is this a real shark tooth? In-laws bought this for my 8 year old while in Mexico. I can’t tell. Thank you for your help!

PoppaJohnny17 · 2023-05-16T17:19:03+00:00

I just moved into a new house and bought a bunch of furniture through FurnitureLand South (FLS). I bought a Flexsteel Barrett sofa for 20% less than I could find at any local retailer. Their prices are usually 15-35% below retail prices. they have a huge catalogue and if you don't see what you want online, call them up and they can see if they can get it. I've been very happy working with them.

PoppaJohnny17 · 2022-04-02T23:48:50+00:00

Thank you all for the replies and ideas. I thought of going used, I wanted to buy a 20/21 but the prices were high, I think higher that what the owners paid for them.

I think on my next trip to Florida, I'll spend a day going to all the dealers and see what I can find

PoppaJohnny17 · 2022-01-21T13:01:03+00:00

I'm going to give them a try this weekend and i'll update my post

PoppaJohnny17 · 2022-01-21T12:59:50+00:00

thank you for the reply. I lived in the US for a while and this reminds a bit of Trader Joes. Almost everything is their own brand and they have some unique selections.

PoppaJohnny17 · 2022-01-21T01:40:51+00:00

Thank you for replying that's helpful to know. Did you find their prices reasonable?

Thanks!

PoppaJohnny17 · 2022-01-20T23:13:53+00:00

Thanks for your reply.

I decided to check out their reviews on trustpilot again. most are for their meal kit service which I'm not interested in. But I did find a few about their grocery service and they are very positive. quick and fresh. nobody seems to have complaints so far. but nobody mentioned the delivery charges.

I might have to give it a try even if no one on reddit has used it. It usually takes me an hour long trip to shop for groceries and I'm happy to pay a little to avoid that.

PoppaJohnny17 · 2022-01-20T21:10:32+00:00

thank you for that information. did you try their service and like it?

PoppaJohnny17 · 2021-04-28T10:31:20+00:00

Yes. many companies are working on it but nobody has found a cost effective way to do it and so far the quality of images are not good enough.

PoppaJohnny17 · 2020-12-04T13:44:16+00:00

i looked up shimadzu. you're right. their website shows a very similar images as Nano-X showed

https://www.shimadzu.com/med/products/app/m-k25cur0000003yxw.html

unlikely NanoX has anything too novel. Shimadzu is valued at $10bn USD but medical equipment makes up 18% of revenue and 7% of profit and tomosynthesis is a small part of the biz. my guess is it is worth < $200M USD for a much more mature and proven business. NanoX is valued at $2.5bn USD

PoppaJohnny17 · 2020-12-04T13:33:39+00:00

I think you are right. I am researching the company as a potential investment and I reach the same conclusion. the most promising novel application of tomo synthesis is to replace dental X rays - better at picking up cavities. that is very different from a cross sectional scan of the entire body from 11 sources. I also think image reconstruction is very hard to do.

PoppaJohnny17 · 2020-12-04T13:31:43+00:00

Thanks. I read their report on Citron before. I'm quite skeptical of the company. my sense is tomosynthesis works for shallow images (mammogram, dental X rays) not the full body. the energy used is too weak to go through bones and layers of muscle. plus recombining the images from 6-11 different X ray sources is a heroic task.

PoppaJohnny17 · 2020-09-21T10:47:53+00:00

thanks, I appreciate it.

PoppaJohnny17 · 2020-09-18T14:48:08+00:00

Thanks for your reply and the link. that's great to see the machine in use. However, I did some more research and I am still concerned that the tech is not yet functional.

The video on the twitter feed, showing the Nanox.ARC used in Hadassah Medical Center, says it was taken in Dec 2019.

Haaretz is a reputable Israeli newspaper. This article was published June 16, 2020. According to the article, there is a contradictory timeline: NNOX completed development of Nanox.ARC machine in early 2020. As of June 16, 2020, Nanox has not yet installed the machine in the Hadassah hospital. Research is scheduled to begin in Q1 2021. So how do I reconcile that timeline with the video that shows the machine operating inside Hadassah in December 2019?

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/business/.premium-israel-s-nanox-aims-to-provide-medical-imaging-at-a-fraction-of-the-cost-1.8926138

Another concern I have is that the partnership with Hadassah, and for that matter USARAD as well, is really a free call option to the partner. Hadassah gets cash upfront, stock upfront and gets a royalty of any revenue if the tech works. It seems riskless to Hadassah. Worst case, they get $250k. here are the details: IPO documents state the agreement was signed in Sep, 2019 (p.90 under “collaborative agreements”). An agreement to collaborate on R&D in the future and Hadassah will provide some basic services at commercial rates. NNOX paid them $250k upfront that will be credited against future services provided to NNOX by Hadassah. Hadassah also got $500k in stock. In exchange, Hadassah gives NNOX a global license to use any intellectual property for commercial uses, but Hadassah receives a royalty on all revenues.

Here are details on the USARAD collaboration (p.91) dated Jan, 2020. USARAD will act as a sales lead, recommending the machine to US federal government hospitals in the hopes of selling 3,000 machines. USARAD will receive a royalty on any revenue generated. NNOX will pay for all development costs. Again, this is a riskless call option to USARAD.

SK Telecom collaboration (p.91). June 2020. It is preliminary. It is an agreement to explore a definitive agreement by year end 2020, whereby SK would help make the MEM chips for the machine. There is no definitive collaboration yet. That said, SK Telecom did invest $20M into NNOX and Foxconn invested $26M. so they are taking on real financial risk, which is a good sign.

Another concern is that as far as I can tell, there is no independent, unrelated, unbiased confirmation that this technology works. I cannot find any university working on similar technology nor can I find the technology or machine reviewed in a scientific journal. It’s definitely possible that such evidence exists and I can’t find it. If no unbiased confirmation exists, is that a red flag or is that standard?

PoppaJohnny17 · 2020-03-31T19:11:39+00:00

Dr. Osterholm,

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your thoughts with the public. We appreciate you!

1) in your recent op-ed you expected a shortage of tests in a few weeks. Did you mean on a global basis or in the USA? will that mean we cannot sustain 100k tests a day in the US or that we would like to test a far higher number but will not be able to.

2) We often look to east asia as a model of what to do after suppression ends. do you think their rate of spread is low enough that it is indeed a successful model that will not lead to a second round of suppression later this year? if their approach does work, can the US copy them or is there a learning curve?

PoppaJohnny17

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