Showing posts with label analogue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label analogue. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Are traditional watches now necessary?

Analog or digital…

Ken: Are watches necessary now that mobile phones have taken over so many functions like alerts for social media, photos, as well as phone calls? Not to mention telling the time.

Robyn: I guess. Smartphones have many functions, they’re convenient. But watches are often preferred in situations where accessing a phone might be inconvenient or rude, like during meetings or social gatherings. And watches can be fashion statements or collectible items. 

Ken: I hear what you are saying about mobile phones not replacing watches. But how about an Apple Watch that looks like a watch, can be a flexible fashion statement and does so much more than a time-keeper?

Robyn: Yeah. Apple changed the game. Combining the traditional appeal of a wristwatch with features like notifications, fitness tracking, communication, an
d health monitoring. Integrating with iPhones.

Ken: And with style. Different watch faces and wrist bands. A flexible accessory. Functions  expanded the genre.

Robyn: Do you know anyone who never used traditional watches but who started wearing Apple Watches?

Ken: Oh yeah. Heaps who wanted their smartphone extended to their wrist. Next it’ll be a chip in the head.

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Voice-over

Smartwatches appeal to a younger, tech-savvy demographic who may not have been interested in traditional watches before leading to an increase in adoption among those who may not have previously considered wearing a watch.

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Analogue digital mix

Amid an exchange of abbreviations, Gerhard helps Ned get his car going.

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Gerhard: Maybe the EST has a bit of H20 in it.

Ned: It’s not a DIS system.

Gerhard: No, this is an oddity, this box on the coil, it does the EST work, then sends the current to a distributor. Here, just hold the DVOM a sec will you?

Ned: Odd, isn’t it. No EFI, but it has ESC.

Gerhard: It was the 80s, they were mixing it. Bits were analogue, bits were digital.

 

Voice-over

Brevity, through abbreviations, brings engineers closer together.

EST = electronic spark timing

DIS = distributorless ignition system

DVOM = digital volt-ohmmeter

EFI = electronic fuel injection

ESC = electronic spark control

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