Blocks modular watches will appear this year

The modular structure of electronic devices is a fairly promising idea, which has already been translated into various projects. One of the projects that are as close as possible to the implementation stage is the Project Ara modular smartphone .

The second, perhaps, will be a modular clock Blocks . Last year, a company called Blocks Wearebles announced its intention to create such a watch. Now the developers have shown the first prototypes of the finished device, which help to understand what the Blocks will look like and what they will look like.

It is worth noting that the current work of Blocks Wearables is part of the program "Make it Wearable" from Intel. After a while, the company will have to continue to work on the project itself, and the funds are likely to be raised on the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform. In any case, the fundraising campaign will be launched in June of this year.
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The functionality of the watch will be about the same as that of most smart devices of this kind. These are receiving notifications from a smartphone, managing certain functions of a smartphone, tracking owner activity. The user can add their own modules, such as an additional battery, GPS, microphone, slots for SIM-cards and others. The modules will make up the links of the bracelet, they will be easy to remove and connect.

The approximate price of the basic kit is about $ 150, and the modules - $ 20-40.