Smart Ring Ring - environmental management with gestures

Not so long ago, the Medgadgets blog posting news about the Moto Moto Ring. This post is about a similar project, which received the simple name "Ring". The author of the idea is the company 16Lab. The prototype of the ring is ready, and was shown at the CEATEC 2014 technical exhibition in Tokyo.


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The device itself is more like a ring than a ring. Body - titanium, with electronics inside. The electronic system includes an accelerometer, a compass and a wireless communication module (Bluetooth 4.0), plus a battery with a capacity of only 10 mAh. The developers claim that the final version of the device will be able to work 20 hours offline. The ring is also equipped with a touch pad and a vibration motor.

The platform uses the Sensor Network Module chip from Alps Electric. This is a square chip with a side of 6 mm.



To activate the ring, you need to touch the touch pad, after which the vibro will work, warning you that the ring is ready for operation. Further, the user can control any device connected to the Ring - whether it is a TV with Bluetooth or a desktop PC. Gestures can be very different, with each gesture can be tied to a specific action and device.

Accelerometer accuracy is quite high - for example, if you take a pen in your hand and open a document page on a PC, everything written in the air will be displayed on the PC screen. The size of the letters may be similar to the size of letters when writing with a pen on a piece of paper.

Ring can also be used as a means of payment, it can be used to receive a payment via Bluetooth, and the ring will notify the owner by vibration.

Ring price to be called low. It will go on sale in the second quarter of 2015, at a price of $ 149.