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Ambient Backscatter
uwsensor · 0 HN recommenders · 0 recommendation months
Recommended by 0 Hacker News commenters across 0 months (2016–2023).
SignalTube analysis
Among 34 other demo videos tagged Electronics & circuit design, the mean is 1.4 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 0 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 0 distinct months; the peer average is 1.4 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
0% of its 4 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2016–2023; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 3 minutes 4 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2013-08-13.
- Channel / speaker
- uwsensor
- Verified runtime
- 3m 4s
- YouTube upload date
- 2013-08-13
- Hacker News mention years
- 2016–2023
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other demo videos in Electronics & circuit design. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambient BackscatterCurrent video | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | 3m 4s | 2013-08-13 |
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| Fun with ultracapacitors!!demo · Afrotechmods | 3 | 3 | 100% | No recorded overlap | 6m 11s | 2010-12-13 |
| LED Experiments: Making Holiday Lights Less Garishdemo · Technology Connections | 3 | 3 | 100% | No recorded overlap | 12m 16s | 2018-11-26 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Sony develops energy harvesting module from electromagnetic wave noise”. Its short rationale: Demonstrates ambient radio energy harvesting and backscatter data transmission.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Spin-torque oscillators for WiFi band transmission and energy harvesting”. Its short rationale: 2013 demo of battery-free ambient backscatter devices.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “3-D printed plastic objects that can communicate with WiFi devices”. Its short rationale: Shows powering and communicating between devices without batteries.