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Hack your watch - Texas Instruments releases watch with wireless dev kit

28 pointsby phatboyslimover 15 years ago

6 comments

Sukottoover 15 years ago
This is the same company that uses the DMCA to shut down calculator hackers and hobbyists? Screw them<p><a href="http://www.ticalc.org/archives/news/articles/14/145/145316.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ticalc.org/archives/news/articles/14/145/145316.h...</a>
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duranaover 15 years ago
Maybe one of the really pissed off people who pre-ordered the WakeMate could take one of these and create their own WakeMate like application.
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saturnineover 15 years ago
To keep track of my running workouts, I bought a Timex Ironman Datalink watch which has a USB interface, and I wrote a plug-in for it for SportTracks[1]. It does the job, but it's missing some things.<p>For one, I'd like to capture ambient temperature too, which this TI watch has, so I took a closer look. The manual states, "The temperature is measured inside the watch right inside the CC430 device. When the watch is worn, the temperature of the watch may be different due to the body heat. For accurate temperature measurements, do not wear the watch and allow a sufficient amount of time for the watch to adapt to the surrounding temperature."<p>Great feature, poorly implemented. No thanks.<p>Eventually I'll get a GPS watch, but not until Garmin releases one that has decent battery life. A temperature sensor would be nice, too.<p>[1] <a href="http://www.zonefivesoftware.com/SportTracks/" rel="nofollow">http://www.zonefivesoftware.com/SportTracks/</a>
jacquesmover 15 years ago
History repeats itself:<p><a href="http://reocities.com/researchtriangle/7650/datalink.html" rel="nofollow">http://reocities.com/researchtriangle/7650/datalink.html</a>
growtover 15 years ago
I already got mine. But I have no time to play with it right now :(
eandeover 15 years ago
found the idea intriguing and just ordered one, but not sure what I am exactly going to do with it.
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