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by Samuel_Michon
4872 days ago
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According to the patent application, the slap bracelet is entirely covered with a flexible touchscreen. Sensors detect which side is facing the user. That way, it shouldn't matter whether the bracelet stays in place or not, the UI moves along with it. Also, being a child of the 80s, I remember slap bracelets quite well, and in my experience, they fit quite snug and didn't move around much at all. |
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Unless this hypothetical snap-bracelet device also had its weight very well distributed, it's going to tend to spin. Particularly if the total weight is sufficient to cause the snap-bracelet to slide toward 'open', even a bit, as your wrist rotates or travels through the air. And evenly distributing the weight over an entire-surface-screen would be quite a challenge, given the internals.
I think it more likely a production device along those lines would have a series of fixed potential-attachment-points and strong magnets to counter the forces caused by the weight of the device and movement of the wrist. And the screen wouldn't need to be over the entire device, but simply enough of the 'top' so that it could reasonably serve the various potential-attachment-point configurations. (the magnets would also provide a simple and consistent way to determine just how open or closed the device is)