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Hi! Our patent covers the ability to communicate from wearable to wearable using BLE. I hope that he fact that we're completely open source, from hardware to firmware to software, encourages others to share. As far as advertising, I get that. Feedback received. Thanks.
That shouldn't be patentable. Bluetooth's entire purpose is to serve as a means for devices to communicate.
As a proud dad of 3 incredible girls, I am very glad this product exists. I understand the argument that it would be great to not have gendered products at all meaning kids could choose what they want without any outside influence. Unfortunately, we don't live in that world yet (and it could be a while off) In the meantime, I can now buy a product that: 1. Encourages my girls to get into STEM. 2. Is not a hard sell.…
There's nothing worng with liking girly stuff and being into STEM. I'm a pretty "masculine" (for a lack of better expression) guy who likes a fair amount of girly stuff. My best friend is a girly girl who's in STEM and she's brilliant at her job. If your girls want to be girly, there's nothing wrong with it! I don't understand the recent "trend" of people being against girly girls or or boyish boys. People will choos…
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I think this is where we disagree a little. I don't think most coding toys actually are mostly aimed at boys. How would that even work? Do they require a Y chromosome to operate or something? They're just marketed to boys (and parents of boys), and parents and children alike buy in. The toy market today is highly segregated in marketing to boys vs girls, and toys that were not specifically "gendered" in the past are…
Far be it for me to be prescriptive about what girls and boys should like. Truly, we think of ourselves as more "feminine" in design. Some boys like things that are feminine, there are many people that identify as feminine. We are here to change the number of coders that identify as female. In order to do that, we talked to a lot (over 200!) of kids that identify as female and built what they asked us to build. You c…
Just look at the early days of computers, it was a womans job :-)
Congratulations on launch and I really, really want you guys to succeed. However, the copy below is a little off-putting. >Jewelbots patent pending bluetooth connection takes friendship to the next level by responding to your besties whenever you are together. a) What's the patentable invention here? If it's a programmable watch or something like that, I'd be very scared. b) Your target audience should be encouraged…
Hi! Our patent covers the ability to communicate from wearable to wearable using BLE. I hope that he fact that we're completely open source, from hardware to firmware to software, encourages others to share. As far as advertising, I get that. Feedback received. Thanks.
What?? So you took an open standard (BLE) others have made available for you that is designed for such applications in mind, stuffed it into generic item (bracelet) and want to patent it? So if I wanted to make BLE connected socks I owe you royalty? Sorry, but in such case, I sincerely hope your patent will be thwarted.
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Goldieblox does the same thing. Everything is stereotypically girly. You have to assume they did some research and that's what girls want.
> You have to assume they did some research and that's what girls want. Or they did some research and that's what potential members of the target audience who aren't already buying into existing products of the same type aside from consideration of the gender-orientation of marketing want. That those people are largely girls is, well, kind of beside the point: why compete in a crowded market when by marketing in a pa…
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I think this is where we disagree a little. I don't think most coding toys actually are mostly aimed at boys. How would that even work? Do they require a Y chromosome to operate or something? They're just marketed to boys (and parents of boys), and parents and children alike buy in. The toy market today is highly segregated in marketing to boys vs girls, and toys that were not specifically "gendered" in the past are…
I think you're both actually agreeing. The other coding toys are marketed towards boys ("aimed at boys"). That means that it's less likely for girls to get exposed to them overall, because media aimed at them is different, teacher's behavior towards them is different, even their own parents' behavior towards them is different. I get that marketing "for girls" might give credence to the "for boys" marketing... but if…
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How do you know the teacher is wrong based on science? Do you have citations? "Boys and girls are wired differently" seems like an eminently plausible statement -- it applies to the rest of our bodies, so why not to our brains? I don't think it can be rejected out of hand without a solid argument (or reputable studies) to the contrary.
It's so vague as to be unfalsifiable, and therefore an unscientific claim. By the same reasoning, it's plausible that our brains are powered by yet undiscovered magic. The teacher made a nonsense, and unscientific claim. Do you have citations to back up your "argument", or are you just trolling?
[1] https://www.gearbest.com/smart-watch-phone/pp_507114.html