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Miniaturization has made smart watches possible, even for the DIY maker to tinker with. For those just getting to grips with basic digital electronics, it can be daunting, however. For those just starting out, [陳亮] put together a handy guide to building the core of an Arduino-based watch.
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Continue reading A Look At The Basics of Building an Arduino Watch
It looks like an elegant fitness tracker and acts like a smartwatch, yet it has has no buttons nor a screen. It also plays audio when you touch your finger to your ear and is controlled entirely via customizable gestures and voice commands. I… Continue reading Bone-conducting bracelet lets you make payments, phone calls and tracks your health
Another month, another batch of Apple security updates that users of the firm’s computers, phones, tablets, streaming devices and smart watches will be prompted to implement. Flaws fixed in most of the updates As per usual, WebKit – the bro… Continue reading Apple May 2019 security updates fix numerous issues
Join editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams as they recount a week of fascinating hacks. We take a good look at the PMS150C, a microcontroller that literally costs pennies but can only be flashed once. SNES emulators have a new trick up their sleeves to make low-def a lot less …read more
These days, if you want a smart watch, you’re spoiled for choice. The major smartphone players all have devices on the market, and there’s plenty of third party manufacturers vying for your dollar, too. You might think it’s impossible achieve the same finish with a 3D printer and a reflow …read more
Continue reading Scratch Built Smartwatch Looks Pretty Darn Sharp with 3D Printed Case and Round LCD
A popular Australian smartwatch’s tracking capabilities expose its user’s locations, personal data and more. Continue reading TicTocTrack Smartwatch Flaws Can Be Abused to Track Kids
The children’s smartwatch allows bad actors to track their location and communicate with them, according to the alert. Continue reading EU Recalls Children’s Smartwatch That Leaks Location Data
The concept of a smartwatch was thrown around for a long time before the technology truly came to fruition. Through the pursuit of miniaturisation, modern smartwatches are sleek, compact, and remarkably capable for their size. Companies such as Apple and Samsung throw serious money into research and development, but that doesn’t mean you can’t create something of your own. [Electronoobs] has done just that, with this Arduino-based smartwatch build.
The brain of the watch is that hacker staple, the venerable ATmega328, most well known for its use in the Arduino Uno and Nano platforms. An FTDI module is used for …read more
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Smartwatches are generally considered safe to keep track of your kids when they are outside the home. However, there is a scary new revelation about this seemingly reliable gadget that it is possible to hack GPS-enabled smartwatches. Probably … Continue reading Shoddy security of popular smartwatch lets hackers access your child’s location
Most of the DIY smartwatch projects we feature here on Hackaday aren’t exactly what most people would consider practical daily-use devices. Clunky designs, short battery life, limited functions: they’re more a wearable display of geek cred than they are functional timepieces. Oddly enough, the same could be said of many of the “real” smartwatches on the market, so perhaps the DIY versions are closer to the state-of-the-art than we thought.
But this ESP8266 smartwatch created by [Shyam Ravi] is getting dangerously close to something you could unironically leave the house with. It’s still missing an enclosure that prevents you from …read more