Rabu, 07 Januari 2015

"Ring", the ring smart controllers home and gadgets

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"Ring", the ring smart controllers home and gadgets
Have you ever imagine just need to move a finger to adjust the volume or turn the room lights? A device called the Ring trying to realize the imagination. This ring using a Bluetooth connection as a liaison to other gadgets and control.

Quoted from Cnet, on Monday (01/05/2015), this ring is the second version. His first version had slid in October and sold out. The new ring work via an application that records 23 cues and memadankannya with specific commands on a smartphone.

In addition, Ring which will be present at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2015, also has an infrared connection to control home appliance. Ring this time using a plastic material and is priced around 130 dollars.

Logbar, the company that makes the Ring, was first launched its products through Kikcstarter.com crowdfounding platform. The program managed to raise funds amounting to 880.998 US dollars. The amount is even exceeded that expected worth 250,000 US dollars.

In the first version, Ring made using zinc metal material. Promised features is the ability to control the smartphone through certain gestures. Cues can be set by the user via Android or iOS application installed in his smartphone.

Ring first version got a lot of criticism. Mainly related poor performance. A YouTube user with the account Snazzy Labs upload comments and the reason why the initial generation Ring is called bad.

The main highlights are the price is worth 269 US dollars, or approximately USD 3.4 million. The official price is more expensive than smartwatch in general, but the performance is shown even lower.

The success rate using the command Ring is only 0.5 percent. Users must repeatedly repeating gestures to make his smartphone to work as instructed. In fact, Android users must remain open so that his smartphone application Ring willing to take orders from the smart ring.

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