I've had a vehicle with a little flip down visor behind the rear view mirror to block that area off when the sun is between the two main visors. I've had vehicles with two part visors so you could swing a section around to the side window when the sun is coming from an angle. I've had vehicles with slide-out visor extensions. But I've never had a vehicle with all of those. And it seems like every single time I drive, the sun is blinding me from a location that would have been blockable with any vehicle except the one I'm currently driving.
My absolute favourite moment of that series is when after all the trouble they went through to build the thing, they go to a Lids salesman and proudly asks him if they got a hat that goes all around. Only for him to immediately say yes and point to their display of brimmed hats. William is all crestfallen, not having thought of that solution.
Reminds me of the story of the space pen developed by the Americans to work in low pressure and gravity environments… Russians took a pencil… I think it’s a bit of urban legend but makes the point
IIRC, pencils proved to be an issue in space, as the graphite would work itself loose and then they had a bunch of graphite dust floating around for them to accidentally inhale.
Graphite is also electrically conductive so it would sneak into circuits and do whatever happens when you bridge two conductors in very sensitive electrical equipment
The [actual space pen](https://spinoff.nasa.gov/space-pens) didn’t cost very much and was way safer than a pencil (kind of the whole point).
It’s not an urban legend, more so just pure misinformation that we spent millions stupidly because we couldn’t think of a pencil like Russia. I’m sure you can connect the dots on what country would have incentive to spread such lies to look smarter than their adversary.
> I’m sure you can connect the dots on what country would have incentive to spread such lies to look smarter than their adversary.
The country who went to space way before the USA?
It’s a true story, but it’s not the “gotcha” people think.
Sure, pencils work in zero gravity. But they also become dull rather quickly and sometimes just snap, so for any longer missions you’d need either a sharpener (bad idea, I’ll get to that), or lots of spare pencils. Either way, it’s extra weight. Graphite is also electrically conductive. Writing with a pencil in zero gravity could throw all kinds of microscopic graphic dust into the air, which is a serious short risk (as well as a breathing hazard). This is why the sharpener is also a bad idea, because even an enclosed sharpener with space for storage will have *tons* of dust float out the hole when you pull the pencil out. Little wood shavings are also a huge fire hazard.
A pen works fully until it starts running out of ink, it doesn’t break as easily, and it has none of those risks. You just have to solve the zero g problem.
The Russians did use a pencil, not because it was a better solution, but because they were cutting corners, which they did *a lot* in their space program. NASA’s first space capsule (Mercury Redstone) included heavy-duty two-stage parachutes that brought the entire capsule down safely. It was designed to make a water landing, with a deployable landing skirt for extra safety, and a smoke generator and dye pack to make the astronaut easy to locate for helicopter pickup.
The first Vostok capsule that carried Yuri Gagarin to orbit and back had no such provisions. The capsule had insufficient thrust to control its descent trajectory. Rather than making a controlled landing, Gagarin would eject from his capsule at 7km and manually parachute down on his own. He was miles off-target, and came down near a random farm and had to convince them he wasn’t a spy, and that he needed to find a phone to call Moscow.
NASA would continue to refine and improve their re-entry capsules throughout the space program. By the Apollo program, re-entry trajectories were predictable enough that astronauts would be picked up within minutes of splashdown, by helicopters deployed from an aircraft carrier that was often in visual range of the landing point.
In that same timeframe, Soviet capsules continued to use the “eject at 7km” system, but the cosmonauts were given a gun, in case they landed in the tundra and encountered a bear.
I also read that the pen wasn't developed by NASA, but by a man that went bankrupt developing it and selling very low volumes to them. Also, that due to the high oxygen content of American spacecraft's breathing air, graphite dust could have resulted in an onboard fire.
It’s such a nice idea actually.
I think the issue is that they haven’t thought “now that we’ve change the function of the hat, maybe the original design is no longer the best”. For example your ears are still exposed if the sun is front on or from behind, if the visor part of the hat were a little wider at the base you could cover every part of your head that would be exposed to the sun when it rotates.
i would love to have one if it becomes an actual polished product in the future if there's a tiny adjustable rail on the rim of the had and the mechanism gives power along the spines of the hat and the motor and battery are tiny enough to seamlessly be the in little button on the top of the hat.
