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Re:Durr: A shivering unisex bracelet that investigates our p... by wyclif on Friday January 03, 2014 @03:33PM (#7007901)
Apples and oranges comparison: this is not a watch in the traditional sense. It's more analogous to a timer. In any case, it's a completely new product which means there probably aren't many efficiencies of manufacturing like there would be with watches.
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Re:Durr: A shivering unisex bracelet that investigates our p... by alphard on Friday January 03, 2014 @03:36PM (#7007924)
With the same money you can buy a Pebble, and I'm sure that someone could easily write a Pebble app that vibrates every 5 minutes.
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Re:Durr: A shivering unisex bracelet that investigates our p... by nazgulnarsil on Friday January 03, 2014 @03:43PM (#7007978)
I have not been able to find a good solution to having a personal vibrating timer with me. Requirements: Easy to set so no frictional cost to starting a pomodoro for instance. Does not beep. Keeps vibrating until silenced rather than vibrating once and then stopping (I don't notice these).
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Re:Durr: A shivering unisex bracelet that investigates our p... by graue on Friday January 03, 2014 @06:07PM (#7008894)
Pebble has a timer app that meets all your requirements. I use it for pomodoros, laundry, steeping tea, cooking rice, etc. Unbelievably handy.
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Re:Durr: A shivering unisex bracelet that investigates our p... by nazgulnarsil on Saturday January 04, 2014 @12:13AM (#7010045)
I think that pushes me over the edge on pebble. Thanks!
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Re:Durr: A shivering unisex bracelet that investigates our p... by trebor on Friday January 03, 2014 @03:45PM (#7007987)
Sorry, but the price I "specced out" was with the modules from Adafruit. If you actually made a custom PCB, etc, you could easily hit the $50 mark with only 10s of units, in my opinion. Especially since the processor is unimportant: there are no complex calculations to perform.
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