Comments on: The world's thinnest watch http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/the-worlds-thinnest-watch.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 13:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: NI MEN HAO-DY TRAMPOLINA http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/the-worlds-thinnest-watch.html#comment-1635476 NI MEN HAO-DY TRAMPOLINA Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207545#comment-1635476 Want. Also, want the thickest watch. I'd wear them together. Want. Also, want the thickest watch. I’d wear them together.

]]> By: Little Mouse http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/the-worlds-thinnest-watch.html#comment-1635066 Little Mouse Wed, 23 Jan 2013 09:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207545#comment-1635066 It'd be at a good angle for glancing down whilst typing on an equally futuristic computer keyboard. It's all part of the machine plan! It’d be at a good angle for glancing down whilst typing on an equally futuristic computer keyboard. It’s all part of the machine plan!

]]> By: teufelsdrochk http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/the-worlds-thinnest-watch.html#comment-1634718 teufelsdrochk Wed, 23 Jan 2013 00:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207545#comment-1634718 For me, this was an, "of course!" moment. Of course! E-ink will replace LCDs.  Provided, of course, that watches aren't an anachronism by the time the tech gets there. In other news, Apple has a beautiful new iPod which won't download music! At last we have a perfect solution to the problem nobody has anymore! For me, this was an, “of course!” moment.

Of course! E-ink will replace LCDs.  Provided, of course, that watches aren’t an anachronism by the time the tech gets there.

In other news, Apple has a beautiful new iPod which won’t download music! At last we have a perfect solution to the problem nobody has anymore!

]]> By: s2redux http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/the-worlds-thinnest-watch.html#comment-1634632 s2redux Tue, 22 Jan 2013 22:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207545#comment-1634632 There's some Russians 7 posts higher who will make that thing even thinner for ya.... There’s some Russians 7 posts higher who will make that thing even thinner for ya….

]]> By: TheOven http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/the-worlds-thinnest-watch.html#comment-1634155 TheOven Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207545#comment-1634155 To read it you have to perform the old Roman Salute. I predict poor sales Israel. Or perhaps you're meant to wear it the other way around and read it by putting the back of your hand under your chin with your elbow pointing out - like a violin. Both totally natural ways to hold your arms to read a watch. To read it you have to perform the old Roman Salute. I predict poor sales Israel. Or perhaps you’re meant to wear it the other way around and read it by putting the back of your hand under your chin with your elbow pointing out – like a violin. Both totally natural ways to hold your arms to read a watch.

]]> By: tyr http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/the-worlds-thinnest-watch.html#comment-1634141 tyr Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207545#comment-1634141 It's not dissimilar to <a HREF="http://store.dieseltimeframes.com/store/Diesel/en_US/shop/men/watches/digital/digital-dz7168p.html?parent_category_rn=229007&departmentCategoryId=&pn=c&cm_vc=227032&rec=3&imagePath=DZ7168" rel="nofollow">this Diesel watch</A>. Apparently some people like that sort of thing. It’s not dissimilar to this Diesel watch. Apparently some people like that sort of thing.

]]> By: Matthew Petty http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/the-worlds-thinnest-watch.html#comment-1634113 Matthew Petty Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207545#comment-1634113 Don't lose it, or you won't be able to teleport back to the Liberator. Don’t lose it, or you won’t be able to teleport back to the Liberator.

]]> By: hypnosifl http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/the-worlds-thinnest-watch.html#comment-1634031 hypnosifl Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207545#comment-1634031 Maybe it's designed to be used by people who don't normally like to wear watches because they find them uncomfortable, so they haven't already been trained to look at their watch with some standard gesture. As a non-watch wearer it seems intuitive to me, if I want to look at my wrist I'm naturally going to hold out my arm at something like a 45 degree angle (I bet if you asked most non-watch wearers to look at their wrists they'd do something similar), not stick my elbow out so that my arm is perfectly horizontal, like a 1930s guy in a tux offering his arm to escort a lady. Maybe it’s designed to be used by people who don’t normally like to wear watches because they find them uncomfortable, so they haven’t already been trained to look at their watch with some standard gesture. As a non-watch wearer it seems intuitive to me, if I want to look at my wrist I’m naturally going to hold out my arm at something like a 45 degree angle (I bet if you asked most non-watch wearers to look at their wrists they’d do something similar), not stick my elbow out so that my arm is perfectly horizontal, like a 1930s guy in a tux offering his arm to escort a lady.

]]> By: vonbobo http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/the-worlds-thinnest-watch.html#comment-1633970 vonbobo Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207545#comment-1633970 The website admits they are still testing it for daily use, and still working on the best materials to do it. Another problem they are still working on is water proofing. The website admits they are still testing it for daily use, and still working on the best materials to do it.

