I love watches, and like that they are both dial and digital, but thats all they have going for them. I think the price should be $1.45 and not $145. #nupop
@gover57: With all that face space left over they could cram a lot more CRAP into the watch. The one I wear now has so many features I cant/wont ever use them (high and low tides, world clocks, etc). Maybe they think Hip Hopsters dont need alarms, calculators, etc... #nupop
@EBone: Well, considering it's a real world problem, I don't even know how to reply to your ignorance, except to tell you to go to San Francisco in the summer time, when they used to have a cooling wind coming down from the mountains.
You know we can't get energy for free, right? Hydroelectric power reduces water flow and causes the destruction of wildlife both upstream and downstream. Solar power has local heating problems that CANNOT be fixed, and massive wind farms destroy the natural heat transfer created by wind patterns. #gizmodoremainders
@exoren22: You really believe that the turbine blades take the wind "away"? That the wind doesn't turn the blades and keep on blowing past, over, and around the blades?
@EBone: I think he's actually right, but he's blowing it way out of proportion. It's more on the same scale of dumping a bottle of filtered water into a lake to change the pH. #gizmodoremainders
@EBone: exoren22 is right though I don't know to what degree. Conservation of energy means there is no free ride and no perpetual motion machines. Just like a hydroelectric dam can slow a river to a trickle, wind farms use the wind to do work, thus depleting some of the kinetic energy in that wind. But once again, I have no idea of the total energy of the wind or how much energy is extracted so I could not testify to the effect.
@runamok1001: Do yourself a favor and look at an isobar map of the United States. They measure pressure gradients. Wind is generated when air moves from high pressure areas to low pressure areas.
Isobar front lines are hundreds to thousands of miles long. Wind projects don't even show up on the scale we're talking about here. It would be the equivalent of trying to stop the Mississippi River with a 2x4. #gizmodoremainders
Grandpa bikes excluded (upright riding), a bike seat needs only provide support to the bony part of your bottom while minimizing interference and chaffing with your thighs. This is why racing seats look so terrible, but are actually quite comfortable. This seat seems to give you a choice of supporting your weight on your anus or testicles. #gizmodoremainders
@92BuickLeSabre: Mmm... Gotta love those post-windfarm mornings, with the surreal pink mist of pigeon guts over Manhattan, and little feet and feathers falling to the streets below... #gizmodoremainders
@92BuickLeSabre: a wind turbine of the vertical axis variety, about the size of a water tower, would probably do very well at both generating electricity and getting rid of pesky pigeons. And properly designed it could also have a receptacle for the remains so that they could be put to good use. Then we'd have cheap electricity and we wouldn't have to make soylent green out of people anymore.
@The Lab: yeah, the first pic looks like it makes some sense, but then you realize there's almost no leg extension (which means no power). Cool look though. #gizmodoremainders
Sure looks neato but......I dont see anywhere that this thing actually tells the time..
My wife bought me a fancy Diesel watch a few Christmas's ago but I never used it to tell time, I'm so used to popping out the cell phone. Looks cool as hell though! #horologicalmachine
I gotta say, I like these unconventional designs. I just wish mechanical art pieces such as this could be produced at a sub-$1000 price point. I know, I know, if you make 'em cheap it dilutes the brand, but if you make a new brand to exercise more affordable versions of these fascinating little timekeeping gumdrops, that would not be the case, and volume might make a little bit of scratch... Hell, you could sell the quartz version for $500 and make a killing. #horologicalmachine
I'm not sure what Giz's obsession is with watches. Frankly, I have a ton of electronic devices which tell me the time. And they are synchronized with various networks. Screw watches. Especially the "holy crap I can't ever afford one of these" watches. #horologicalmachine
@FrankenPC: A mechanical watch is not worn for accuracy, although accuracy is prized. It's a personal celebration of mechanical excellence. There's also a certain elegance to a device that does not use electricity to function. Design (including watch design) is also something that gets a lot of room at Giz, from architecture to furniture to lighting and on and on. Finally, a watch is usually the only piece of "jewelry" that a man can openly wear (other than a wedding ring) without looking ridiculous. I think watches are just fine on Giz, and I appreciate seeing the latest new bauble. #horologicalmachine
I fail to understand why my comments fail to appear here. I asked an important question for me as I am legally blind. If it will speak the time and is a durable watch it might be worth it for me to purchase even though I do not have a blackberry. #inpulseblackberrywatch
@KyleW: From the article:
* 1.3" full colour organic light-emitting-diode (OLED) display
* Bluetooth® v2.0+EDR
* 150 mAh lithium-ion polymer battery
* Glass lens and full metal body
* 22mm interchangeable wrist band
* Vibrating motor
* Micro-USB port (for charging)
* Over-the-air firmware updates
* Dimensions: 51mm height x 38mm width x 12mm depth
None of those specs lead me to believe it will be able to "speak the time". Don't know for sure though obviously.
This is rather meh. For a gadget, it's quite limited. I mean for 150$, I would rather have a nicely crafted watch than a overly exerting gadget that tells me what's on my blackberry.
Logic being, I receive a text message or a e-mail, I do a magical motion, one that destroys the way of people are acting... I reach down in my pocket... I take my phone... And I look at it...
@Zerod Zunaro: If I was still doing a lot of face-to-face meetings, I would be all over this thing; however, since I rarely leave my desk anymore, it is not necessary. #inpulseblackberrywatch
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My wife bought me a fancy Diesel watch a few Christmas's ago but I never used it to tell time, I'm so used to popping out the cell phone. Looks cool as hell though! #horologicalmachine
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* 1.3" full colour organic light-emitting-diode (OLED) display
* Bluetooth® v2.0+EDR
* 150 mAh lithium-ion polymer battery
* Glass lens and full metal body
* 22mm interchangeable wrist band
* Vibrating motor
* Micro-USB port (for charging)
* Over-the-air firmware updates
* Dimensions: 51mm height x 38mm width x 12mm depth
None of those specs lead me to believe it will be able to "speak the time". Don't know for sure though obviously.
Also, your comments did appear @ 12: 10 and 12:09. #inpulseblackberrywatch
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Logic being, I receive a text message or a e-mail, I do a magical motion, one that destroys the way of people are acting... I reach down in my pocket... I take my phone... And I look at it...
I just saved 150$, have I? #inpulseblackberrywatch
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