Moment

Moment
Category	Limb-mounted
Developer	Somatic Labs
Announced	December 2015 ?
Released	Developers: (unknown) Consumers: January 2017 , pre-order September 2016
Price	129 USD in Kickstarter
Operating system	none (can connect to smartphone)
Sensors	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Magnetometer
Weight	g unknown
Controls	button, smartphone
Data available	Good
Risk factor	Low
Standalone
https://wearmoment.com/

Main Characteristics

Company & People

• Shantanu Bala - co-founder of Somatic Labs, who started the development of Moment
• Ajay Karpur - co-founder of Somatic Labs, specialised at electrophysiology, computational neuroscience, software development and haptic wearable design
• Jacob Rockland - co-founder of Somatic Labs, specialised at firmware development, full stack web development, and iOS development

Important Dates

Moment Prototype

• May 2009 - Shantanu Bala started his research in haptic technologies
• December 2015 - the first prototype of Moment was introduced
• February 2016 - Ajay Karpur and Jacob Rockland joined the team
• September 2016 - an announced beginning of pre-order
• January 2017 - an announced start of shipping

Health Risks

We found no health risks related to Moment directly, but those applicable to Body-worn Wearables in general might be also applied to Moment.

Ethical Issues

4 brushless linear resonant actuators

We found no ethical issues related to Moment directly, but those applicable to Body-worn Wearables in general might be applied to Moment as well.

Public Policy

We have not recorded any public policy that regards Moment.

Related Technologies, Project or Scientific Research

References

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602183/this-wristband-can-trace-your-gps-directions-on-your-skin/