Depends on the conference - some do. We do use that approach. One of our wifi problems turned out to be… this is embarrassing… someone forgot to screw in the antennas after removing them for shipping.
Sigh.
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Looks like you guys need a few of them “check the obvious things” signs 
I spend 2 hours over Christmas trying to debug a driver issue and then noticing the USB cable wasn’t plugged in all the way (computer recognized something was there…but that was about it…drove me nuts).
Priceless. The other night in the hospital the patient wristband printer wasn’t working. So the nurses were running to another floor to print them. I figured, it can’t be that hard to solve this (as both a doc and IT). I asked “is it plugged in?” and was assured yes. The printer’s power cord was plugged in, and the cord went into an outlet, but nobody looked behind the file cabinet. The brick on the cord has an IEC plug in the middle, which someone in moving the file cabinet had disconnected slightly. Needless to say 50+ patient wrist bands spewed out, and I raised nursing productivity overnight by 10%…
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Before y’all start duct-taping WiFi routers to the side of your GF, I suggest running a test of the anticipated signal strength and interference where the GF will be located. The most common issue I’ve observed, is most WiFi routers are put into service with the default channels of 6 or 11. While your home router on the same channel will likely win due to its higher signal strength, sometimes subtle environmental changes can tilt the balance of power. Simply changing to a clear(er) channel can have a transformative effect, without having to purchase any new hardware.
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I’ve read elsewhere, about trade show demos of the GF where ambient light (aka the sun) interfered with camera system in the GF. So, two questions:
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Is it true that sunlight and/or other sources of bright light landing inside the cutting chamber will disrupt the vision system?
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If yes to #1, does the GF need to be placed away from any windows that face the sun?
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IF that were the case (which I have no idea about) you can always just put a piece of paper over the lid…
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Perhaps a tinted glass door for the next iteration.
Not sure how it will work for the GlowForge but I use the smaller HooToo when I am traveling and love it! They are super cheep and work really well for a little traveling router. You et you can connect several devices to it which is great for hotel stays where they want to charge you per device. You can also stream content from it since you can plug in a USB stick with docs, movies and images.
We haven’t written the ambient light calibration software yet, so at the moment every Glowforge is hard coded for a typical indoor environment.
I wouldn’t worry about it.
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Sadly I missed the CES conference this year… Will you guys be at any other showings/conferences in the near future?
It too bad that the “biggest crowdfunding campaign in history” isnt true anymore.
…darn Tesla people
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Which one beat them?
Also, I just found this list https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest_funded_crowdfunding_projects
Shouldn’t Glowforge be on this?
Glowforge and Tesla should both be on the list. @nick07lee was referring to the Tesla Model 3, which is $1,000 to hold a pre-order and has passed 400,000 orders.
We need a second vehicle. I REALLY want the Tesla 3. But buying a vehicle which will be here in the next 2-4 years doesn’t exactly fill the second vehicle requirement I have now…
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Depending on what their production line is like, with that many pre-orders you can get a used second car now and be in line for the Model 3 around the time the car you get now is ready to quit.
You could take a look at Elio Motors. And I’m not just plugging them because I bought there stock. 
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You mean sorta like like buying a laser cutter which isn’t here fulfilling your current cutting needs? 
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I don’t think @jacobturner has many cutting needs that need to be filled like the rest of us lol
It’s getting desperate I tell yas!
Exactly.
We were talking at work how they basically managed to get a half billion dollar loan at 0% interest. A pretty slick business plan if you ask me.
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