It’s getting cold and so I’m fumbling with my phone and other devices.
I like the idea of a large screen on my forearm, but I’m not sure how it would work. Maybe it would be cool?
I see some company tried in 2014 and probably didn’t get anywhere (see Arubixs Portal), and there was that infamous Kickstarter too
Similarly, I’ve always wanted the
My forearm
s areis going to be so strongYou can fit so many Ink Spots in this bad boy…
Basically anything from Cyberpunk. That aesthetic is so astoundingly cool to me. The eye implants probably the most. When I was a kid I played this Terminator game for Gamecube and you could activate terminator vision whenever. I always thought it was the coolest thing ever and that’s not really changed. Gimme those special eyes. Wanna see the world in a new light.
I still think a google glass for people that do wear glasses would be great, I already spend the entire day with this dumb thing in front of my eyes, would be great if it was smart too. The problem is that they marketed glasses for people that don’t need it.
As dumb as it is, I’ve always wanted a robotic third arm.
I won’t be satisfied until I have the full inspector gadget suite, from gadget copter all the way down to gadget rocket skates.
Same here GOGOGADGET
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Or even better: a slap bracelet in the shape of a phone
Earphones/buds that don’t slide out/off your ear and that you can lie down on, without pain or discomfort. That also have good sound that don’t leak and easy to use controls that don’t get accidentally triggered.
Being able to lie down with them would be really nice
I don’t even want that many sci-fi things, I want an Android smart watch that lasts a week with normal use.
What do you use it for? I use a Garmin watch that shows me notifications, does sleep tracking, tracks workouts, and lasts two weeks on a charge.
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My Huawei buds smartwatch lasts a good week. It’s the gps when i go mountainbiking and walking that drains it quite a bit.
You’d be better off asking for a time machine.
I want the earring stud connected to a personal Ai like in Enders Game. The author (Orson Scott Card) called her Jane.
Of course in the book she was completely connected and insanely intelligent so made him in riches beyond belief while he was doing things like space traveling. Nice side feature.
Hey ChatGPT, figure out a way to teleport me anywhere in the universe thx
The aliens near the end were probably the biggest sf heartbreak ever for me. I want a sequel to Children of the Mind :(
I already hate that I have to have my phone with me at all times (cause of work and family that wants me to be available). Definitely don’t want to wear another thing tracking me, distracting me and spamming notifications.
If I had to switch my phone to a wearable the best would probably be an earpiece that reads text for me, if needed.
Glasses and wristbands are a privacy nightmare and I can’t wait for people to get AR ads with their shiny new glasses.
The hope here was that the device would work the way we want them to
So locally processed data, no tracking (unless you want to track your location intentionally) etc.
Guess under those circumstances a health tracker might be a useful thing. I’m not a huge fan of quantifying that kinda stuff, but getting a heads up for problems would be nice. Don’t give me any shit like a sleep score or whatever, just beep me if my heart is beating irregularly or something else is wrong.
But as the other guy said, I’m too much of a pessimist to believe in a gadget like that ever existing ;) There’s always gonna be data mining and companies bombarding you with bullshit and ads.
Aw man, why did you have to ruin it by being such a pessimist! An entirely accurate and correct pessimist.
Vision Pro jailbreak when?
Some kind of chip or retina scanner that lets you into wherever you want with no hassle. I have keys for home, keys for my car, keys for my parents, a keycard for work, a code for the gym, there’s a lot of shit to carry round just so I can go into the places that I’m allowed to go into.
Honestly I just want a shirt that won’t get collar rings. I have very oily skin.
Smart glasses.
With locally processed data
*Contact Lenses
Ah yes. Can’t wait to get ads injected straight into my cornea. While driving my car. Wonderful.
The premise was if they worked correctly.
Well it could work really well… but capitalism will always be capitalism.
Ha - they wouldn’t do that! It’s not like Waze puts a full screen ad up every time you stop at a traffic light… oh, wait. Damn you capitalism!!!
Cyborg eyes.
Enjoy your macular degeneration fleshbags.
Yup. Don’t care how heavy or ugly it is either. I’d probably buy the apple headset thing if it was cheaper, ran Linux, and wasn’t made by Apple. Can’t wait for the technology to come down in price.
I’m with you.
In fact, I made my own. It’s fugly and dorky as hell, but it’s everything I want and nothing I don’t.
I used a VuFine LCD eyepiece and hooked a raspi Zero W to it. Input via Bluetooth keyboard. Not a lot of screen real estate, so I went full CLI and wrote my own TUI with widget support so I can have an “active” app, plus a bunch of passive data widgets.
One that slaps me on the back of my head every time I’m ruminating
I remember seeing something like that for posture, could repurpose it
I need that too
Honestly like iron mans HUD would be pretty neat to have but knowing myself I’d end up getting ran over while walking or would be easy pickings for a thief
Edit: Forgot to mention what I use. After getting a pair of buds+ I dont really fumble for my device anymore. Samsung’s touch controls for the buds+ are great. Setup with the app once and delete it right after and you’re golden
