A Digital Loupe Episode 19 https://offhours.show/podcast-player/1042/ep19.mp3Jon and Chris chat a little more about the Santa Fe speakers’ trip, the closure of OSU’s watchmaking program, and the potential upsides of augmenting reality. ABQ Jewellery Exhibit Chris got a sneak preview of the new jewellery exhibit at ABQcabq.gov Closure of OSU Oklahoma State University’s Watchmaking Program is slated to closehs-ny.org Wit Jarochowski Wit Jarochowski’s 1991 patent for a mechanically driven electromagnetic escapement patents.google.com WOSTEP The Watchmakers of Switzerland Training and Education Program wostep.ch SAWTA The Swiss American Watchmakers Training Alliancesawtacertification.org X1T Wireless Earbuds The Bluetooth earbuds Jon started using recentlyamazon.com S530 Wireless Earbud The Bluetooth earbuds Jon mentioned back in Episode 6amazon.com Apple AirPods Apple’s wireless earbudsamazon.com BeatsX A longer lasting, harder to lose take on the W1 chip powering Apple’s AirPodsamazon.com Apple Watch The Apple Watch has built in controls for wirelessly controlling audio & will support background audio playback in WatchOS 5amazon.com Garmin Fenix Smartwatches like the Garmin Fenix also support audio control over Bluetoothamazon.com Overcast An excellent podcast player for iOS, by Marco Armentovercast.fm ATP The Accidental Tech Podcast, co-hosted by Marco Arment who develops Overcastatp.fm Apple HomePod Apple’s HomePod was just released in Canada at the time this episode was publishedapple.com IKEA Place An app that leverages Apple’s ARKit to see what various pieces of IKEA furniture would look like in your spaceitunes.apple.com Yelp Easter egg One of the first AR experiences to pop up on the iPhonewired.com Starmap Turns your phone into a viewfinder to identify the constellations overheaditunes.apple.com Head Mounted Display Jon attempted to use a Teleglass T3-F from Japanese firm, Scalar, as a digital loupe several years ago scalar.co.jp
