makani VS h2e_technical_documentation

- https://github.com/google/makani/ (Bazel, C, testing, architecture, real-time control, code-generation)

I'd say it's very different with X. I looked at the large number of hardware design docs that was open-sourced[1] when they shut down Makani - hell, even the Makani documentary[2] was mostly about hardware (material science, mechanics, aerodynamics) with a some software sprinkled in.

1. https://github.com/google/makani

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd_hEja6bzE

But it's great that they released everything as open source, I didn't know that, that's awesome. Anybody wanna build a kite?

Here's the flyer pdf with pictures

A lot of people bringing up the thunderfoot video without realizing that this is... a completely different device. This is not solar-electric for one, it's direct solar heat. There's no peltier elements or anything like that, it uses ground temperature to provide the cold side of the dehumidifier. It does have a small electric motor and circulating fan, but that does not require very much power at all.

It's a largely passive device and not really comparable to the solar electric designs.

I wish people would use their own brain instead of just parroting whatever thunderfoot says. Maybe the problem is that people aren't finding the actual overview PDF? https://github.com/google/h2e_technical_documentation/blob/m...