The 'Ring'
The device that I researched is simply called the 'Ring.' The company Logbar introduced the original Ring about a year ago, as a wearable Bluetooth device that can control different gadgets in the home by using different wand-like gestures or motions with your finger while wearing the ring. I found the idea very intriguing and innovative. The Ring that is available now costs around $269 and seems to be rather large. It has also had some interference issues when connecting to a smart phone, this is due to it being made of Zinc. Also various people sited that they had a hard time getting their gestures to register with their smartphones. The newer version that is to be released in march is said to be smaller and more aesthetically pleasing, and is also made of materials that will not have any interference issues.The idea is great in my opinion. We are always looking for ways to make life easier, and a ring is something that most of us wear all of the time anyways. The new version that is going to be released will in addition cost about half of what the current one does, costing about $130 according to Logbar.
Logbar also plans to release an accessory in march called the ring hub, which will allow the user to control even more through infrared communication. You will be able to control things like the curtains, TV's and lights.
If the gesture problems and wear-ability of the ring improves with the newer version, it is a piece of technology that I would love to use. Having said that, the original version I would not want to use. I read to many negative reviews due to the size and unreliability of the product. Logbar would need to prove that they have fixed the cited problems, and improved the product greatly before I would give my full recommendation.
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