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Global SourcesUpdated on 2023/12/01
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Intel-backed modular smart watch firm takes after Google’s Project Ara.
Blocks is a modular smart watch system that can be modified
by the user with a variety of sensors and features.
Google’s Project Ara has a vision for the smartphone as a modular design. The concept of a modular smartphone that makes a smartphone more flexible and less prone to obsolescence sounds appealing although it has yet to come to market, with its test launch set in Puerto Rico later this year.
Now, a startup in the UK wants to take the concept to smart watches. Blocks, an Android Wear-based system, uses modular components to allow the user to swap out a variety of sensors such as GPS, heart rate sensors, blood oxygen sensors and motion controllers. The design allows for additional batteries, SIM cards and even a kinetic charger that will charge the watch as the user swings their arms.
The company takes the concept of a modular platform even beyond Project Ara, going so far as being able to switch out the screen from a rectangular or circular LCD to an e-Ink display, for example. Each module is expected to cost from UK£20 to UK£40 and can be plugged in via connectors on the links of the watch.
The watch is still in the prototype stage at this point, with the design team needing to do significant work on miniaturization. Nevertheless, the concept has the potential to make smart watches far more adaptable and attractive.
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