Ready-to-Wear Android Wearable Platform

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Ready-to-Wear Android Wearable Platform


The WIMM Wearable Platform from WIMM Labs is a 1-inch square Android-powered module packed with 160×160 pixels of transflective display, WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, GPS, Accelerometer, magnetometer, vibrator, speaker, and up to 32GB of microSD storage. Its 667 MHz processor means that it can operate independent of a secondary paired device and is positioned as a “first screen” device, similar to the iPod Nano, LiveView, inPulse, and Metawatch. Little watch-sized devices like these offer new ways of interacting with the technology around us and beg to be incorporated into our projects in fun and interesting ways. What would you do with a display like this? Let us know by leaving a comment below. [via betanews]

30 thoughts on “Ready-to-Wear Android Wearable Platform

  1. Dave Newton says:

    “Its 667MHz…”

    I wish it was thinner, but hey.

  2. Dave Newton says:

    “Its 667MHz…”

    I wish it was thinner, but hey.

  3. Jon E. Hendrickson says:

    “It’s 667 MHz processor means…” ==> “Its 667 MHz processor means….”

    It’s = it + is

    Its = it possessing something

    1. Adam Flaherty says:

      drrr

    2. Adam Flaherty says:

      drrr

  4. Joseph Larson says:

    How about putting one of those in one of these:
    http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:10349
    And control it via bluetooth.

  5. Joseph Larson says:

    How about putting one of those in one of these:
    http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:10349
    And control it via bluetooth.

  6. Engineer Zero says:

    It seems to me that this would be a good suite of capabilities for autonomous and teleoperated robots.  

  7. Ian Page-Echols says:

    There are many uses for such a small smart object. Biking and running trackers were mentioned, but the best part would be the possibility of bluetooth cadence or other sensors. IMO, Android’s push for interoperability with Arduino is great, and it may make some cool things happen, but they should also push out specs and dev kits for all sorts of interoperable stuff like bluetooth, and then heavily push that. It’s one huge area of potential with far more ease and less licensing issues than with iOS.

    I hope they’re not too expensive, because I want several.

  8. Ian Page-Echols says:

    There are many uses for such a small smart object. Biking and running trackers were mentioned, but the best part would be the possibility of bluetooth cadence or other sensors. IMO, Android’s push for interoperability with Arduino is great, and it may make some cool things happen, but they should also push out specs and dev kits for all sorts of interoperable stuff like bluetooth, and then heavily push that. It’s one huge area of potential with far more ease and less licensing issues than with iOS.

    I hope they’re not too expensive, because I want several.

  9. Ian Page-Echols says:

    There are many uses for such a small smart object. Biking and running trackers were mentioned, but the best part would be the possibility of bluetooth cadence or other sensors. IMO, Android’s push for interoperability with Arduino is great, and it may make some cool things happen, but they should also push out specs and dev kits for all sorts of interoperable stuff like bluetooth, and then heavily push that. It’s one huge area of potential with far more ease and less licensing issues than with iOS.

    I hope they’re not too expensive, because I want several.

  10. Ian Page-Echols says:

    There are many uses for such a small smart object. Biking and running trackers were mentioned, but the best part would be the possibility of bluetooth cadence or other sensors. IMO, Android’s push for interoperability with Arduino is great, and it may make some cool things happen, but they should also push out specs and dev kits for all sorts of interoperable stuff like bluetooth, and then heavily push that. It’s one huge area of potential with far more ease and less licensing issues than with iOS.

    I hope they’re not too expensive, because I want several.

  11. M. "Shadyman" Lange says:

    Watch the stock markets? :D

  12. M. "Shadyman" Lange says:

    Watch the stock markets? :D

  13. Matt Arrell says:

    I would attach it to a watch band and use it as a wrist mounted GPS and inter-link between other members of my squad.

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