Lead: Jewelbots smart bracelet is designed for middle school girls designs Jewelry, this bracelet with a programmable plastic flowers. When his friend is nearby, small plastic flowers will glow or vibrate.
Jewelbots bracelet is a bracelet designed specifically for middle school girls, this bracelet with a programmable plastic flowers. Make believe that this bracelet is the most interesting I've seen this year wearing the device.
Jewelbots founder of the bracelet the bracelet described as "can learn the programming instructions girls friendship bracelets." Big Apple Watch on, even entry-level Fitbit than Jewelbots bracelet in terms of hardware can be called original: string-like plastic have a translucent plastic flowers on the rope, that's all. Jewelbots bracelet features is also very simple. Plastic flowers on the bracelet can communicate with each other via Bluetooth through supporting the intelligent APP, the little girls you can program the plastic flowers: when your friend is nearby, small plastic flowers will glow or vibrate. Despite the appearance of a very simple, Jewelbots bracelet reflects the new ways of the wearable device. If only they dare to imagine, such wearable devices far smart watch is much more interesting than it is now.
Founder of Jewelbots three: Sara Chipps,Brooke Moreland,Maria Paula Saba. Chipps is co-founder of Girl Develop It, Girl Develop It is a nonprofit organization dedicated to women learning to program. Moreland was an entrepreneur, she has a wealth of experience in the field of high-tech fashion products. Saba is a graduate of New York University ITP Project, currently engaged in post-doctoral research and Arduino Bluetooth. Prior to the development Jewelbots bracelet, team for this product is not a precise concept of function, they have only one, is to create a product that can make young girls more interested in programming.
Wearable smart devices Jewelbots bracelet
The idea took several years before final forming. Team products of original research is like MySpace, Minecraft such success to keep children interested in programming product. Chipps said: "we want to reverse this process. "It turns out, if the kids really interested in something (for example, create a unique Minecraft architecture, or beautify their Myspace page), then let it be done by programming it is not difficult. 42 from the Google product strategy officer survival
After you understand the psychological drivers, that's left is to design products that can satisfy the needs. First time, Jewelbots's founder wanted to design an electronic product, this product can programmatically change the look, the clothes to go with the girls. But this was denied by teenagers. Chipps said: "children said the product sounds very silly, and they do not want to use. "But in the course of conversation, the girls often refers to two things: friendship and exchanges.
This result is not surprising. Jewelbots consultant Amy Jo Kim is an experienced online communication researcher, said she told the founders: the Middle School Division of the small group is the most significant social phenomenon. When in high school, every day between girls schools Association and break far more wonderful than the story in European history textbooks. Even more interesting is that teenagers want to contact between groups, by visible way. The fact that laid the Jewelbots of development goals. When others wear the device is focused on Development Watch, Jewelbots way, developing a new product: Friendship Bracelet.
Using Jewelbots supporting the smart phone APP, the girls can be assigned to every Member of any one of the eight colors. After a while the girl and her friend came close enough to, plastic flowers on the bracelet will become that colour. If everyone in a small group get together, they Jewelbots bracelet will become colorful, very nice. The plastic flowers also can be turned into a button, let the girls to his good friend sends information (information content can be programmatically set in advance. ) Jewelbots bracelets all features, you can advance through the mobile APP set to complete. Jewelbots bracelet is connected via Bluetooth, not using Wi-Fi or your cellular network. Chipps explained the purpose of only connect using Bluetooth: so that children don't need to go through the phone or communicate.
If the girls are interested in further exploring the Jewelbots bracelet features, they will find that this bracelet can do things a lot. APP on a mobile phone is just a basic entrance, if the bracelet with a computer connection, girls can use Arduino software to implement more functionality: for example, when he added a fan on Instagram, bracelet will glow green; or, when their dog ran out of the yard when the bracelet will vibrate to remind. Chipps said, these functions can be achieved by programming. Further, Jewelbots bracelet can be a personal entry into open source hardware and software world. Chipps says this is their ultimate goal.
Wearable smart devices Jewelbots bracelet
To make Jewelbots bracelets can be said to be a Trojan horse girls are interested in programming and design. Companies raised on Kickstarter has raised about $ 90,000. This bracelet is worth far more than that, it gives other wearable device manufacturers on a very important lesson.
Jewelbots bracelet very important features: it will combine fashion with practicality. For a smart watch, generally speaking, its fashion and function are independent of each other. A smart watch may look very stylish on the one hand, on the other hand the powerful, but these two aspects there is not much contact with each other. For Jewelbots bracelets, however, it's useful it's fashion. Jewelbots bracelet in normal work will become more beautiful, which is rarely wear devices in the other. Glowing flowers on the bracelet can not only let the user know that their friends in the vicinity can also let people know around this thing. In the past, a decoration only was it pleasant, but now it is also practical. This is where the Jewelbots bracelet is different from other devices.
A simple of example can better to described small series of thought: assumed we has a health track equipment, it and Jewelbots bracelet work principle similar; this paragraph health hand ring Assembly has LED lamp, LED lamp can through programming to set it of glow color; holds user completed has himself set of health target, hand ring Shang of lamp only will shiny; target completed have more good, will will solutions lock more rare, and beautiful, and claimed people eye of lights mode. Users completed the higher degree of health goals and healthy more beautiful bracelet will be. In this mode, fashion and function and promote each other, forming a positive feedback mechanism. Of course, not all users like product innovation, but for those who are committed to the practical and decorative combination of smart device manufacturers, such ideas have value worth exploring.
Jewelbots bracelet to another attractive feature is that by using a small number of hardware devices, complete a lot of functions. In a limited number of input and output, flowers on the bracelet to complete connections between each other. In addition, the Jewelbots bracelets cheap--Kickstarter on the very early bird price of $ 60 a pair. Jewelbots bracelet shows a high resolution screen is not the only way to convey information to the user on the wrist. We must be aware, intelligent wearable device watch is the most common form, it is not the only one.
Developing adult version of the Jewelbots Bracelet: meaningful? ' the answer is Yes. Let us imagine a product: do you have a leather bracelet, which consists of five beautiful shape of the electronic Rosary compiled into. Dang you received a seal mail Shi, five a beads in the of a will into red; Dang was to contact you of when, which of a beads will into green; if you will which of a beads and phone Shang of weather forecast APP connection, day is rain of when, this beads will into blue; Dang you will another beads set into each hours vibration once of mode, so it can used to reminded time; last a beads can used to track many useful information, like stock price, and body health situation, and Home electricity consumption, etc.
Jewelbots bracelet alerts are only a start. We presented above consisting of 5 beads bracelets, each bead set different ideas can develop very interesting new uses. For example, a bead is designed to share photos, with other bracelets can work together to form a network, share photos between friends is more fun. For example, one of the beads on the bracelet is responsible for your friends, if there is the same interest with you around people, the rope will shock you. If these assumptions come true, we will be in the case of not using a smart phone or a touch screen, interactive electronic information.
Of course, such electronic bracelets could never replace the phone. But many wearable devices category, creative products will never be buried. Chipps believes that in the future, programmable, wearable device connected has great development potential, she and her partners have patented technologies in the Jewelbots bracelet. At present, the team's first task is to provide better services to their target audience. "We will target selected for young women, is because we think they are very cool group of people. "Imagine, more than any other groups of young girls like jewelry and technology combined with it?
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