Comments on post “Motiv Ring”
Robert Tregaskes
@robtregaskes · Head of Logistics, Qardio
This looks very interesting and I love the concept, but as somebody very familiar with consumer electronics supply chains and the components used in a number of commercial devices, I'm curious as to how the electronics have been miniaturised? It looks smaller than standard BLE chips or power sources and makes me question if it is too good to be true (if I'm honest!). I would have thought any non-commoditised components will push up the BOM prohibitively for a market space which is effectively commoditised. The Kerv ring is only trying to handle a passive NFC chip with no power requirements, and they still haven't shipped yet a year later than planned.
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Curt von Badinski
@curtvb · Cofounder and CTO @Motiv
@robtregaskes Motiv is three years in the making, and our battery was a big part of that timeline. Small is hard! Nothing like it exists, so we made the battery ourselves. We're a serious company with awesome engineers who specialize in miniaturization. As for what else is inside, we follow the industry very closely and knew when the timing was right to even start thinking about a ring this small.
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Robert Tregaskes
@robtregaskes · Head of Logistics, Qardio
@curtvb Fair enough. I'm yet to be convinced I think but I would love to be proved wrong! Good luck! 😎
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Tom Bielecki
@tombielecki · Cofounder, PrintToPeer
@curtvb but what about the BLE miniaturization concern?
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