Why would anyone pay money to get interrupted every 5 minutes? I would pay money not to get interrupted every 5 minutes.
Durr: A shivering unisex bracelet that investigates our perception of 5 minutes
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Re: Durr: A shivering unisex bracelet that investigates our perception of 5 minutes
#52This reminds me of feelSpace[1]. It is a belt which has vibrating motors all around it and a compass. I believe the point is to give you an extra "sense" which after you have worn it enough you incorporate with your other senses. [1] - http://feelspace.cogsci.uni-osnabrueck.de/
There's an ankle version of that that you can buy as a kit: http://sensebridge.net/projects/northpaw/
(It does look kind of bulky though.)
Re: Durr: A shivering unisex bracelet that investigates our perception of 5 minutes
#53"Shivering unisex" must have done well in A/B testing.
Re: Durr: A shivering unisex bracelet that investigates our perception of 5 minutes
#54Check out TicTocTrac (http://www.tictoctrac.com/). Open source watch that monitors when you check the time, and lets you track time perception whenever you want (instead of buzzing you every 5 minutes, you tap to start the test and then tap when you think X minutes have elapsed). You can save the data and use the site to visualize it later. The BOM comes to about $55.
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#55Ugliest thing ever
Re: Durr: A shivering unisex bracelet that investigates our perception of 5 minutes
#56This reminds me of feelSpace[1]. It is a belt which has vibrating motors all around it and a compass. I believe the point is to give you an extra "sense" which after you have worn it enough you incorporate with your other senses. [1] - http://feelspace.cogsci.uni-osnabrueck.de/
That in turn reminds me of magnet implants which are an interesting (and a little odd) concept. http://www.iamdann.com/2012/03/21/my-magnet-implant-body-mod...
Doesn't work well in my 9.4 T MRI environment :)
Re: Durr: A shivering unisex bracelet that investigates our perception of 5 minutes
#57Anybody that wants one of these: this looks like it would be /trivially/ easy to build. An attiny85 and a vibration motor would do it. The only "hard" part would be fitting a battery in this form factor. Go to your local hackerspace during some open hours, and tell the hackers you want to build one of these. I bet they'll do it with you! (Hell: I'LL do it with you if you come down to heatsync labs [in Phoenix])
I was thinking that it would be easy to add this functionality to my pebble watch.
Re: Durr: A shivering unisex bracelet that investigates our perception of 5 minutes
#58Why would anyone pay money to get interrupted every 5 minutes? I would pay money not to get interrupted every 5 minutes.
Maybe you could use it for something, like a reminder to stop browsing internet sites and do some work :) There was a write recently of someone who got a ton more work done by hiring someone on craigslist to slap them in the face if they ever go off task, like spending a lot of time on facebook.
Re: Durr: A shivering unisex bracelet that investigates our perception of 5 minutes
#59This must be a gag, or the worst example of western opulence I could possibly think of.
Seriously, an electronic gadget made to disrupt your day every 5 minutes. I think this requires a better explanation of the purpose before I take it seriously. Right now all the marketing speak combined with the banality of this device makes me think it's the perfect april fools but a few months too soon.
Let's assume it's for real, why would you want to get reminded that 5 minutes have passed when you've lost yourself in a fun life moment? Or when you're waiting for something a long time, that would be even worse.
Re: Durr: A shivering unisex bracelet that investigates our perception of 5 minutes
#60Why would anyone pay money to get interrupted every 5 minutes? I would pay money not to get interrupted every 5 minutes.
Maybe you could use it for something, like a reminder to stop browsing internet sites and do some work :) There was a write recently of someone who got a ton more work done by hiring someone on craigslist to slap them in the face if they ever go off task, like spending a lot of time on facebook.
But they were getting slapped when they were distracted: not every 5 minutes whether they were focused or not.
I'm having a hard time imagining constant interruption being good for concentration.