38: Watch This Time and Space

The Apple Watch promises new functionality from a smartwatch. John dissects the detail behind the power demands of wristwatches, screen types, movement types, GPSs, super-capacitors, batteries and why the Taptic engine could be a big deal. With Vic Hudson and John Chidgey. Related Links: Mechanical Watches The Watch The Hamilton Watch Company Quartz Watches Seiko Astron SQ 35 The First Quartz Wrist Watch Seiko Electric Mechanical Watches Electric Watch Hamilton Titan 500 Electric Watch Kinetics Changing Seiko Kinetic Battery Replacing Seiko Kinetic Capacitor Automatic Watch Solar Watches The Solar Powered Watch Fully Transparent Solar Cell Solar Cell Screen Technology iPhone 5 and Galaxy SIII Tech Shoot-out Mirasol Batteries/Storage The Battery Reference Book Lithium-ion Batteries Super-Capacitor Maxell TC920S Battery [PDF] 355 Pulsar Battery [PDF] Fitness Comparing Fitbit Models FitBit A Category Called General The Pulsar Watch Smart Watch BCM4750 GPS iPhone 6+ Teardown Inductive Charging Lightning Connector Previous Episodes and Articles Episode 1: Faraday’s Cage Episode 2: The Battery Problem Episode 19: I’ll Take The Gold-free Extra-Oxygen Cable Please Smartwatches: You Might Want One…Or Not Support Pragmatic on Patreon Episode sponsors: LIFX: LIFX is a smart lightbulb that gives you previously unheard of control of your lighting. Each bulb is Wi-Fi enabled, can give you light in whatever colour of the rainbow you like, and is an energy efficient LED light bulb that you can control with your smartphone. Don't forget 4-packs and 10-packs save you 4% and 8% respectively and also come with free shipping!Many Tricks: If you’re looking for some Mac software that can do Many Tricks remember to specifically visit the URL below for more information about their amazingly useful apps. Hurry it's only for a limited time!