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If you could automate one part of your design workflow, what would it be? We are asking e14 in our Join, Share & Win Competition

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Last month, we asked you about your project disaster What was your biggest project Disaster? We are asking e14 in our Join, Share & Win Competition  

This month, we want to know if you could automate one part of your design workflow. What would it be?


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If you could automate one part of your design workflow, what would it be?

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Share with us your best (hopefully lighthearted) watercooler story of a design workflow that, if automated, would genuinely change your game.

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  • I regularly create open-source projects and dedicate time to working on them almost every day. I share my work on online communities such as element14, Hackster, and Instructables. To document a project properly, having clear, well-composed, and high-quality images is essential. I frequently take photos of my work in progress, such as breadboard connections and soldering steps. However, since most of these tasks require both of my hands, capturing photos during crucial moments often becomes quite challenging. An automatic photo-capturing system that can detect and capture important moments during my work would be extremely useful. It would not only make documentation easier but also greatly enhance the overall quality and completeness of my project records.

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  • I regularly create open-source projects and dedicate time to working on them almost every day. I share my work on online communities such as element14, Hackster, and Instructables. To document a project properly, having clear, well-composed, and high-quality images is essential. I frequently take photos of my work in progress, such as breadboard connections and soldering steps. However, since most of these tasks require both of my hands, capturing photos during crucial moments often becomes quite challenging. An automatic photo-capturing system that can detect and capture important moments during my work would be extremely useful. It would not only make documentation easier but also greatly enhance the overall quality and completeness of my project records.

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  • in reply to taifur

    It would definitely be useful if it could be done well. The newer smart glasses with built-in camera are getting to a decent level of capability and even the price is coming down.

  • in reply to dougw

    Perhaps take a look at some of the security camera systems. They record multiple HD cameras continuously (or via schedule) to a network video recorder which then overwrites after a month or so depending on capacity. Within that time you can then go back and mark out anything that you want to keep for publishing and export it.

    We have one such system installed here in the medical school for training purposes. It records activity at multiple beds and can also record instrumentation that has a HDMI / HD-SDI output.

  • in reply to taifur

    Here, I have an overhead camera/phone holder that gives a zenithal view of the working area. I found that filming the entire work session and taking still images from the video worked fine for me.
    Another option would be to use a photo application that has voice recognition to trigger picture taking when it recognizes a keyword like "snap" which I believe exists for Android.