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

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