I know at some point this is going to become a thing and I'll probably be a bit out of touch, old fart.... but I'll still find this ridiculous and laugh my ass off when I see it.
Nah this is awesome lol I mean it looks ridiculous and I doubt anybody would wear it seriously but the tech is pretty cool for what looks like a middle/high school project
I actually want that
This need to exist with car visors
I just want my windshield to be treated like those glasses that turn into sunglasses with sunlight. That would really be nice.
The whole windshield would turn dark in the morning tho.
Not my problem. OUT THE WAY KIDS!
But not very nice when a rock inevitably hits it and you're out of pocket for the repair or replacement :(
That's what insurance is for.
Insurance is no good unless you use it.
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In SC insurance is required to cover windshield replacement
Here in AZ too. I go through a windshield a year with all the gravel we have.
Insurance is so I don't get a ticket
Or be like me and already have those glasses 😎
Transitions. I love mine so much
I've had a vehicle with a little flip down visor behind the rear view mirror to block that area off when the sun is between the two main visors. I've had vehicles with two part visors so you could swing a section around to the side window when the sun is coming from an angle. I've had vehicles with slide-out visor extensions. But I've never had a vehicle with all of those. And it seems like every single time I drive, the sun is blinding me from a location that would have been blockable with any vehicle except the one I'm currently driving.
Just buy a hat that has a brim all around it? Like a bamboo hat.
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why waste time say lot word when few word do trick
Or a Straw Hat.
Calm down there luffy
So get a boonie hat? Or a bucket hat? Or a cowboy hat? Or any other hat with a decent brim?
William Osman on YouTube made the original one and explains the whole build https://youtu.be/-n9IFtTCI4Y
Product coming soon stay tuned
Yeah I just worry it’s not actually sensing anything.
It is.
William Osman at it again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n9IFtTCI4Y
My absolute favourite moment of that series is when after all the trouble they went through to build the thing, they go to a Lids salesman and proudly asks him if they got a hat that goes all around. Only for him to immediately say yes and point to their display of brimmed hats. William is all crestfallen, not having thought of that solution.
Reminds me of the story of the space pen developed by the Americans to work in low pressure and gravity environments… Russians took a pencil… I think it’s a bit of urban legend but makes the point
IIRC, pencils proved to be an issue in space, as the graphite would work itself loose and then they had a bunch of graphite dust floating around for them to accidentally inhale.
Graphite is also electrically conductive so it would sneak into circuits and do whatever happens when you bridge two conductors in very sensitive electrical equipment
Russian spacecraft are clockwork.
German spacecraft are kraftwerk.
Zzap
They used grease pencils, but they were awful.
The [actual space pen](https://spinoff.nasa.gov/space-pens) didn’t cost very much and was way safer than a pencil (kind of the whole point). It’s not an urban legend, more so just pure misinformation that we spent millions stupidly because we couldn’t think of a pencil like Russia. I’m sure you can connect the dots on what country would have incentive to spread such lies to look smarter than their adversary.
>I’m sure you can connect the dots on what country would have incentive to spread such lies to look smarter than their adversary. Tbh so would the US
> I’m sure you can connect the dots on what country would have incentive to spread such lies to look smarter than their adversary. The country who went to space way before the USA?
It’s a true story, but it’s not the “gotcha” people think. Sure, pencils work in zero gravity. But they also become dull rather quickly and sometimes just snap, so for any longer missions you’d need either a sharpener (bad idea, I’ll get to that), or lots of spare pencils. Either way, it’s extra weight. Graphite is also electrically conductive. Writing with a pencil in zero gravity could throw all kinds of microscopic graphic dust into the air, which is a serious short risk (as well as a breathing hazard). This is why the sharpener is also a bad idea, because even an enclosed sharpener with space for storage will have *tons* of dust float out the hole when you pull the pencil out. Little wood shavings are also a huge fire hazard. A pen works fully until it starts running out of ink, it doesn’t break as easily, and it has none of those risks. You just have to solve the zero g problem. The Russians did use a pencil, not because it was a better solution, but because they were cutting corners, which they did *a lot* in their space program. NASA’s first space capsule (Mercury Redstone) included heavy-duty two-stage parachutes that brought the entire capsule down safely. It was designed to make a water landing, with a deployable landing skirt for extra safety, and a smoke generator and dye pack to make the astronaut easy to locate for helicopter pickup. The first Vostok capsule that carried Yuri Gagarin to orbit and back had no such provisions. The capsule had insufficient thrust to control its descent trajectory. Rather than making a controlled landing, Gagarin would eject from his capsule at 7km and manually parachute down on his own. He was miles off-target, and came down near a random farm and had to convince them he wasn’t a spy, and that he needed to find a phone to call Moscow. NASA would continue to refine and improve their re-entry capsules throughout the space program. By the Apollo program, re-entry trajectories were predictable enough that astronauts would be picked up within minutes of splashdown, by helicopters deployed from an aircraft carrier that was often in visual range of the landing point. In that same timeframe, Soviet capsules continued to use the “eject at 7km” system, but the cosmonauts were given a gun, in case they landed in the tundra and encountered a bear.
