I might (20%) make a run of buttons that say how long since you pressed them. eg so I can push the button in the morning when I have put in my anti-baldness hair stuff and then not have to wonder whether I did.
Would you be interested in buying such a thing?
Perhaps they have a dry wipe section so you can write what the button is for.
If you would, can you upvote the attached comment.
Probably not for me. I had a few projects using AWS IoT buttons (no display, but arbitrary code run for click, double-click, or long-click of a small battery-powered wifi button), but the value wasn’t really there, and I presume adding a display wouldn’t quite be enough to devote the counter space. Amusingly, it turns out the AWS version was EOL’d today—Learn about AWS IoT legacy services—AWS IoT Core
A thought for a possible “version 2” would be to make them capable of reporting a push via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, to track the action the button represents.
I think this would be missing the point. If it were “smart” like you describe, I definitely wouldn’t buy it, and I wouldn’t use it even if got it for free: I’d just get an app on my phone. What I want from such an object is infallibility, and the dumber it is, the closer it’s likely to get to that ideal.
Physical object.
I might (20%) make a run of buttons that say how long since you pressed them. eg so I can push the button in the morning when I have put in my anti-baldness hair stuff and then not have to wonder whether I did.
Would you be interested in buying such a thing?
Perhaps they have a dry wipe section so you can write what the button is for.
If you would, can you upvote the attached comment.
Probably not for me. I had a few projects using AWS IoT buttons (no display, but arbitrary code run for click, double-click, or long-click of a small battery-powered wifi button), but the value wasn’t really there, and I presume adding a display wouldn’t quite be enough to devote the counter space. Amusingly, it turns out the AWS version was EOL’d today—Learn about AWS IoT legacy services—AWS IoT Core
Upvote to signal: I would buy a button like this, if they existed.
A thought for a possible “version 2” would be to make them capable of reporting a push via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, to track the action the button represents.
I think this would be missing the point. If it were “smart” like you describe, I definitely wouldn’t buy it, and I wouldn’t use it even if got it for free: I’d just get an app on my phone. What I want from such an object is infallibility, and the dumber it is, the closer it’s likely to get to that ideal.
Are you describing a stopwatch?
If you can get it to run off of ambient light with some built-in solar panels (like a calculator), yes, I would buy such a thing for ~$20.
Hang up a tear-off calendar?
I personally used beeminder for this (which I think originated from this community)