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>“We see ourselves as a thermal energy harvesting company,” Anne Ruminski, Matrix’s head of engineering told me, not a watch company. Harvesting humans for ene
by drzaiusapelord 10y ago
>“We see ourselves as a thermal energy harvesting company,” Anne Ruminski, Matrix’s head of engineering told me, not a watch company.
Harvesting humans for energy? I guess the Matrix name is fairly tongue-in-cheek here.
Curious to know how plausible this is considering how little heat we produce. I wonder if there's a catch like "needs weekly charging" on top of the heat based charging or also has a charger from the kinetic movement of our wrists with the heat charging being a gimmick to get attention and VC money.
I'm also concerned this watch will have way too many energy saving compromises to be practical. How often will it pool its bluetooth connection for messages? If it all? The indiegogo page doesn't show any integration with your phone other than fitness stuff, which can be synced infrequently. What about alerts and messages? I don't even see that addressed. Sorry, but its not a smartwatch if it can't integrate with my phone for alerts and messages. Its just a fitness device with a clock then.