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Alright, everyone, you might have noticed the PICOs have been out of stock lately.
I won’t be doing a second batch, not exactly…Some big news coming soon
Soon™.
well i just got my pico today - wow that took a long time
now my usb-c to lightning data cable does not work - amazon here i come!
pico works great on my computer - so it’s definitely my connection.
Just got my new iPhone 15 today. Sure enough, it works great with my Pico! (Again, tested with my listening device since I’m not magnetic yet.)
Ok cables came, I started e perimenting with range
iPhone 12 here, tragus magnets are tickly with the pico
Finger magnets are so so for sound but can sense the field not too bad.
Unfortunately for anything on iPhone I had to pump the volume to 100%.
This will definitely freak my normie friends
Yup that’s needed on any device. Keep in mind they don’t do any onboard amplification. This way they are tiny and battery-less. The tradeoff is power
I must admit it does look cool
You might have to wait a bit but they will soon be available again
Welcome back
You Betcha
I was going to reply to you sooner, but I was off answering another question, Anyway Az beat me to it.
I was going to say:
He is out of stock
But he is also being a tease
Pico2 ?
PicoNanoMicroTiny?
anyway, he also provided a “Build your own” on GitHub, as you would have seen, but here’s the link
The only reason I am really replying is, you may have also missed his Zinc Project
It’s really awesome actually
It has a cost to it, but it is VERY reasonable, and has Tiers to it, meaning, One of the Tiers, you can basically get a free Pico.
I’m not sure if this will carry over to the new “PicoNanoMicroTiny”
But the App itself is awesome, with even more functionality coming Soon™
I was going to write a review on it, but I was waiting for it to be “finished”
But also, I don’t have a BioMagnet, so I’m not one of the kool kids, and I couldn’t review all the functionality.
Anyway, welcome back, and check out the Zinc Project whilst you wait for the “PicoNanoMicroTiny”
Before December
How dare you
That’s planned but not soon soon, more future soon
Dangerous Things has commissioned a bulk run of Loadstone PICO for sale on the store
Got my Lodestone yesterday and I figured I toss out my first impressions after fucking around with the haptic lab for half an hour or so… Maybe we need a "Lodestone Experiences " thread? For everyone’s reference, I have a Titan in the blade of my left hand and an xG3 v2 in the blade of my right.
TLDR: Titan is the sensing king. Lodestone is fun and is making me want to reinvestigate my Titan (which was slated for removal/repositioning).
Titan
Very responsive and noticeable particularly on Sine and Saw Wave. I keep wanting to say “sharp” but that’s not quite right–I think I’m feeling the edges of the device. This was a particularly fun experience because I can’t feel much of anything with my Titan in terms of current flow. Even around microwaves.
xG3 v2
It feels very faint and soft. Regardless of the frequency it feels substantially slower and less active than the Titan.
Overall, I noticed something interesting: there seems to be a wave encompassing those intentionally generated by the Lodestone. Like, I can feel the Titan vibrating fast at 200hz but there is an ebb and flow to it’s intensity, if that makes sense.
particularly on Sine and Saw Wave.
That’s unexpected, in my experiments and theory the square wave [and saw on different frequencies] is much more energetic. I wonder if that’s a titan-specific behavior? It makes me very excited to see a bunch of test results come in and figure out all these differences!
Even around microwaves.
Very surprising. Every magnet I’ve had, sensitive or not, gets at least a faint buzz from average microwaves. Have you explored the back of it?
Overall, I noticed something interesting: there seems to be a wave encompassing those intentionally generated by the Lodestone. Like, I can feel the Titan vibrating fast at 200hz but there is an ebb and flow to it’s intensity, if that makes sense.
I have no idea what you’re talking about but I’m very curious! Do you mean your sensitivity varies with frequency?
This is my sensitivity ploted
Edit: to clarify the plots above, lower is better. It’s the minimum threshold of intensity that can be sensed reliably.
From:
toh-2023.pdf (7.5 MB) (not published)
Like, I can feel the Titan vibrating fast at 200hz but there is an ebb and flow to it’s intensity, if that makes sense.
I wonder if this might have something to do with resonance and the physical harmonic of moving mass. In theory, if you are close to resonance then energy should build but then dissipate because it’s out of sync. Very curious.
So, I didn’t realize the volume was a factor. Trying it again at full volume is a very different experience. Both magnets are pretty loud. It’s harder for me to tell the different waves apart with the xG3. I have yet to do the test but hopefully Sunday or Monday. The Titan’s pocket feels mildly irritated ATM. That’s the far and away the most excitement it’s experienced since its install more than a year ago.
The Titan’s pocket feels mildly irritated ATM. That’s the far and away the most excitement it’s experienced since its install more than a year ago.
Don’t hurt yourself maybe th Lodestones need a disclaimer?
maybe th Lodestones need a disclaimer
I would just put a note in the app that says you might want to start at 50% volume and test it out.
Haha, nah. It’s not bad. There’s an intensity slider in the app. It starts out at zero. Which apparently makes my brain set it to 11 and see what happens. Maybe a dialogue warning if you exceed 75? Or so?