What kind of wearable device do you want? Assuming it will work and feel like you imagine it would

It’s getting cold and so I’m fumbling with my phone and other devices.

I like the idea of a large screen on my forearm, but I’m not sure how it would work. Maybe it would be cool?

I see some company tried in 2014 and probably didn’t get anywhere (see Arubixs Portal), and there was that infamous Kickstarter too

Acters,

So you want a phone strapped to your wrist that can be oriented vertically or horzontally? Some samsung devices sport styluses, namely the ultra phone, that you can use instead of your fingers as it can be hard or impossible to do with gloves on. The unfortunate downside to this is that your arm would get tired after long use, and you are more dependent on headphones/earbuds or speakerphone for calls. A phone attached to your arm could be clumsy for quick actions and needs your hands to be free to use, but you live with what you have.

Maybe instead, a mechanical arm that attaches to your shoulders will be more versatile as you can still do one-handed, and your arm will not get tired. Could maybe include a stabilizer in the design for great video recording capabilities.

otter,

That’s true, I already get annoyed with my watch sometimes

Having a mechanical arm would be pretty cool actually, and it already exists. It wouldn’t work for all cases, but maybe some times

Acters,

The phone or display attached to your arm /wrist will not work for all cases either, so we are just looking for enhancements to those who can take advantage of it. The rest will need either more specialized solutions or don’t need it.

A_Random_Idiot,

Nothing.

I hate having to have my goddamn phone on me all the time, and thats in my pocket.

last thing I want to do is have some piece of shit, ad-laden security back door as part of wearable fashion.

otter,

Not wanting anything is fair, but the intent here was the best case scenario (even unrealistically so). So the device would not have anything you don’t want, ads and security issues included

Again, not wanting any device is cool too

Usul_00_,

I want the earring stud connected to a personal Ai like in Enders Game. The author (Orson Scott Card) called her Jane.

Of course in the book she was completely connected and insanely intelligent so made him in riches beyond belief while he was doing things like space traveling. Nice side feature.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_(Ender's_Game)

elephantium,
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The aliens near the end were probably the biggest sf heartbreak ever for me. I want a sequel to Children of the Mind :(

intensely_human,

Hey ChatGPT, figure out a way to teleport me anywhere in the universe thx

sexual_tomato,

A one handed keyboard integrated into a glove.

This is close:

www.tekgear.com/twiddler-3-wrap.html

But $240 is really steep

otter,

Oh woah that’s cool

I was picturing something like this at first

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Glove

AgentGrimstone,

Not a device but your post reminded of how I always want very thin but warm gloves this time of year so I can use a keyboard and phone without my fingers getting cold. I try to keep my heater usage to a minimum.

Koppensneller,

Get some woolen glove liners. Thin, warm (at least for inside) and not too expensive.

AgentGrimstone,

Glove liners, I’ll try that. Thanks for the suggestion.

swordsmanluke,

I built myself a HUD using a VuFine LCD and a raspi Zero W. It runs a custom TUI I wrote for myself that provides an interactive terminal session surrounded by configurable text widgets.

Currently, I have widgets configured to display the date/time, the weather (near-term and week), and CPU/Mem utilization. With the main display running my combined to-do/calendar app to help keep me organized.

It’s tacky as hell, bulky and exposed wires, but I love it.

wfh,

This is the dystopian 80’s-cyberpunk future that I want!

ShitOnABrick,
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I use an apple watch series 2 I’m pretty content with that although it could do with an battery replacement

intensely_human,

(Just plug it in to recharge it)

ShitOnABrick,
@ShitOnABrick@lemmy.world avatar

Just turn it off and on again

Mugmoor,
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As dumb as it is, I’ve always wanted a robotic third arm.

applebusch,

Best we can do is a pair of robot arms. One would make you unbalanced.

jacktherippah,

Uhhh…hmmm…Iron Man’s arc reactor suit from Avengers Endgame.

otter,

Well, it meets the requirements so here you are :)

Also I think this one wins, since it can become any of the other ones

KISSmyOS,
otter, (edited )

My forearms are is going to be so strong

TheMinions,

Similarly, I’ve always wanted the “wrist computer” from Chuck season 2.

Stalinwolf,
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You can fit so many Ink Spots in this bad boy…

oldGregg,

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  • intensely_human,

    Or even better: a slap bracelet in the shape of a phone

    SgtAStrawberry,

    Earphones/buds that don’t slide out/off your ear and that you can lie down on, without pain or discomfort. That also have good sound that don’t leak and easy to use controls that don’t get accidentally triggered.

    otter,

    Being able to lie down with them would be really nice

    ShittyBeatlesFCPres,

    I won’t be satisfied until I have the full inspector gadget suite, from gadget copter all the way down to gadget rocket skates.

    ShitOnABrick, (edited )
    @ShitOnABrick@lemmy.world avatar

    Same here GOGOGADGET

    rikudou,
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    I don’t even want that many sci-fi things, I want an Android smart watch that lasts a week with normal use.

    BruceTwarzen,

    My Huawei buds smartwatch lasts a good week. It's the gps when i go mountainbiking and walking that drains it quite a bit.

    PopShark,

    I saw a mrwhosetheboss video going over the Huawei tech we’re missing out on in the states and their smartwatches really impressed me besides the small stuff like lacking an app store on them

    BruceTwarzen,

    I have to be honest, my first and only smartwatch before this one was the watch 2 i think it was called. I bought it used and the battery was only good for a day or a day and a half tops. It was also slow and not very responsive, so i was truly blown away by this one. Always having emergency earbuds on hands is really nice too, although i haven't used them as much as i thought i would. I don't know about the app store thing, because i have all i need on it pretty much stock. Now in hindsight i would've probably been better off with one of those ink screen watches where the battery lasts a month or so. But otherwise i'm very happy, i wear it every day.

    Deceptichum,
    @Deceptichum@kbin.social avatar

    You’d be better off asking for a time machine.

    LastYearsPumpkin,

    What do you use it for? I use a Garmin watch that shows me notifications, does sleep tracking, tracks workouts, and lasts two weeks on a charge.

    jedi,

    Smart glasses.

    otter,

    With locally processed data

    manualoverride,

    *Contact Lenses

    AnonStoleMyPants,

    Ah yes. Can’t wait to get ads injected straight into my cornea. While driving my car. Wonderful.

    uberkalden,

    The premise was if they worked correctly.

    manualoverride,

    Well it could work really well… but capitalism will always be capitalism.

    manualoverride,

    Ha - they wouldn’t do that! It’s not like Waze puts a full screen ad up every time you stop at a traffic light… oh, wait. Damn you capitalism!!!

    Deceptichum, (edited )
    @Deceptichum@kbin.social avatar

    Cyborg eyes.

    Enjoy your macular degeneration fleshbags.

    manualoverride,

    You only need one to be cyborg eye… the other one can succumb the way nature intended… to diabetes and television.

    SethranKada,
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    Yup. Don’t care how heavy or ugly it is either. I’d probably buy the apple headset thing if it was cheaper, ran Linux, and wasn’t made by Apple. Can’t wait for the technology to come down in price.

    swordsmanluke,

    I’m with you.

    In fact, I made my own. It’s fugly and dorky as hell, but it’s everything I want and nothing I don’t.

    I used a VuFine LCD eyepiece and hooked a raspi Zero W to it. Input via Bluetooth keyboard. Not a lot of screen real estate, so I went full CLI and wrote my own TUI with widget support so I can have an “active” app, plus a bunch of passive data widgets.

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