Turn Any Watch Into A Smartwatch with Kairos T-Band Strap With Screen

[ahhming]

 

Instead of putting the "smart" in the watch, why not in the band itself?

 

 

There are currently 3 model of this 

1)T-BAND ND 

-no display ( Multi colour LED for notification)

-Skin temperature, Sweat (Detects how much sweat your sweat glands are producing)

 

2)T-BAND HD

-Hidden LED display  ( only display English alphanumeric text and numbers)

3)T-BAND OD

-OLED display(active viewing area 11mmx25m with 170dpi resolution)

 

All of the model will have the following  spec

-200mAh

-32-Bit, ARM® Cortex™-M4, 1MB Flash, 192KB RAM, 168MHz

-Capacitive touch screen

-Dual mode Bluetooth Classic and Bluetooth v4.0 BLE

-9-axis  gyroscope /accelerometer

/compass /optical sensor(heart rate)

-MIC

-IP67 waterproof

​-propriety OS (Kairos OS (Compatible with iOS, Android, MS)

 

Source:

http://www.ablogtowatch.com/kairos-t-band-strap-screen-turns-watch-smartwatch/

http://kairostband.com/

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/kairos-watches-t-band-analog-watch-becomes-smart#home

 

[Octavialicious]

Looks sweet! Hopefully it isn't too expensive

[ahhming]

its USD$129 for the basic model ( no display)

[OriginalPromise]

Not a bad idea actually.

This way, you can have the best of both worlds.

The problem with this solution is, how good is the software?

[That Norwegian Guy]

Guffaw.

 

mxlphtlk

 

ajabababMUSTHAVETHIS

 

I hope they refine this, this is a great idea.

[StingBull]

Why is the one with no display is the only one that can detect skin temperature and sweat?

[ahhming]

probably there is much more space for them to put the sensor in it

[PortentousLad]

Now this I like. And the potential applications are neet too.

That "flexible" pcb looks pretty cool, have we seen something like that before?

[mvitkun]

It seems like a cool idea, too bad it isn't a touch screen.

[ahhming]

It seems like a cool idea, too bad it isn't a touch screen.

it does have Capacitive touch screen.

[timothy]

It looks great and its cool idea.

I wish I can get one./ afford one 

[zanduh]

Very cool concept

[The_Evenger]

that's...                              actually really cool!

 

i'm one of those guys that has no perception of time, and am constantly glancing at my watch when waiting for something because if i don't, i'll miss it for sure.

 

and being able to turn my daily driver into a smart watch, that's awesome! i would pay a max of $300 for one of those.

[ChompingCho]

This is the same group as the Kairos smart watch no? I think they're being too ambitious and should work on getting their smart watch out first before starting another product.

[ahhming]

This is the same group as the Kairos smart watch no? I think they're being too ambitious and should work on getting their smart watch out first before starting another product.

yes they are the same group of people.

one of their facebook post states that the hardware and firmware is the same as the hybrid model and did not diverted thier timeline.

 

 

as mentioned in previous responses, we have not diverted our resources, Watch, PCB, Firmware are all shared with our first hybrid model. We wanted to give our customers more options for their liking. We have also not diverted in our timeline as well for the T-band. We hope you can understand.                  

[ChompingCho]

yes they are the same group of people.

one of their facebook post states that the hardware and firmware is the same as the hybrid model and did not diverted thier timeline.

 

Considering that they were expecting to have a batch of beta units by late Sept/early Oct and still don't have a demo of it.. I'm skeptical. They may not have diverted finances.. but timeline.. I find that harder to believe.