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I have one... The battery life is currently OK but not great - something like 55 hours. But I think this can be improved with some firmware changes - and the firmware is open source.
are those batteries available anywhere, or just form them?
Wow, this article doesn't do it justice. Watchy is an open source hardware device that uses an e-ink display and has an ESP32 module builtin [0]. SQFMI, the creator of watchy, has a twitter account [1] which has some very nice screenshots [2] [3]. Even the CrowdSupply website has better pics of the device [4]. This is one of the few watches I've been sorely tempted to buy. [0] https://github.com/sqfmi/Watchy [1] http…
For those considering purchasing - as a Watchy owner - if you're looking for a polished smartwatch product that you can put on your wrist and not think about how it works - this isn't that product. It's still rough around the edges, uploading new watchfaces takes some work, phone notifications aren't implemented yet, no case, etc.
But if you're intrigued by the idea of hacking on ESP32s, WiFi, BLE and/or e-ink, as a wearable hackable dev device, Watchy can't be beat. It's a lot of fun. Think of it as a wifi/BLE-enabled Arduino on your wrist.
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>> My Seiko automatic Bah, a real curmudgeon would have said a £10 Casio quartz :-) I flick back and forth on this. The features i actually use on my Apple Watch: 1. it extends phone battery life[1] 2. I'm UK based but i work with colleagues across APAC & NA - in 3 of the corners of the "infograph" watch face i have NYC, Mumbai & HK times, it shows the city, the 24hr time & handily the offset - i use this all the tim…
Hey friend, I just wanted to let you know that I love your writing. I’ve got nothing of substance to add but you’ve got a great voice. Do you blog? If so, I’d love a link.
Very excited for something like this! I can think of a few fun projects to try that would be useful to me nearly everyday but are too trivial or niche for an Apple or a Samsung to ever spend time actually building. Some ideas off of the top of my head: - Vibrate a bunch and notify me on-screen if my usual commuter train is running late or cancelled (but only if I haven't left my house yet). Also the same, but in reve…
For the one-button touch to fake a phone call, add a 60-second delay before call happens and don’t touch your watch during that time, for maximum deniability.
Maybe I'm a curmudgeon, but I have subzero interest in smartwatches, even hackable or open source models. I want my watch to tell me the time, and I want it to do so 10, 20, and 30 years from now without having to fiddle with software. I love Linux. I cut my teeth on it in high school after one too many viruses on Windows XP made me bite the bullet and try debian. I love my Raspberry Pi. It went from retro-gaming con…
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> Apple Watch, Android Wear, Pebble, and now Watchy... All these devices will be e-waste in 30 years (most in less than 10). It is interesting, given the amount of environmental concerns people have over cow flatulates, plastic bags, straws, etc... that nobody seems concerned about these obviously short-lifetime hunks of non-biodegradable/non-recyclable plastics, rubber, silicone, rare earth metals, and worse. All th…
You can give your Apple Watch to Apple and they’ll recycle the parts for you. Besides, I don’t think it makes a lot of sense to compare the lifetime of an Apple Watch to that of a plastic straw.
The plastic straw doesn't require rare earth metals, anywhere near as much plastic, silicone and other materials. Besides, it's been shown time and time again, eWaste is largely a farce, with majority of components being sent directly to landfills.
Ounce per ounce, thousands of plastic straws are far better for the environment than a single Apple Watch.
Maybe I'm a curmudgeon, but I have subzero interest in smartwatches, even hackable or open source models. I want my watch to tell me the time, and I want it to do so 10, 20, and 30 years from now without having to fiddle with software. I love Linux. I cut my teeth on it in high school after one too many viruses on Windows XP made me bite the bullet and try debian. I love my Raspberry Pi. It went from retro-gaming con…
I used to be in your camp but then I got really fit and got into masochism through endurance sports. Now, I see a massive utility to smartwatches but my damned wrists are too small to wear any watch.
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I used to be in your camp but then I got really fit and got into masochism through endurance sports. Now, I see a massive utility to smartwatches but my damned wrists are too small to wear any watch.
I am literally "big boned" and have found a NATO strap is what you want for good a good, secure fit.
Maybe I'm a curmudgeon, but I have subzero interest in smartwatches, even hackable or open source models. I want my watch to tell me the time, and I want it to do so 10, 20, and 30 years from now without having to fiddle with software. I love Linux. I cut my teeth on it in high school after one too many viruses on Windows XP made me bite the bullet and try debian. I love my Raspberry Pi. It went from retro-gaming con…
Your Raspberry Pi will be e-waste in 30 years too...
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For the one-button touch to fake a phone call, add a 60-second delay before call happens and don’t touch your watch during that time, for maximum deniability.
There should be delay that is long enough that anyone would forget the rich, but it should also be "random". You'd want to avoid using it too often around observant people (one every two months, maybe). The watch touch and ringing won't give someone away but thier bad acting will.