[axegon_]

ESP32 in a toothbrush? What? Why?

[nkozyra]

Probably massive overkill to get an easy bt/wifi board to connect to an oled display.

These things are so cheap and the containing "smart" product so marked up everyone reaches for the hammer to drive their thumbtack.

[voidUpdate]

To tell you how many times you've used the toothbrush, of course!

https://youtu.be/V39qPwKpcGg

[gbraad]

Best comment!

... preventing you from peppermint induced numbness for the day!

[bombcar]

Standard parts are much cheaper than simpler non-standard ones.

[baq]

In this time and age, the question is 'why not'? If customers want a bluetooth-connected toothbrush and are willing to shell out the extra $5...

[abricq]

I don't think that engineers must design product only because of "why not doing it if we can do it". There is a ethical value to what we design and produce. Some technologies are better than others.

[baq]

I guess you're right, it's just that there are plenty of people who don't think it's unethical to put bluetooth in a toothbrush...? Even if it means putting in a computer which would've been a nice office computer 30 years ago?

[tinf0ilhat]

To run Doom obviously.

[tky]

Regrettably, electric toothbrushes now often feature displays, Bluetooth, analytics, and the pinnacle of terrible: DRM/forced replacement of brush heads.

LLM soon, surely.

[dabeeeenster]

Ugh, the amount of rubbish going into landfill. This sort of thing needs legislating against IMO.