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Damn, I would really like such a thing, if it was just the hardware and not the associated lock in to a third party getting their grubby hands on my internal me

by loxias 2y ago

Damn, I would really like such a thing, if it was just the hardware and not the associated lock in to a third party getting their grubby hands on my internal metrics. I'd pay a premium for it even, which makes you wonder just how much money Oura must be making off the data of its users... (if they weren't, there'd be an incentive to sell the hardware)

aeternum 2y ago
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807567908753.html https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807567908753.html You can get similar HW for $10-$15, and not the easiest hack but looks doable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w90RVspTkt8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w90RVspTkt8 I'm surprised Oura hasn't pursued using the ring as an input method as the guy suggests in the video. It'd be super cool to like double-tap the ring then use it as a scroll wheel when running and listening to music/podcasts, interact with AI models, etc.
- fencepost 2y ago
  From all the alternatives linked to the listing it seems like it may be pretty generic hardware under a bunch of names. Would be interesting to see if the accelerometer in it could be used for gesture detection, and if the rings could be used for Bluetooth presence detection (e.g. for automatic screen locking).
- gotodengo 2y ago
  Looks like those generic rings are supported by gadgetbridge[1] so barely any hacking needed for 100% on device processing and storage. I have a miband I use with gadgetbridge. I'm reasonably happy with the app, and it has visibly improved over the last year (it also wins by default being opensource + the only option for keeping data private) but the watch is a bit bulky when sleeping or typing so I stopped wearing it. I can't imagine $10 hardware will be particularly accurate, but cheap price + data control is enough to give me an excuse to play with one. [1] specifically rings intended to be used by the QRing app - https://gadgetbridge.org/gadgets/wearables/colmi/ https://gadgetbridge.org/gadgets/wearables/colmi/

by loxias 2y ago

aeternum 2y ago

https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807567908753.html https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807567908753.html You can get similar HW for $10-$15, and not the easiest hack but looks doable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w90RVspTkt8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w90RVspTkt8 I'm surprised Oura hasn't pursued using the ring as an input method as the guy suggests in the video. It'd be super cool to like double-tap the ring then use it as a scroll wheel when running and listening to music/podcasts, interact with AI models, etc.

fencepost 2y ago
From all the alternatives linked to the listing it seems like it may be pretty generic hardware under a bunch of names. Would be interesting to see if the accelerometer in it could be used for gesture detection, and if the rings could be used for Bluetooth presence detection (e.g. for automatic screen locking).
gotodengo 2y ago
Looks like those generic rings are supported by gadgetbridge[1] so barely any hacking needed for 100% on device processing and storage. I have a miband I use with gadgetbridge. I'm reasonably happy with the app, and it has visibly improved over the last year (it also wins by default being opensource + the only option for keeping data private) but the watch is a bit bulky when sleeping or typing so I stopped wearing it. I can't imagine $10 hardware will be particularly accurate, but cheap price + data control is enough to give me an excuse to play with one. [1] specifically rings intended to be used by the QRing app - https://gadgetbridge.org/gadgets/wearables/colmi/ https://gadgetbridge.org/gadgets/wearables/colmi/