It came out almost perfectly – except for a little warping because it lifted during the print. I oriented it upside-down, to eliminate cantilevers. My friend Jono helped me print it in translucent Ruby PET+ on a Type A Machines model. The front design is based on an emblem for curiosity and intellectual exploration. The enclosure I designed has an opening on the bottom for the Bean, which is held in place by a necklace cord, threaded through the sides and along the base. I had to tuck the pendant inside my shirt in order to feel the haptics, and even then, it wasn't noticeable while I was biking. I wore it for a couple of days, and it was definitely interesting! I noticed myself unintentionally keeping track of how many ke I spent in different situations: seven at a table having dinner with friends three in a meeting. It's still too big to fit inside any pocket watch or pendant that I own, so for the time being, I stuck the pendant in a little Ziploc bag, shoved the ends of the board into a dogtag protector thingy as it's about the right shape and size, then threaded it onto a chain. This is also a good time to check whether you're dreaming, which is a popular method for increasing lucidity. It will run for about a week on a standard CR2032, but I'd like to replace the coin cell with something rechargeable. Doing "nothing" is still doing something – sitting, derping around on the internet, sleeping. When it does, take stock of how you've been spending your time. This pendant vibrates briefly every 864 seconds (1/100 of a day, about 14.4 minutes). I made a Ke clock in Python, which sits on your Mac desktop, with the help of GeekTool. There was a brief trend at AHA for measuring time in ke, an ancient Chinese chronological unit. Hypnos was the ancient Greek personification of sleep, and watches and pendants are culturally associated with hypnosis. So, I'm forking it into two projects: this pendant, and the upcoming Nyx Scarf. mainly because I got tired of having prototypes on my face. This is the child of DreamGlass, a glasses-mounted lucidity tool that I never finished.
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