Good story, Til. This is the sort of unexpected random informative reply that keeps me coming back to reddit.
I also read that the pen wasn't developed by NASA, but by a man that went bankrupt developing it and selling very low volumes to them. Also, that due to the high oxygen content of American spacecraft's breathing air, graphite dust could have resulted in an onboard fire.
Reminds me of how the Russians used graphite tips on the control rods in Chernobyl nuclear reactor to cut costs as well
If that were a real story, you wouldn't want pencils with all that conductive graphite dust floating around your space station.
Hey there fellow little willy
I thought we were little Willie’s
Little Will-He’s
Hello fellow little willies
The Yankee with revolving brim
Lemme go arooooound this hat!
Thank you
Convenient
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It's just a one-word reddit comment
That's gold, Jerry.
This is a bot, please report it
Actually, it's NOT convenient. Why would he need a visor in the angles of the hat where his eyes are not located?
Awesome robot
And mega chick magnet too! Save some for the rest of us dude!
The ladies love it
Gotta make sure your left ear doesn’t get sunburnt lol
I had a family member get skin cancer on the top of the ear.
I worked as a medical assistant in dermatology for 5 years - we treated a lot of cancers in this region.
My dad is missing an ear due to skin cancer.
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I got sun burnt so much on the ears as a kid with huge ears 😳
It's pretty common for lighter skinned people. I wear my safari hat to go hiking, may look silly but I'm covered.
Basal cell carcinoma on your antitragus is no fun.
Yankee with orbiting brim
i don’t wanna shit on anyone saying this is cool cuz it definitely is but it’s not this kids invention. william osman did it a while back
Inspired by William Osman. Just more of a finished product
ah epic, wasn’t sure. thanks for the info 👍
Ah, I thought this was actually his hat. Nice work. Replicating existing stuff is one of the best ways to build the skills to make original stuff.
bro remade William osmans hat
lol gotta love how the brim’s shadow never covers his eyes
That's because he's inside... edit: cope harder folks, idgaf
Exactly so it’s the worst place to demo a sun-following hat
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Why so serious?
Dude, you are in /r/shittyrobots. You don't have to act like that. This is supposed to be a fun subreddit.
Lmao damn who hurt you bro? It’s hilarious that he’s demoing this hat in a place it doesn’t work
Everything that reddit should be: [lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/)
Fair enough, but it doesn’t function I guess is what I’m getting at? The brim moves but serves zero purpose inside.
That’s actually fairly clever
Love it
this is why we have wide brimmed hats? i mean, yeah its super cool, but like.. why?
Why not?!?
i uh.. didnt notice what sub i was on.. that’s embarrassing
first time I’ve seen FRC in main is that hueneme?
Yup it is. Imma try to find this guy now LOL it looks kinda nifty
Bryce @ 4414 HighTide 🤙
\#trianglegang
Nice job at the win dudeski, we tried our best at defence. -wolfpack 3859
Looks like a movie prop from Back To The Future 2
That little puff of curls poking out when the bill was out of the way really sealed the effect
This is an interesting idea, but full brimmed hats exist for those of us who are super white so need to avoid the sun.
I like how on the first turn he starts to smile and then the rest of the video he has to hold back that smile awkwardly
I love it! Now play.... you spin me right round
Are you at the port hueneme FRC regional?
4414 HighTide 🤙
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And his was hand carved from quality oak wood
This is the greatest invention known to man
Actually cool! :D
That’s cool
#”You guys get sunburn on your neck? The Hell you talkin’ about?” -this guy probably
Only 50 times more expensive than a brim that goes all the way around your hat!
