[butterfi]

I can’t wrap my head around how that hat drops in a straight line. Between the propeller and any wind, how is that hat not all over the place?

[OkGoDoIt]

If you watch the video, it actually falls several sidewalk tiles away and he has to go pick it up. From the text of the blog, I had assumed he was using AI to actually land it directly on a person’s head, which would’ve been crazy impressive.

[civilized]

Not your mistake, he does his best to imply that the hats are dropping on heads.

He's got a future in marketing.

[biftek]

The government would probably be knocking on his door if he developed a guided hat dropping system

[richardw]

Or using the propeller to chase you until it is satisfied that it’s on your head.

[dheera]

It looks like it has more to do with the aerodynamics of the hat than the wind. It also hits a ledge on its way down in the video.

It seems like both of these are tractable issues.

A round hat that is spun with a significant initial angular momentum would probably fair better in landing more predictably.

[xnx]

> he was using AI to actually land it directly on a person’s head

DARPA would definitely come knocking

[Animats]

I was disappointed by that, too.

Now if you had terminal guidance... Put flaps on the hat, and use shape-memory alloy wire and a coin cell to actuate them. The hats follow a laser beam projected by the drop unit. Minimal electronics required in the hat. This is how some "smart bombs" work.

[EGreg]

I know AI can do a lot but predict wind patterns? LOL

Imagine using AI to drop an object and it falls perfectly where you want it.

[flir]

He needs to put the AI in the hat. Hat-drones.

Once he's done that, the military sector beckons.

[skhr0680]

Lunar Lander 2024

[s0rce]

This is exactly what I was expecting and I Was disappointed. Still mildly interesting but I don't really get it.

[riwsky]

That’s because you aren’t supposed to wrap your head around a hat, you’re supposed to wrap the hat around your head.

[itskarad]

that's what I thought. What if there's a gust of wind?

[dheera]

Do it in a more dense city like Manila (4-6X NYC's density) and you're guaranteed to land the hat on someone.

[mvandermeulen]

Just use a weight on the string with a configured go fast length and go slow length for your motor to observe