Smarty Ring promises technology at your fingertips

A new smart ring which displays the time and alerts from the user’s phone has been getting the interwebs all in a flutter this week. Smarty Ring was the brainchild of Chennai-based mechatronics engineer Ashok Kumar, according to CBC News. A flashy web site offering pre-orders explains that the smart jewellery is compatible …

[Anonymous Coward]

One Ring to rule them all

One Ring to find them,

One Ring to bring them all,

And in the darkness bind them.

[Thorne]

Re: One Ring to rule them all

It's not an iRing.......

[JDX]

Iain M. Banks RIP

Clearly an early version of a ring terminal.

[K]

Smarty Ring...

Sound like a next-gen legal high -

Tap one time for neck tingling euphoria

Tap two times for hallucinations

Tap three time for ridiculous munchies fest

[Stella Duvel]

What on earth ...

At 0:26 in it declares it has a "butt call alert" - is there something I don't know about Chennai - is "butt call" a synonym for something?

[It'sa Mea... Mario]

Re: What on earth ...

cannot believe the article author did not pick up on that.. lol, I knew I could not be the only one

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: What on earth ...

booty call?

I man must alway answer the call of booty

[Thorne]

Re: What on earth ...

"At 0:26 in it declares it has a "butt call alert" - is there something I don't know about Chennai - is "butt call" a synonym for something?"

Butt call is a call of nature

[Muppetry]

Needs a speaker

So it can be said that someone is speaking out of their ring...

[Baron Ebaneezer Wanktrollop III]

Go swivel

So it reduces the amount of times you look at your phone by 60%?

I estimate that twice the amount of time that you save will be spent spinning the ring around so you can see the LCD

[A K Stiles]

Hopefully IP rated...

for the first time you wash your hands or, theistic paradise forbid, spill your pint!

[VinceH]

Optional

I was amused at the point in the video where they mention that there's a "clock at your fingertips" - the model has the ring on upside down from his point of view, and is wearing a watch.

Whaddya mean, it's an advert and I'm not supposed to notice things like that, and instead just be sucked in by it?

[Nya]

So when the battery fails does that mean you get a burning ring of fire?

[Anonymous Coward]

Network connections?

It connects to your phone via token ring, I assume.

Mine's the one with Grays Sports Almanac in the pocket...

[Lottie]

....notify if you’ve pocket dialled someone

If it ever gets built, this will be the killer app. Especially for PAYG customers.

Although this does have the feel of vapourware (vapourwear?) about it.

[Anonymous Coward]

"...the team behind Smarty Ring have apparently not yet produced a working prototype..."

Aye, there's the rub.

If they could actually make this it would be pretty cool. But despite advances in display tech, I have a hard time believing that something in the form factor shown can be made - especially for two and a half.

Now, if they wanted to replicate those hideous class rings that are common here in the US at least, they could fit an entire server farm in there...

[Darryl]

Scott Adams - Visionary

Dilbert did this over 15 years ago:

http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1998-09-12/

[Andrew Garrard]

Re: Scott Adams - Visionary

Meh. I was thinking about it longer ago than that. Could do with a gyroscopically stabilized picoprojector, really. And I was kind of hoping for powering it by a similar mechanism to electronic self-winding watches.

I really must get a 3D printer and try to make all the things I "invent"...

[Sir Sham Cad]

And if it made an audible sound on receiving a call

It would be a Ring Ring.

Oh yes, coat. Right-oh.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: And if it made an audible sound on receiving a call

And if a gang of criminals specialized in fencing stolen ones, it would be a Ring Ring ring. And if the cops arrested a couple of them and squeezed them for information, that would be a Ring Ring ring wring...

[Anonymous Coward]

????????

Is it just me or... I don't see any appreciative comments about the creativity, Or it has to do something with India association.?????

[diodesign]

Re: ????????

I like the look of it..

C.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: ????????

Yeah, I know that whenever I see something awesome, before I comment on it, I make sure it isn't from India, because then it sucks anyway.

Really??