19 Jan 2015
By Belle
Make any watch a smartwatch, and more: Quantified Self weekly links
Products
The Kairos T-band promises to turn any analogue watch into a smartwatch. The band is interchangable with normal watchbands, and comes with Bluetooth notifications, fitness tracking, and remote control options for your phone.
- Good Night Lamp: set of two connected lamps
- Kisha: smart umbrella
- GreenIQ: home automation to help you save water and energy
- NEEO: smart remote (home automation system)
Kickstarter, funded - FLIP BAND: tech-free habit reminders
Kickstarter, funded - Narrative Clip 2: second generation of Narrative's lifelogging camera
- Breathometer Mint: device to check breath quality and hydration levels
Indiegogo, funded - Visijax: smart jacket for cyclist safety
Software
Timing
Mac
Timing is a Mac app to track how you spend your time. It works like RescueTime, only it's a native app.
- Later: fast, simple reminders
iOS - Complete: community task completion
iOS - CommitTo3: daily task commitments
iOS - Rise & Shine: smile to stop your alarm clock
iOS - Lumoid: try on wearables at home
Web
News and articles
Pivotal Living vows to fix problems with free wearable fitness tracker as user complaints mount
The company that's giving away fitness trackers with $12 annual subscriptions for the matching software is evidently having some teething problems:
The company’s support forums reveal issues mainly for Android users, who are noting incorrect date stamps, app sync issues, and other problems. It’s more of the same on the Amazon, where more than half of Pivotal Living’s 288 product reviews are 1-star.
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Image credits: Kairos, Timing, Digital Trends
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