looks like the last remaining tech stallwart Sean Taffler left in October.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/seantaffler
Looks like poor new sucker Larry Pendergrass hasn't got any engineering department left to manage?
But as of November, they're hiring a new manager!
https://ubeam-inc.workable.com/jobs/370494Notice the wording on one of the responsibilities:
Hire, develops and coaches engineering staff
See how the verb "hire" is lacking the "s" for consistent conjugation, but the other verbs are conjugated with the "s", i.e. "develops" and "coaches"? Could it be that the original requirement simply read "Develops and coaches engineering staff", and then, upon realisation that no engineering staff exists anymore, the word "hire" was tacked on as a last-minute, inconsistently-conjugated afterthought?
I thought we were supposed to see the uBeam technology in action
within this year. Only a few more weeks to go!
On the other hand, perhaps Meredith's recent tweet
Goodnight uBeam can be interpreted as an admission that the whole thing is nearing critical implosion?
See how the verb "hire" is lacking the "s" for consistent conjugation, but the other verbs are conjugated with the "s", i.e. "develops" and "coaches"? Could it be that the original requirement simply read "Develops and coaches engineering staff", and then, upon realisation that no engineering staff exists anymore, the word "hire" was tacked on as a last-minute, inconsistently-conjugated afterthought?
On the other hand, perhaps Meredith's recent tweet Goodnight uBeam can be interpreted as an admission that the whole thing is nearing critical implosion?
Critical implosion is guaranteed.
No need to waste energy lighting that huge empty engineering space. Turn the lights out until you can hire more with your last remaining VC funding who will then be left to shuffle the deck chairs on the RMS uBeam. Iceberg ahead captain!
I think it's
Who is she going to blame I wonder?
It won't be the practicality of the idea. If only those annoying non outside-the-box engineers had stayed and seen it through with as much vision as her