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Okay. Sure. But they'd better not cut corners in the security of the handshaking and integration or someone's going to be able to hack your pants and make them buzz forever.
The video gives a lot more detail than the website: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9ADVeNpypk No clue how to pronouce Jacquard btw. :(
If you type a single word into Google, it gives the definition and pronunciation. /ˈjakərd/ https://ssl.gstatic.com/dictionary/static/sounds/20160317/ja...
This may be the worst, least informative technology website I've ever seen – and that is a high (low?) bar. It fails the "what is it?" test with spectacular aplomb. And never have I learned less from a "learn more" page. “Music should keep you moving, not make you look at your phone.” Um, yeah, ok, thanks for that helpful information.
Isn't cycling/driving with earphone plugged dangerous? I've tried it, and I couldn't hear the ambience sounds surrounding me.
Ironically, this mostly depends on you. If you lose the sense of vehicles and people around you, your music/navigation is up too high. Even with the best isolating headphones (around 25db; most non-IEM models offer much less isolation), you can still hear ambiant noises (unless your hearing is damaged to the point where isolating headphones do make you deaf). And with the standard set of Apple style headphones, they…
So the answer is, "yes." Not, "It depends on if you have ESP."
That said, some noise cancelling headphones offer modes that specifically let road noise through, and folks have hacked them to improve directionality of weak sound signals, and amplify voices. The Parrot Zik firmware comes stock with a 'street' mode.
It's entirely possible to have these systems function as hearing aides. MIT lab folks have demoed small wide-angle optical object detection that's then translated to directional feedback in a haptic belt.
A: Sorry, I forgot my jacket
C: Oh, we have some convenience nike bio-gloves if you want ...
A: Not biosynced to me.
C: Oh. Uhmm ... face scan?
A: I'm not American, I'm not in your DB.
C: Bitcoin?
D: No jacket.
C: What do we do then?
D: Do you take cash young robot?
C: You mean like paper? No, it's 2040. Paper cash is unhygienic.
D: So no coffee?
C: I guess not. Sorry. Next.
Why get this denim jacket when you can get an iPhone and an Apple Watch? Jacquard only puts limits on you as it's stuck on that specific denim jacket. Apple Watch on the other hand works with any jacket. You don't even need a jacket with Apple watch, you can wear whatever you want, whenever you want, and it would still work compared to Jacquard which wouldn't.
Indie folks have been doing this for years, and it's getting quite small. Interested parties are both homebrew hackers and folks working at improving the lives of sensory impairment.
Watching the YT video, is this just a denim jacket with a touch sensor on the sleeve cuff?
C: That'll be $9.99 A: Sorry, I forgot my jacket C: Oh, we have some convenience nike bio-gloves if you want ... A: Not biosynced to me. C: Oh. Uhmm ... face scan? A: I'm not American, I'm not in your DB. C: Bitcoin? D: No jacket. C: What do we do then? D: Do you take cash young robot? C: You mean like paper? No, it's 2040. Paper cash is unhygienic. D: So no coffee? C: I guess not. Sorry. Next.
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Ironically, this mostly depends on you. If you lose the sense of vehicles and people around you, your music/navigation is up too high. Even with the best isolating headphones (around 25db; most non-IEM models offer much less isolation), you can still hear ambiant noises (unless your hearing is damaged to the point where isolating headphones do make you deaf). And with the standard set of Apple style headphones, they…
> Even with the best isolating headphones (25dB) Etymotic ER-4's are 35-42 dB; I've put mine in and not heard the bus zooming through the crossing I was about to stroll across…
ER4-XR's for me.