Kickstarter happens to be a hotbed for new devices or ideas to obtain their fair share of dough in order to be realized. There are hits and misses, of course, and hopefully there will be more hits than misses in the long run of things. Now here is something that is confirmed to roll off production lines in less than 24 hours after being put up on Kickstarter – the Blocks modular smartwatch.
Basically, the Blocks modular smartwatch made it past the $250,000 goal in less than a day, now how about that for the kind of crazy interest in it? Blocks was first advertised to be a future-proof wearable, although we are quite sure that this is theoretical only, as you can never really have something like a smartwatch to be future-proof in reality, although it might have a really, really long lifespan where users are concerned.
Rather than make use of components within the timepiece’s body, it can be extended using a modular strap, where the core watch itself happens to be a standard Bluetooth phone accessory, where one is able to make use of notifications, make use of voice actions, enjoy activity tracking, alongside it a round color touchscreen. The standard band is replaceable using a bunch of modules which will hook up to the core watch, enabling your timepiece to enjoy features such as additional battery capacity, a heart rate monitor, GPS, or NFC. The core alone would cost $195 while the core in addition to a quartet of modules would retail for $250.
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