ShadowNintendo's latest product, "alarmo"
trucyNintendo switch online required
They finally stopped pretending they weren’t about programmed obsolescence
Switch 2 taking on a crazy form
SeigestBetween this and Pokémon sleep I’m questioning why Nintendo needs to watch us sleep.
GammaThey’ve had this type of stuff in the works for at least a decade
Two reasons:
- Sleep data can give some information on your health but isn’t regulated as strictly as health data. Health data == Money
- Companies want your time and attention. TV manufacturers want you to use your TV as much as possible, social media companies want you to use their platform as much as possible, video game developers want you to play their games as much as possible. Nintendo successfully gained people’s time when outside through Pokèmon Go already. Now they’re trying to expand to your time sleeping. There’s not much time left which isn’t utilized by companies somewhat. Maybe there will be a Pokèmon School/Work soon?
Announcing a new partnership with Jira…
I kinda wanna reverse/side engineer a replica you can DIY because fuck Nintendo.
Could probably use this as a base
Unfortunately your guide links to stuff on adafruit that’s out of stock - mostly the screen/microprocessor…
I found this guide that has a walk through with full code and an easy to use library for making the interface quite a bit better:
Very nice! I did not look too deep, just found something similar.
Looks great!
Sapphiria 🏳️⚧️ [she/her]I didn’t realize it was April 1st already.
“Alarmo” sounds like an elf name from Disenchantment.
T (they/she)The first thing I thought was “Did I suddently wake up on April 1st??”.
thingsiplayIs this an out of season alarm fools joke?
Storksforlegs
luciole (they/them)Do you guys not have phones?
SavvyWolfOkay, so there’s two lines I could go down for this.
The first is to joke about the recent controversy, and say that they’re only doing this so they can sue other alarm clock manufacturers for patent infringement.
The second is a wordplay by calling it “the s-watch”. But that doesn’t really translate well to text.
They keep using the term "motion sensor," probably to avoid saying "this device that you will place next to your kid's bed has a camera and an internet connection."
(related community if that makes you nearly have an aneurysm: !privacy)
The features described could be accomplished with a PIR motion sensor. I don’t see any reason they’d go to the expense of adding a camera, especially since infrared is better for operating in the dark like you’d expect for an alarm clock that’ll need to be able to wake kids at 6am in the winter.
When I saw this post I assumed it was a parody
Really? A $100 alarm clock with WiFi that requires a Nintendo account subscription? It’s going to be sold out tomorrow.
The main gimmick is that it has tracking features builtin and will stop alarming when you go out of bed, without interaction. I tracks you in bed. To me this sounds alarming, because it collects data, so you can analyze your sleep, and has connection to the internet. Absolutely nogo.
I can just hit the button manually on my phone and its done. And I can already use any song I want.
Nintendo also recently did the Pokenon sleep app which was about tracking your sleep and a bunch of wearables have been shouting they intend to get better about it too…
I don’t know if I want to know why suddenly data on People’s sleep patterns is so profitable but yeah no way am I inviting data tracking and biometric harvesting into my bed with me.
hobbscAll my homies hate Nintendo.
I’ve tried to correct the perspective in GIMP. There are probably better quality versions of the image, but I just wanted to have fun.
- INGESTION HAZARD: This product contains a button or cell or coin battery
- DEATH or serious injury can occur if in???sted ingested
- A swallowed button cell or coin battery can cause Internal Chemical Burns ?? in as little as 2 hours
- KEEP new and used batteries OUT OF REACH of CHILDREN
- Seek immediate medical attention if a battery is suspected to be swallowed or inserted inside any part of the body
Wait a minute, inserted any part of the body?
Edit: Thanks to GlennicusM filling out the stuff I could not read.
GlennicusM- DEATH or serious injury can occur if ingested
- A swallowed button cell or coin battery can cause Internal Chemical Burns in as little as 2 hours
Filled in the blanks for you.
Thank you. :-) I’ll correct edit.
like others here it took me a while to realize this wasnt a joke product.
That said, its a cute if not overpriced idea. But Im not sure why they’d eliminate a huge portion of customers by requiring a switch/nintendo subscription.
I think this is actually kinda cool. But I wish they had custom “Nintendo sounds” made specifically for the clock rather than game noises.
I feel like this would be a sure-fire way to make me feel negative emotions when hearing various game sounds.