Comment on PrintGuard Is a New Open Source 3D Printing Failure Detector That Runs on the Edge

brian@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• asbestos@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s usually an IoT (Internet of Things) term that signifies that something runs on the end device. These are hardware constrained devices that would otherwise just send their data somewhere else to be processed, but in this case they’re doing the processing.

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• papertowels@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  It’s referring to edge computing, and can be thought of as essentially saying “self hosting”.

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• ThePantser@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Article sounds AI written to me.

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• dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I can tell you for sure they probably don’t mean this, but it was still my first thought.

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• dai@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Devices like Intel MyriadX inside of a camera would be considered edge devices in this application.

  github.com/luxonis/…/OAK-D-Pro_Datasheet.pdf

  I’ve got an original OakD camera but haven’t tried to use it yet, was a gift at a convention a few years back. Pretty interesting device overall.

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• ikidd@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yes. Kind of implying you’d be able to run it on a reverse proxy without undue security considerations.

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