变异手表X-Watch
Mutant Timepiece



来自波兰的设计师Damian Kozlik 设计了这样一个有趣的"X-Watch".这块表正常人和盲人都可以使用,这一点值得肯定.看起来用他来读取时间很费劲.但也许生活更注重的是过程而不是结果.如果你太在意细节只会把你的头搞大.且看设计师自己的解释吧.

Straight out of Poland, Damian Kozlik has designed an interesting if not confusing timepiece dubbed “X-Watch”. His attempt at a universal time piece able to be used by sighted and the blind is a step in the right direction. Not sure if X marks the right spot on this one but his rubber strap housing carries an array of LEDs behind graduated glass with extruded braille numbers that chris-cross to highlight and center the correct time. Seems like a lot of acrobatics just to tell time, but maybe life is truly in the journey and not the destination… even when counting the hours. If you ask for more details, our heads may explode. This was a hard one to figure out…let it go.



Designer: Damian Kozlik


 

以下是设计者的说明:
Texts from the designer:


"X-watch"整块表都是一个整体,全都是LED时间显示区.它不仅可以供正常人使用,同时可以供盲人使用.表和表带可以用橡胶制造.每个LED灯就是一个时间刻度.机械装置(IC board)设计在表的另一面.

“X - watch” is universal and integrating L.E.D. timepiece. It can be used by sighted and blind people. Watch case and straps can be made of rubber. Dial is compounded of Leds. Mechanism of the watch (IC board) is placed under them.



 

盲人如何使用他呢?其实很简单.只要用手指在表带上滑动触摸.每个刻度上有着供盲人阅读的突点数字.当摸到高亮区的时候会听到有声音发出.

How blind people can use it? It’s simple. It’s just to move a finger along the graduated watch glass. There are extruded Braille numbers. When a person touches highlighted panel hears a sound.




 

How it works? Every segment of the watch glass works like separated touch switch. There are two solutions possible:

1. Every panel works like capacitance touch switch. It needs only one electrode to function. The electrode can be placed behind a panel. It works using body capacitance. When a person touches it, it increases the capacitance and triggers the sound.


 

2. Every panel works like resistance touch switch. This solution needs metal units to function. There are two thin pieces of metal on the each panel. It works by lowering the resistance between them. It is much simpler in construction compared to the first solution. Placing a finger across the metal units achieves a turn on the sound. Removing the finger from the metal pieces turns the sound off.