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by midnitewarrior 4135 days ago
While well done, this illustrates the pointlessness of the current focus of IoT applications. Getting a metric on how many times a door is opened, or how many times the toilet has been flushed has extremely limited usefulness for most people.

I know you guys are simply using this for illustrative purposes, but I believe there is an army of developers out there looking to make all this happen...for what purpose, I do not know!

This design is excellent though, good job.
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normloman 4135 days ago
There IS an army of developers waiting to make this happen.

https://www.myvessyl.com/

Look. It's a cup that tells you what you're drinking and records it. Why? I don't know. To lose weight? Why not just drink water? I don't know!

And it gets stupider from there. We have an obsession here with recording every little thing. That's great, if that data changes behavior. But some data just tells you what you already know, and stresses you out.

People in the 1st world have enough data. What we need is clarity! I want to retreat to a monastery sometimes.

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kirse 4135 days ago
Don't forget paper [1] and pencil [2] to go with your cup!

[1] http://www.fiftythree.com/paper

[2] http://www.fiftythree.com/pencil

Maybe this tech could be extended to create anti-drug cups en-masse for bars, or maybe use it for simple safe-water testing? Or what if diabetics could use it to test for sugar levels? Just speculating, I have no idea how it works though.

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normloman 4135 days ago
These questions were asked when Vessyl made the front page months ago.

1. It can't detect date rape drugs. 2. It can't tell if your water is clean. 3. After detecting what you're drinking, it will tell you on average, how much sugar that drink has. Maybe that's useful for diabetics. Not sure. But it's not being marketed to diabetics. It's being marketed to tech people who like tracking things.

BTW, Love "Pencil". Especially this quote: "An artisanally crafted tool. The body is milled from a solid piece of premium-grade walnut that has met rigorous standards for sustainability. Each Pencil has a unique character that will subtly change with years of use."

Ha. Artisinally crafted. Walnut. Stylus.

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