LED jump rope hooks up to a smartphone, shows data in thin air

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Has it changed?

Seriously Rob, tell us you arenā€™t in the backpocket of ā€œBig Jumpā€.

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Kinda looks like it would clear your engrams while you jump, tooā€¦

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I wonder what it reads when you find it, years later, in a drawer with your other fitness doodads?

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People canā€™t count? This seems sort of silly ā€” a large part of the appeal of jumping rope is that itā€™s so simple a caveman can do it. Itā€™s like someone is sitting round desperately trying to figure out what else they can add computers to.

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Well, obviously itā€™s 22.5 times better than the $4 jump rope you can get at K-Mart. Because, you know, $90.

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Neat! Does the display still work when itā€™s coiled around my ankles while Iā€™m curled up on the ground, holding my broken nose?

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How long until we get one that displays full-color video?

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Iā€™m amazingly bad at keeping count when exercising. Either Iā€™m counting and bored or letting my mind wander and solving other problems and have no clue where I was at.

So yeah. Iā€™d fit that ā€˜canā€™t countā€™ use case. :wink:

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That is totally how capitalism works according to several who adhere to various economic religious sects!

:slightly_smiling:

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I wonder how many spins will the wiring last for. Cables tend to fray when moved too often.

Why not use a wearable augmented reality display? Would be way more reliable (though not visible for other people).

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ftfy :wink:

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You could say they ā€¦

ā€¦roped me in.

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Batteries, Bluetooth, a dedicated app, and yes, the price tagā€¦ They could learn something from Tiger Electronics:

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Tied your hands, did they? You were bound by an honor code not to mention the arrangement?

Oh youā€¦

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Alternately, use a string of multi-colored LEDs that change color the faster you go. You could hook up a generator in one of the handles. (Like they do in these: http://www.aliexpress.com/item/NEW-Water-Glow-3-Colors-Changing-LED-Light-Kitchen-Bathroom-Faucet-Temperature-Control-TE-shower-head/32427171595.html)

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Opposite for me. Counting helps distract me from the pain. I as I count, depending on how long it takes, I prime-factor the number. Better than suffering and being able to devote total focus on the pain.

But Iā€™m an over-doer. I have about the same level of dexterity with my arms and legs as an earthworm, so I make up for it with sheer power. So I end up breaking things or myself all the time. By now though itā€™s usually just myself. Breaking things is expensive.

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