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This smartwatch can project a tiny dancing man onto your hand
The nice thing about smartwatches is that they put information right on your wrist so it's easy to check. But what if that information was even more visible? What if that information was right on the back of your hand?
That question, I can only assume, is what led to the creation of Haier's Asu watch, an enormous smartwatch with a built-in projector. The projector allows the watch to display information on the back of your hand, essentially serving as a second screen.
Haier uses the projection to provide additional information. So when you're running, the projection will display distance, time, and progress toward fitness goals, while the watch screen will have controls to pause and finish your workout. The projection actually supports gesture controls, too: you can double tap on your hand to change what's on the screen. It didn't work very well when I tried it, but Haier says the whole watch is still in development.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 03 2018, @03:21AM (3 children)
I couldn't function with that many interruptions.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by takyon on Saturday March 03 2018, @07:26AM (2 children)
Don't worry, there's a drug for that.
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(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday March 03 2018, @07:29AM (1 child)
Come to think of it, we could make a smartwatch that administered microdoses of drugs based on a schedule or anything it can detect like heart rate, step count, etc.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 03 2018, @02:02PM
Out you could just hand out free morphine patches. For first aid or something. Big pharma thanks you!