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title: "About"
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Howl121 provides data focused reviews related to low cost robotics and drones.
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## Problem
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### For Hardware
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When we're picking out components to build a new robot, we need to understand the
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performance of those components so we can make sure they fit our needs.
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Professional grade equipment provides all of the information we need in datasheets,
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but professional grade equipment is commonly too expensive for student projects, DIYers,
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or individuals building small one off prototypes
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These individuals rely on much cheaper components which sometimes don't provide any specs,
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and when the specs are provided, are of questionable trustworthiness.
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This makes it hard to do actual design work before we have to make a purchase.
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### For software
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A lot of reviews of new software related to robotics and Open Source are based on the reviewer
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reading the initial announcement from the producer and then going through the initial tutorial
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provided in the software's documentation.
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While reviews from this little of information can be useful, it's not enough to make good
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engineering decsions from.
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## The Solution
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Howl121 performs reviews of both hardware and software related to low cost robotics and drones,
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with a focus on providing and collecting useful data to allow for data driven engineering
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decisions.
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For every component we review, we commit to providing information on the methodologies
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we used to collect the information we're presenting with enough detail
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that you can draw your own conclusions on the validity of the data we're presenting.
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## Want to work with us?
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We're very open on suggestions on what components to review or what additional
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information people on interested in for a component.
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Feel free to contact James at james@how121.com with suggestions or any other inquiries. |