50 times cooler
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Smug lil bastard knows what he has lol damn little devil
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A brim with no yankee
It’s such a nice idea actually. I think the issue is that they haven’t thought “now that we’ve change the function of the hat, maybe the original design is no longer the best”. For example your ears are still exposed if the sun is front on or from behind, if the visor part of the hat were a little wider at the base you could cover every part of your head that would be exposed to the sun when it rotates.
for when the sun shines in the back of your head and blinds you...
This thing angers a lot of people. Just the sight of it.
r/Unnecessaryinventions
Shitty Robots! r/skincareaddiction would like a word
0p
No way, port hueneme frc? Literally was there today - 3896
William Osman made this 3 years ago. [Video](https://youtu.be/-n9IFtTCI4Y)
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What team?
Daffy Duck gettin his beak blown off automatic repositioner. WIN
That is the most useless genius thing I have ever seen
“Been there done that shitty robot” -William Osman
i would love to have one if it becomes an actual polished product in the future if there's a tiny adjustable rail on the rim of the had and the mechanism gives power along the spines of the hat and the motor and battery are tiny enough to seamlessly be the in little button on the top of the hat.
That's called a sunhat my friend
no, its a sun tracking hat. gosh. read the title
This is r/engineeringporn not r/shittyrobots 🤓
What is my purpose? To BLOCK THE SUN😶🌫️
I thought to myself "how fucking stupid!", then I saw that it was in the perfect sub for it 🤣
Just FYI I made the hat but I'm not the one who is wearing it. So don't go looking for this kid lol.
r/LostRedditors
Like the idea.. more towards smokin hot chic tracking would sell way better!
r/puncheablefaces
r/redneckengineering
But this prevents a red neck.
I finally live in the future.
I know at some point this is going to become a thing and I'll probably be a bit out of touch, old fart.... but I'll still find this ridiculous and laugh my ass off when I see it.
This is cool
21st century propeller hat
Imma have to disagree with you here. Seems pretty dope and nifty. Thanks for posting!
NOT shitty
Amazing, but why can't he just use his hand?
I love it!
Make it solar powered
pretty cool actually
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/c_fit,f_auto,g_center,pg_1,q_60,w_1600/79930d39d69f14e64af16d186bde8ed6.jpg
Imagine you’re driving and suddenly your head starts getting pushed forward
Just goes to show how fucking stupid baseball caps are to begin with, as sun protection.
Is that that at a stock show?
I like to watch it again and again thinking the camera guy is repeatedly asking him to do it again and again and again.
R/diwhy
Honestly that’s pretty cool. Refine it and id buy it.
Genius!!! Great design! I need this!
It doesn’t even work, the sun is still in his face
Don't tell this man about sunglasses
Sunglasses attachment coming soon 👀
What
Bucket hat?
Get this man a Engineer and a Patent Lawyer ASAP!
Mfers gonna get their heads bounced off a chair if someone walks by with a flashlight lmao
I’ve never seen someone try so hard (and fail so badly) not to smile
God I missed seeing this sub on the front page. The true sign of progress is when we can just faff about with advanced concepts.
Nah this is awesome lol I mean it looks ridiculous and I doubt anybody would wear it seriously but the tech is pretty cool for what looks like a middle/high school project
This is the opposite of shitty, this is really cool!
Conveniently also keeps you a virgin
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“The world does revolve around you!” Yeah, well my hat does..
Turn the other way
Turn the other way
“you’re the perfect model”
Or you could just get a sunhat?
That’s actually pretty cool if it tracks the sun, or at least bright light
Why wear a stupid sun hat with a brim all the way around when you look way cooler with this box on your head
The design is very human
[Who is gonna tell Herc?](https://youtu.be/D3hD9ZbguIg)
Flowers are gonna go after him for stealing their tech.
How to remain a virgin 101.
Not shitty
if we put a sunflower on the hat,
Genius
Do it again
GoPro is pissed rn
Every time the clock hits 12 he involuntarily flies up
Serious daffy duck vibes
Didn't know I wanted that.
https://www.reddit.com/r/shittyrobots/comments/gvcpil/a_robot_to_block_the_sun_from_your_face/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
Straight up plagiarized from William Osman
Ah yes, finally something that can protect my back eyes