Wasabi Fire Alarm Alerts the Deaf with the Power of Scent

Re:Wasabi Fire Alarm Alerts the Deaf with the Power of Scent by phreeza on Friday July 28, 2017 @11:15AM (#14874827)

Deaf people must have alarm clocks of some sort, why not piggyback off those?

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Re:Wasabi Fire Alarm Alerts the Deaf with the Power of Scent by tyingq on Friday July 28, 2017 @11:18AM (#14874842)

Searching Google shows most of the alarm clocks for deaf people have a tethered vibrating pad you put in bed next to you.

Sounds like an actual use case for iot. Some kind of standard protocol so different things can trigger the pad...phone, alarm clock, smoke detectors, etc.

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Re:Wasabi Fire Alarm Alerts the Deaf with the Power of Scent by LeoPanthera on Friday July 28, 2017 @12:01PM (#14875222)

I'm not deaf but I do routinely sleep wearing ear plugs. I currently use an Apple Watch as an alarm - it vibrates while the alarm is going off.

Before that I used to wear a Casio watch with the same vibrating alarm feature.

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Re:Wasabi Fire Alarm Alerts the Deaf with the Power of Scent by DigitalJack on Friday July 28, 2017 @08:04PM (#14878606)

When do you charge your watch?

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