Ring Clock: A Ring That Gives You Time On Your Hands

Ring Clock backgroundThis award winning time piece was designed by Gusztav Szikszai two years ago and when the initial pictures were posted online there was a lot of interest with many people in various forums asking how they could get hold of one.



Design from 2011

Since then we have been fine tuning the design and technology so that we could deliver the best quality product and building the right team to bring this to market. We are pleased to say that within the timescales below we believe that we CAN now answer the calls and produce this with your support.

The goal of our Ring Clock project:

• simple and clean design
  
• unique clock aspect around the ring’s band
  
• eco-friendly and playful - the time is displayed when you rotate the ring
  
• cutting edge technology (wireless charge, ultrathin battery, energy-saving LEDs)
  

Ring Clock as part of everyday life

There won't be party where you do not get asked by somebody to show off this beautiful gadget. Whenever you need to know the time just spin the ring and you will see the time....and others will see it too!

Ring Clock can improve your sense of time too. How about trying to predict the time before you rotate the ring? It sounds silly but we bet that you will play along with us at some point!

It is also very green with no wasted energy because in real time, when you want, it shows the time. Our next dream is that rotation kinetic energy will give the power to the LED lights meaning that the next version of Ring Clock can be entirely green. If we achieve significant support we will start to work on this dream earlier.

Design inspiration from Gusztav

“It started with a challenge 2 years ago at CGSociety.org named Moving Innovation. The idea was to create visualisation for a product that cannot exist today, but could exist 10 years from now. I wanted to create something that is innovative, good to look at and can actually be useful. I never wore a watch on my wrist because I don't like the feeling, but I like watches in general, so I used that opportunity to let my mind come up with something that I could wear, the Ring Clock.”

We had to change some things on the original design for the feasibility, because technology has not been able to catch up with Guszti’s dreams in the past 2 years!

Specification of prototype

• Ring body material: 316L surgical stainless steel (allergy free)
  
  
• Light source: 144 energy safe ultrathin mono-color LED
  
  
• Light color: blue or orange LED (optional)
  
  
• Lighting time: 1 minute time display after the ring rotation
  
  
• Battery specs: 6mAh, ultrathin rechargeable lithium polymer battery
  
  
• Running time: 1 week with normal use (15 times activation per days) or 2 hours constant use.
  
  
• Battery lifetime: 3 years (battery is not replaceable)
  
  
• Charger: Qi wireless power charger pad (with universal 110-240 AC DC USB charger)
  
  
• Charging time: max. 2 hours
  
  
• Time setting: by the setting buttons on the Qi charger pad
  
  
• Water-resistant
  

Ring Clock dimensions:

• Width: 14 mm (0.551 in)
  
  
• Thickness: 3-3.5 mm (0.118-0.134 in)
  
  
• Size table:
  
  

Project timeline and budget

Our status as at Aug 2013:

In the last 4 months we have finished the conceptual model and made some small design changes for feasibility. We have contacted with the potential suppliers: ring turner, micro laser cutter, flexible circuit board manufacturer, battery manufacturer, resin and antibacterial nanotechnology specialist.

We have prepared schematic diagrams and layouts for the prototype board (in 1:1 scale). Printed Circuit Board manufacturing and component purchasing are ongoing. We have  produced 36 ring bodies from 316L stainless steel for prototypes, the micro laser cutting with 30 micron cutting edge is ongoing (see the pictures below).

Project plan:

• Aug-Oct 2013: prototype building (electrical and mechanical)
  
  
• Nov-Dec 2013: prototype testing and finishing
  
  
• Jan-March 2014: first batch goes into production
  
  
• Apr 2014: first batch ready for delivery
  
  
• Apr-Jun 2014: second batch goes into production
  
  
• Jul 2014: second batch ready for delivery
  
  

One third of the funding will be needed to build the prototypes and two thirds will be spent on manufacturing the finished article.

Team

We set up an international team for this project and established a UK limited company. The communication all carried out from the UK, whilst the engineering and production planning are in Hungary.

• Mark Blair: communication (UK)
  
  
• Gusztav Szikszai: design (Hungary)
  
  
• Sandor Somos: project management (Hungary) - linkedin profile
  
  
• Csaba Albert: electrical engineering (Hungary)
  
  
• Janos Mendler: mechanical engineering (Hungary)
  
  

The production will be implemented by carefully selected third party suppliers.
(Our Laser microprocessing partner is Exasol Ltd.)

这扳指是手表？？？

大爬爬虫/sun 发表于 2013-9-5 09:47
这扳指是手表？？？

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