A smartwatch for vision impaired, advertised a website without a lot of accessibility provisions (not to mention the scrolljacking and "are you sure you want to leave" onexit hooks).
What a world we live in.
Dot Watch – A braille and tactile smartwatch
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#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have been working for the past 7 years with a blind programmer. With a "tactile" watch, he can quickly know what time is it without minimal interaction with the hardware (open the lid, touch the watch, close the lid) and without disturbing the current course of action with other people. The same way you quickly check your watch. What I see as really good if it can hit the market at that price is that it will help p…
Wouldn't that be better served by a notch on the ring that rotates as time goes? An inner ring could do minutes and small/large bumps can help identify the time down to the closest 5 minute increment The machinery to translate scalar time into discrete bump movement is going to be complicate, fragile and costly, while rotating a ring instead of the single arms is feasible, has been done already and only need tactile…
There is a second ring on the watch the runs along the edge. If you look at the 2 o'clock position you'll see the second ball.
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#43A smartwatch for vision impaired, advertised a website without a lot of accessibility provisions (not to mention the scrolljacking and "are you sure you want to leave" onexit hooks). What a world we live in.
Sadly, I came to say this too. Looks more like a kickstarter gauging interest (with the crappy google form for "pre order") than an actual existing product.
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#44Finally a smartwatch that makes sense!
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>essentially guaranteed any sentient biological The evolutionary pressure toward radar or at least sonar is pretty fucking big too (huge benefit) so where's mine?
You have eyes + aren't active while finding food/avoiding predators in an environment with limited visibility & great sound conduction.
alright, what about nocturnal animals with huge sensitive eyes ? or why not evolve searchlights or even lasers ?
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#46Their team doesn't look too diverse to me. Not a good culture fit for silicon valley.
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#47How are the "pixels" turned on and off, technically? Is it done by a small magnetic coil? Or by electrostatic means? Or otherwise? Does a non-switching pixel require a current?
It could work like the tip of a clicky pen, which doesn't require energy to maintain state.
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
also the medium in which we primarily exist (i.e air). If we existed in water, or in soil, then the collection and classification of light would not be as important.
I think the vast amount of seeing marine creatures is a massive counterexample. Evolutionary biologists think that the ability to detect any photons grants an advantage: in environments where there is light, eyes evolve, even when the light is dim. It's only in completely lightless environments that eyes no longer provide an advantage (i.e. abyssal plain or caves).
Agreed, the sea creatures have evolved to capture even more light. I'm only guessing, but I would think the pressure and temperature sensors on fish would be more important than sight?
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#49Please don't share sites like this. This is a common theme. People advertise "revolutionary products" for blind people, whithout actually explaining what kind of microactuators they use. I am 99% sure this is a fake non-invention that does not exist.
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#50Their team doesn't look too diverse to me. Not a good culture fit for silicon valley.
It's a good thing they're based in South Korea then.