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Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code

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Re: Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code

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Post by sarajo »

mixologic wrote: post #29
daveguy wrote: post #25

This would be a lot better if it was priced closer to cost. $70 is excessive for an a few RGB LEDs, microcontroller and a buzz motor. These things can't cost more than $10 to manufacture even at low scale. You have to buy at least 2 for it to be interesting they should sell them for $20-$40 each. Maybe the pricing will come down as they get orders. Very cool concept though. I hope they have some patents on it or they…

Maybe it changed since you posted this, but 129$ for a three pack sounds like a decent price, and pretty close to what you're saying. That being said, however, I think they should figure out a way to get the multi packs able to be purchased by multiple groups of parents. This looks like great fun for a group, and sad on its own, but parents probably don't want to buy expensive-ish toys for their kids friends. Then ag…

Yes! I love this idea and we are working on something similar currently.

Re: Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code

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Post by [deleted] »

untog wrote: post #15
kdamken wrote: post #8

Holy moly that website does a bad job of describing what they actually do. Apparently you can program the lights and vibrations? I looked up a YouTube video, apparently they can be programmed for notifications from your phone? Marketing team really dropped the ball on this one.

I disagree. "When Nyla got Jewelbots for her birthday she gave the second one to Wenhao, a girl in her class." "Nyla and Wenhao's Jewelbots light up blue when they are together (Blue is Wenhao's favorite color)" "They make a secret language just for their Jewelbots. Sending one buzz means "look behind you!"." "Using the power of STEM, Nyla and her friends make games and custom friend animations by writing code and up…

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Re: Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code

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Post by sarajo »

KGIII wrote: post #27
kdamken wrote: post #8

Holy moly that website does a bad job of describing what they actually do. Apparently you can program the lights and vibrations? I looked up a YouTube video, apparently they can be programmed for notifications from your phone? Marketing team really dropped the ball on this one.

What they will do is make the nearly inevitable drama of teen girl lives more expensive as the devices are discarded as rapidly as BFFs and boyfriends. The drama in a young teen's life seems to know no limits. It's all very important to them, at least for the moment. As a parent, you're sort of obligated to take it Very Seriously. These are just one more thing to be taken Very Seriously. I do find it amusing that mar…

Hi! I hope we don't get discarded! We're a new product, so we don't yet have too much data about retention. We do know that 44% of our users code their Jewelbots using C++, many as first time coders! We also are about to ship our 10,000th unit. That makes over 4,000 new coders in the world (many younger than 10 years old)!

Re: Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code

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Post by KGIII »

sarajo wrote: post #34
KGIII wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What they will do is make the nearly inevitable drama of teen girl lives more expensive as the devices are discarded as rapidly as BFFs and boyfriends. The drama in a young teen's life seems to know no limits. It's all very important to them, at least for the moment. As a parent, you're sort of obligated to take it Very Seriously. These are just one more thing to be taken Very Seriously. I do find it amusing that mar…

Hi! I hope we don't get discarded! We're a new product, so we don't yet have too much data about retention. We do know that 44% of our users code their Jewelbots using C++, many as first time coders! We also are about to ship our 10,000th unit. That makes over 4,000 new coders in the world (many younger than 10 years old)!

I'd hope so too, but such seemed the way of my daughter and her friends when they were in that age bracket. Friendships were tossed aside at the slightest of reasons. It was a lot of drama.

While probably sexist to note this, my son and his friends didn't seem to have nearly the same drama. I'm not sure what the difference is but it certainly was both real and notable. I'm also sure it isn't universal.

Re: Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code

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Post by apsec112 »

KGIII wrote: post #27
kdamken wrote: post #8

Holy moly that website does a bad job of describing what they actually do. Apparently you can program the lights and vibrations? I looked up a YouTube video, apparently they can be programmed for notifications from your phone? Marketing team really dropped the ball on this one.

What they will do is make the nearly inevitable drama of teen girl lives more expensive as the devices are discarded as rapidly as BFFs and boyfriends. The drama in a young teen's life seems to know no limits. It's all very important to them, at least for the moment. As a parent, you're sort of obligated to take it Very Seriously. These are just one more thing to be taken Very Seriously. I do find it amusing that mar…

Starting lots of drama, and taking apparently silly things Very Seriously, is hardly unique to teenagers. At least petty teenage drama doesn't bankrupt whole companies, as I've seen happen multiple times with petty adult drama.

Re: Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code

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Post by KGIII »

apsec112 wrote: post #36
KGIII wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What they will do is make the nearly inevitable drama of teen girl lives more expensive as the devices are discarded as rapidly as BFFs and boyfriends. The drama in a young teen's life seems to know no limits. It's all very important to them, at least for the moment. As a parent, you're sort of obligated to take it Very Seriously. These are just one more thing to be taken Very Seriously. I do find it amusing that mar…

Starting lots of drama, and taking apparently silly things Very Seriously, is hardly unique to teenagers. At least petty teenage drama doesn't bankrupt whole companies, as I've seen happen multiple times with petty adult drama.

Some people do not mature very much, true.

Re: Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code

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Post by asusBsus »

KGIII wrote: post #27
kdamken wrote: post #8

Holy moly that website does a bad job of describing what they actually do. Apparently you can program the lights and vibrations? I looked up a YouTube video, apparently they can be programmed for notifications from your phone? Marketing team really dropped the ball on this one.

What they will do is make the nearly inevitable drama of teen girl lives more expensive as the devices are discarded as rapidly as BFFs and boyfriends. The drama in a young teen's life seems to know no limits. It's all very important to them, at least for the moment. As a parent, you're sort of obligated to take it Very Seriously. These are just one more thing to be taken Very Seriously. I do find it amusing that mar…

"the nearly inevitable drama of teen girl lives more expensive as the devices are discarded as rapidly as BFFs and boyfriends."

This is an untrue stereotype. I would argue that this stereotype, teen girls are unnecessarily and overly dramatic, is one of the same stereotypes that dissuades girls from coding in the first place.

Re: Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code

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Post by penagwin »

asusBsus wrote: post #38
KGIII wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What they will do is make the nearly inevitable drama of teen girl lives more expensive as the devices are discarded as rapidly as BFFs and boyfriends. The drama in a young teen's life seems to know no limits. It's all very important to them, at least for the moment. As a parent, you're sort of obligated to take it Very Seriously. These are just one more thing to be taken Very Seriously. I do find it amusing that mar…

"the nearly inevitable drama of teen girl lives more expensive as the devices are discarded as rapidly as BFFs and boyfriends." This is an untrue stereotype. I would argue that this stereotype, teen girls are unnecessarily and overly dramatic, is one of the same stereotypes that dissuades girls from coding in the first place.

I'm not sure what you mean. Girls and guys in their young teen years (and older teen years) are both likely to fall in/out with other people. Both are very dramatic. While it could be confirmation bias, girls are more likely to "ignore each other", and other things that more permanently changes relationships.

If this is two bands that are interconnected that could get expensive.

Re: Jewelbots – A Friendship Bracelet You Can Code

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Post by sarajo »

pg_bot wrote: post #16

Anyone who is active in the NYC JS scene knows Sara Chipps, the CEO of Jewelbots. She has given a couple talks about what it takes to run a hardware startup, and has been a wonderful member of the community. I only wish her and co. the best of success with everything they have put together, the new version looks great!

This is so kind, thank you!!
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