Another problem they are still working on is water proofing.

]]> By: jandrese http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/the-worlds-thinnest-watch.html#comment-1633963 jandrese Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207545#comment-1633963 How durable is that?  Wrist watches tend to get banged up quite a bit and ultra-thin curved e-ink displays don't scream "impact resistant" to me.  How durable is that?  Wrist watches tend to get banged up quite a bit and ultra-thin curved e-ink displays don’t scream “impact resistant” to me. 

]]> By: Joshua Ochs http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/the-worlds-thinnest-watch.html#comment-1633957 Joshua Ochs Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207545#comment-1633957 Thinner, because I want a knife's edge digging into my wrists all the time. Thinner, because I want a knife’s edge digging into my wrists all the time.

]]> By: vonbobo http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/the-worlds-thinnest-watch.html#comment-1633950 vonbobo Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207545#comment-1633950 But can it deflect bullets? 3.bp.blogspot.com/-VF8U-KncTqI/TqT6tuq5olI/AAAAAAAACQw/b8Q461Mt7eE/s1600/Lynda-Carter.jpg But can it deflect bullets?

3.bp.blogspot.com/-VF8U-KncTqI/TqT6tuq5olI/AAAAAAAACQw/b8Q461Mt7eE/s1600/Lynda-Carter.jpg

]]> By: nixiebunny http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/the-worlds-thinnest-watch.html#comment-1633943 nixiebunny Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207545#comment-1633943 Design your own E-ink display module! The instructions are here. http://www.eink.com/sell_sheets/segmented_design_rules.pdf Design your own E-ink display module! The instructions are here.
http://www.eink.com/sell_sheets/segmented_design_rules.pdf

]]> By: nixiebunny http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/the-worlds-thinnest-watch.html#comment-1633920 nixiebunny Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207545#comment-1633920 There are many ways to display numbers using segmented displays that look better than this. But the point here is not readability, it's fashion. There are many ways to display numbers using segmented displays that look better than this. But the point here is not readability, it’s fashion.

]]> By: Funk Daddy http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/the-worlds-thinnest-watch.html#comment-1633913 Funk Daddy Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207545#comment-1633913  No it is correct. It is in that direction because the only proper way to reference that watch is to raise your arm upright while saying aloud, "Hmm, wonder what time it is, I think I will just look at my AWESOME WATCH to learn the time"  No it is correct.

It is in that direction because the only proper way to reference that watch is to raise your arm upright while saying aloud, “Hmm, wonder what time it is, I think I will just look at my AWESOME WATCH to learn the time”

]]> By: vonbobo http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/the-worlds-thinnest-watch.html#comment-1633907 vonbobo Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207545#comment-1633907 What time is I I S 8? And that cuff design would drive me crazy... But then again I haven't worn a watch in 24 years, so I'm not the person to be asking. What time is I I S 8?

And that cuff design would drive me crazy… But then again I haven’t worn a watch in 24 years, so I’m not the person to be asking.

]]> By: nixiebunny http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/the-worlds-thinnest-watch.html#comment-1633900 nixiebunny Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:41:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207545#comment-1633900  As the creator of the <a href="http://www.cathodecorner.com/nixiewatch/" rel="nofollow">thickest watch in the world</a>, I take umbrage.  As the creator of the thickest watch in the world, I take umbrage.

]]> By: nixiebunny http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/the-worlds-thinnest-watch.html#comment-1633897 nixiebunny Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207545#comment-1633897 The display is sideways. Is this watch supposed to be used, or is it just a design project? The display is sideways.

Is this watch supposed to be used, or is it just a design project?

]]> By: royaltrux http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/the-worlds-thinnest-watch.html#comment-1633898 royaltrux Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207545#comment-1633898  I looks like it should be a ring.  I looks like it should be a ring.

]]> By: Rob Beschizza http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/the-worlds-thinnest-watch.html#comment-1633888 Rob Beschizza Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207545#comment-1633888 I want it in leather. I want it in leather.

]]> By: royaltrux http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/the-worlds-thinnest-watch.html#comment-1633889 royaltrux Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:35:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207545#comment-1633889 Dear Lord the last thing I want is yet another charger/docking station/ wall wart in my home. Dear Lord the last thing I want is yet another charger/docking station/ wall wart in my home.

]]> By: dioptase http://boingboing.net/2013/01/22/the-worlds-thinnest-watch.html#comment-1633873 dioptase Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=207545#comment-1633873 About time! I'm tired of all the watches the size of bagels. I want a watch that tells time and otherwise stays out of the way. About time!

I’m tired of all the watches the size of bagels. I want a watch that tells time and otherwise stays out of the way.

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