Collectible No. 1, a smart necklace you can build, from GM! Lux
Preview · early access
Who I am
“My name is Carl, and I’m an independent creative technologist.”
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Collectible No. 1
“I kind of just surprised myself.”
Fits in your palmNo app needed
The brass rim
“Luxury, but my people can afford it.”
Brass rimSquare wire
The onyx body
“Handmade apps, shipped rough.”
Black resinEmerald cut3 snap-in parts
The screen and the board
“A cute little project.”
A tiny touch screenFeels when you tilt itTalks to your phone17 styles of living art
The Day 1 film
Read the film’s words
“Hey, GM, GM, it’s Carl over here, and I just wanted to hop on here and show you guys something that I kind of just surprised myself with. I bought one of these ESP32, I think like C6, I think that’s the name. Has a lot of the senses that we know, like Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, tilt, some gyro. And I wanted to do a cute little project with it, and decided to name it GM! Lux, and we’re going to be going on an adventure. We are going to be creating hand assembled smart jewelry. So, ride with me.”
My voice, my desk. Case shots are a render of the design.
The world I am fighting for
“Fighting for, or restoring, the ability for all people to be able to build, have access, have data sovereignty, and be as creative and artistic in storytelling and as revolutionary as possible.”
RechargeableCharges like a phone
Why community
“We treat learning, workshops and building like a luxury item, done in community.”
A tap tag in the back
These three are not built yet
What we want it to do
Simulated
What we want it to do · 1 of 3
A website that lives on your neck.
A phone slides in next to the necklace, joins its Wi-Fi, and a page opens. No internet.
Simulated
What we want it to do · 2 of 3
The handshake swap.
A second necklace slides in, they touch, and they trade names. Each keeps its own list.
Simulated
What we want it to do · 3 of 3
The room clock and the tilt vote.
More necklaces fill the white room, one starts the clock and it hops across all of them. Then they tilt and the count shows on every screen.
Season 1 · buildathon challenge
What would you have Collectible No. 1 do?
Ride with me
“Hand assembled smart jewelry.”
The specs
What is inside
A tiny screen. A tiny computer. A battery. A case shaped like a gem.
You do not need to know any of the numbers to start.
For the curious: the full specs
Running today on the real board
In the design, not built yet
Three ways in
GM! Lux
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Season 1
What would you have Collectible No. 1 do?
Season 1 is a buildathon challenge. Details are coming.