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I don't want a lot of those things, but I really want a couple of them in a different form than currently available: - Smart driving (sun|eye)glasses. - Smart
by biztos 8y ago
I don't want a lot of those things, but I really want a couple of them in a different form than currently available:
- Smart driving (sun|eye)glasses.
- Smart plant waterers for when I'm out of town.
- Something that does what Apple Watch does without displacing my real watch.
It seems I'm unlikely to see the second two -- AFAICT plant watering is stuck in DIY mode, and it looks like the Apple Watch business is booming so everybody will pile onto that design.
But I could imagine smart driving glasses actually happening, and I think the road from "neat tool" to "annoying but required car UI" would be plenty long.
- crooked-v 8y agoFor driving, I'd rather have a HUD on the dashboard, but the best still seem to be tiny, expensive, and underwhelming.
- jumelles 8y agoThe best solution I've seen is a dashboard display with integrated maps, info, etc. BMW does this.
- crooked-v 8y agoIt's not really the same, though, because a well-made HUD gives you infinite focal depth, so you're not shifting focus with it vs the road.
- drjasonharrison 8y agoYou're still shifting attentional focus. Which has a big impact.
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- jfim 8y ago> Smart plant waterers for when I'm out of town. A low tech way to do it is to use an upside down water bottle with a small hole in the cap. You can also buy spike shaped things that screw into the cap thread and are a little bit more stable.
- agravier 8y agoI've never managed to get those to drip at the right flow.
- Eridrus 8y agoIt seems like there are a tonne of smart plant watering things... https://www.postscapes.com/wireless-plant-sensors/ https://www.postscapes.com/wireless-plant-sensors/
- biztos 8y agoThanks for that link! I keep getting stuck on the "needs a dedicated tap" problem but I will investigate further.