E-Ink Watch #WearableWednesday

e-ink-watch-parts

New project by Central Standard Timing released at CES (has already reached their fundraising goal):

The CST-01 is assembled by laminating thin, flexible components into a 0.5mm pocket etched into a single piece of flexible stainless steel.  In order to make the watch as thin and minimal as possible, there are no buttons or knobs on the watch itself.  Charging and setting the time is done on the included base station, and for those outside the US who prefer a 24 hour time format, this is also user selectable from the base station.

via Core77

Filed under: clocks & watches,wearables — Tags: , — by Becky Stern, posted January 16, 2013 at 12:01 am


TIMESQUARE Display Hack

Quick legibility hack for the Adafruit TIMESQUARE DIY watch kit: a couple layers of Kapton tape applied to the watch face make it less prone to washing out under bright light. The tape’s color is similar enough to the red LEDs that they shine through with little difficulty, while most ambient light is blocked.

Rubylith film (from a decent old-school art supply store) would probably work as well, if not better. But electronics types might already have the Kapton tape around.

(Sorry, doesn’t help you read binary.)



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