Circle Medical is "Uber for doctors". That's going to be interesting.<p>The tea-making robot seems to come with overoptimistic numbers.<p>The sandwich-making robot is a good idea, but it will need a complete redesign to make it cleanable. All stainless and Teflon, no food trap points, machine-washable, steam-cleanable. Whether it's cost effective is another issue. That idea has been tried many times. Here's AMFare, from American Machine and Foundry, in 1964.[1] That system worked quite well, but needed a constantly busy fast food outlet to justify the expense.<p>Then there's the version for the 1%[2].<p>[1] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmXLqImT1wE" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmXLqImT1wE</a>
[2] <a href="http://factor-tech.com/robotics/17437-robot-chef-that-can-cook-any-of-2000-meals-at-tap-of-a-button-to-go-on-sale-in-2017/" rel="nofollow">http://factor-tech.com/robotics/17437-robot-chef-that-can-co...</a>
Perhaps I am nit-picking but....<p>ROSS "is a digital legal expert" that managed not to attribute its landing page's photo legally.<p>The photo is from here: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stuttgart_Bibliothek_amk.jpg?uselang=en" rel="nofollow">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stuttgart_Bibliothek...</a><p>And according to the licence (<a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/" rel="nofollow">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/</a>), attribution credit as well as link to the cc license should be provided.<p>I think the idea is very cool by the way -- just trying to help!
For those interested, here are the Summer 2015 startups ranked on Product Hunt: <a href="http://www.producthunt.com/e/y-combinator-summer-15" rel="nofollow">http://www.producthunt.com/e/y-combinator-summer-15</a>
If you'd like to see how many of the startups in the current YC batch have evolved over time, I have created a special collection on the S15 group of companies (using content from the Internet Archive):<p><a href="http://www.startuptimelines.org/collections/ycombinator_summer_2015_batch_s15/" rel="nofollow">http://www.startuptimelines.org/collections/ycombinator_summ...</a><p>The companies I have personally found most surprising have been Wheely's Cafe, Nebia, L., Luna, and Scentbird [1] ... great to see YC supporting such unique kinds of companies.<p><a href="http://www.davidxgoliath.com/five-crazy-startups-from-the-current-yc-batch/" rel="nofollow">http://www.davidxgoliath.com/five-crazy-startups-from-the-cu...</a>
Congratulations to all of the startups who launched!!<p>A lot more health, bio, and food related startups in this batch.<p>Tea and sandwich making robots makes me think that one day YC will open its own automated coffeeshop or restaurant. Theoretically lower operating costs, making the business much higher margin. Call9 and Circle Medical look very interesting in the medical space.<p>And of course, gotta cheer for onboardiq. Their users really love them. They're bringing on clients so quickly and are some of the hardest and smartest workers I've met.
I haven't heard of Circle Medical before, but one thing that might be really useful is if they were to "contract" out. Hear me out here :D<p>There's a big shift moving "risk" to the provider. As a result there's a big focus on not only metrics, but also "care management". I used to work for a company that did metrics, and would look for high cost patients that had "opportunities" for cost savings. Their cases would be transferred to a care management team who would then on a case by case basis investigate ways to help the patient.<p>From what I've heard a lot of times, the patient would become more expensive because they skipped simple follow up visits due to an issue just getting to the office.<p>This might be a really easy way to get a patient the followup they need.
I really like the sandwich maker. That seems like one of those quiet billionaire makers.<p>Also the shower-head looks neat, but not at $300. and why the hell are they even thinking about an electronic version?
>The garden consists of “smart capsules” that contain seeds, nutrients and soil that’s geared toward the specific plant. (It’s kind of like a Keurig capsule, but for plants.)<p>REALLY?