That's pretty cool,
I plan to do something similar but with a cheap smartwatch, a lot o Chinese smartwatch are based on the same soc family, and usualy are pretty hackable.
Introducing the GoodWatch
41–50 of 74 posts
Re: Introducing the GoodWatch
#42This is one of those articles/projects where I really miss an established universal web-wide donation system. I just want to click a button on that page and send the author a few bucks as a Thank You for doing amazing things. (And no, a Paypal link is not an answer to this problem)
Why doesnt paypal work? All they need to list is an email address, it's the lowest amount of work.
It forces me to create an account with them (even though people say it doesn't), and has repugnant policies.
Re: Introducing the GoodWatch
#43This is one of those articles/projects where I really miss an established universal web-wide donation system. I just want to click a button on that page and send the author a few bucks as a Thank You for doing amazing things. (And no, a Paypal link is not an answer to this problem)
Why doesnt paypal work? All they need to list is an email address, it's the lowest amount of work.
The way Paypal works is pretty awesome but unfortunately the company is pretty shitty (at least in my experience).
Re: Introducing the GoodWatch
#44Re: Introducing the GoodWatch
#45This is one of those articles/projects where I really miss an established universal web-wide donation system. I just want to click a button on that page and send the author a few bucks as a Thank You for doing amazing things. (And no, a Paypal link is not an answer to this problem)
Why doesnt paypal work? All they need to list is an email address, it's the lowest amount of work.
PayPal is known for locking accounts that ask for donations.
Re: Introducing the GoodWatch
#46Awesome project. I'm surprised we don't see more msp430-based watch projects. Bonus points for ham radio functionality. I'd be all over this if I didn't hate wearing a watch.
Re: Introducing the GoodWatch
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
I was going to leave a snarky comment about "reverse engineered disassembler" but then accidentally saw the username. What do you mean by that?
I would assume he's referring to the MSP430 disassembler built into the watch so you can reverse engineer the watches hardware, as it says in the article.
That was awesome but that is a reverse engineering disassembler (a bit redundant when the GoodWatch guy wrote the code to begin with but ...).
A reverse engineered disassembler would be a disassembler that has been reverse engineered itself, which was not what the article said.
It confused me, too.
Re: Introducing the GoodWatch
#48This is one of those articles/projects where I really miss an established universal web-wide donation system. I just want to click a button on that page and send the author a few bucks as a Thank You for doing amazing things. (And no, a Paypal link is not an answer to this problem)
Honestly, that sounds like a problem for cryptocurrency. Lots of people just put their wallet address on things and you can send them money.
Re: Introducing the GoodWatch
#49Re: Introducing the GoodWatch
#50I am sooo jealous of this. What an amazing project. Yes it would be front page on Hackaday but pleased it appeared here because HN is all about (IMHO) inventive and creative technology and its possibilities and applications. These sort of projects illuminate for the rest of us on what might be possible. Has inspired me to break open the boxes of parts i have and build something that works (useful or not remains to be seen), just to explore the possible. By day i work on Enterprise software, but ive had more inspiration moments when working on IoT wireless stuff at home than ever had in meetings, workgroups, or sitting in an office.
To the author and creator, a huge thank you for the inspiration, education. Like one other poster mentioned i too would like a quick donate button for this. I do use for other projects because i think its important to acknowledge people who make stuff like this. Whether is code or hardware, or sometimes even just ideas on KS, give a few bucks if you can to share the fun and inspiration and reward others.