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Tago Arc e-ink Bracelet
Tago Arc e-ink Bracelet
tago
arc is an e-ink
bracelet in the process of being developed. They are currently working the
crowdfunding site Indiegogo
to raise $40,000 to turn their prototype into a shippable product. The
bracelet will combine a flexible e-ink screen with NFC transfer tech so
that a new design can be loaded onto the device via a companion Android app,
using an NFC enabled smartphone or tablet to power the transfer. (Support
for iOS devices is not currently possible owing to Apple locking down the iPhone
6’s NFC chip for Apple Pay only.)
So, to be clear,
tago’s twist is that it needs (and has) no on-board battery. The NFC draws the
power it needs for a transfer from the mobile device’s battery as and when the
user is changing the design. When in its resting display state, e-ink does not
draw power so no battery is needed to power the device at other times — so it’s
a battery-free wearable. Well, at least that’s the
promise.
“Our current
prototype can change display with a smartphone (through NFC, without external
power), with the working tago app we developed,” CEO Zoli Kovács tells TechCrunch. “We
are now working on the final design and software optimizations. The electronics
(on flexible printed circuits, flexible display, etc) are ready to be put in the
final commercial version of the tago arc.”
The choice of NFC
also opens the bracelet up to functionality expansion in future, according
to Kovács, who hints that contactless payments might be supported down the line
“perhaps one day”. Although he also stresses that the primary motivation here is
to build a wearable accessory that looks good, rather than to add on lots of
functionality bells and whistles.
Owners of the tago
arc will be able to load their own designs onto their bracelet via the companion
app for free. There will also be a marketplace for downloading and buying
imagery and designs from others.
The TechCrunch
article about Tago Arc mentions the following quotes from CEO Zoli Kovács: “Our
artist community will price their own artistic contributions to the #pic
market,” and “Our suggested price for them will be around $1-$2, but we will not
pre-set the prices, we will let the supply and demand sort it out for itself.
There is also going to be an option here for premium brands and designers to
price their exclusive designs at a higher price.”
According to the
news the bracelet itself will be made from coated surgical stainless steel, with
gold, silver and black color options. The basic price for Indiegogo backers is
now $259 per bracelet. Precious metal premium versions are also offered
obviously at far higher cost.
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