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ESP32 in a toothbrush? What? Why?

• tinf0ilhat 3y ago
  To run Doom obviously.
• voidUpdate 3y ago
  To tell you how many times you've used the toothbrush, of course! https://youtu.be/V39qPwKpcGg https://youtu.be/V39qPwKpcGg
  • gbraad 3y ago
    Best comment! ... preventing you from peppermint induced numbness for the day!
• nkozyra 3y ago
  Probably massive overkill to get an easy bt/wifi board to connect to an oled display. These things are so cheap and the containing "smart" product so marked up everyone reaches for the hammer to drive their thumbtack.
• dabeeeenster 3y ago
  Ugh, the amount of rubbish going into landfill. This sort of thing needs legislating against IMO.
• bombcar 3y ago
  Standard parts are much cheaper than simpler non-standard ones.
• baq 3y ago
  In this time and age, the question is 'why not'? If customers want a bluetooth-connected toothbrush and are willing to shell out the extra $5...
  • abricq 3y ago
    I don't think that engineers must design product only because of "why not doing it if we can do it". There is a ethical value to what we design and produce. Some technologies are better than others.
    • baq 3y ago
      I guess you're right, it's just that there are plenty of people who don't think it's unethical to put bluetooth in a toothbrush...? Even if it means putting in a computer which would've been a nice office computer 30 years ago?
• tky 3y ago
  Regrettably, electric toothbrushes now often feature displays, Bluetooth, analytics, and the pinnacle of terrible: DRM/forced replacement of brush heads. LLM soon, surely.
• aaron695 3y ago
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