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Productivityopticnerve · Lv.1 · 1d ago

My old smart glasses collect dust while these get worn every single day, anyone else?

I've bought into three generations of camera glasses before this and every single pair ended up in a drawer within two months. The Neural Band changed that for me somehow, the wrist gesture thing means I'm not talking to my face in public which apparently was the actual barrier. Reading a text without pulling my phone out mid-conversation feels like cheating in a good way. What's the longest any wearable tech has actually stuck for you before the novelty wore off?

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Smart Homemodularmusician · Lv.1 · 1d ago

A full-size humanoid robot in a regular house feels different than I expected

Got a demo unit through work for a few weeks and the thing that surprised me wasn't the capability, it was how much space anxiety I felt having something person-sized moving around my hallway at night. It's genuinely impressive at folding laundry and basic tidying, way beyond what I assumed we were at right now, but my brain kept treating it like a roommate rather than an appliance, which changed how I behaved around it in weird small ways. For anyone who's had one of these in a home setting, did the size ever stop feeling strange to you?

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Health & Wellnessbrewandbots · Lv.2 · 1d ago

The SNOO got us through the 3am stretch and I still feel weird recommending a $1600 bassinet

We were gifted one and I was fully prepared to be the skeptical dad who thinks it's an overpriced box. Then week two hit and the responsive rocking during a crying jag actually worked when nothing else did, including me. I still wince at the price when people ask, and I get that it's genuinely out of reach for a lot of families, which makes me uncomfortable recommending it without a huge asterisk. For parents who used one, did it earn the price for you or was it more of a nice-to-have?

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Outdoorwired6564 · Lv.1 · 1d ago

Would you actually wear an exoskeleton hiking with strangers around

Took the Hypershell X out on a trail this weekend and got more stares than I expected, a couple kids literally pointed. It genuinely helped on the uphill stretches but I felt like a walking science fair project the whole time. Curious how much the social awkwardness factor plays into whether people actually use gear like this versus just buying it and leaving it in the garage. Would this stop you from wearing one?

Don't care, wear it anywhere

14%

Only on quiet trails

31%

Only if hiking alone

37%

Would never wear it in public

18%
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Health & Wellnesssleepdatanerd43 · Lv.1 · 1d ago

Oura Ring 4 owners, what finger do you actually wear it on

The manual says index or middle finger for best accuracy but everyone I know wears it wherever it fits comfortably, which for most people is the ring finger. I moved mine from ring to middle finger last month and my sleep scores got noticeably more consistent, so now I'm curious how much this actually matters for other people versus just being marketing guidance. Where do you wear yours?

Index finger

22%

Middle finger

26%

Ring finger

14%

Wherever it fits, don't overthink it

38%
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Outdoorlawnstate_greg · Lv.1 · 1d ago

Spent more on yard robot attachments than I did on the yard robot itself

Bought the base Yarbo unit thinking that would be the whole purchase, then discovered the snow blower attachment, then the leaf blower attachment, and now I'm the guy who owns a robot with more accessories than my actual power tools. In fairness it's replaced probably six hours a week of yard work across the seasons, so I can't really complain about the math even though my wallet disagrees. Anyone else get pulled into the modular attachment spiral harder than planned?

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Smart Homeporfavor · Lv.1 · Jul 31, 2026

The Saros Z70's arm picked up my kid's sock mid-cycle and I stood there stunned

I was skeptical about the whole robotic-arm thing, figured it was a gimmick for the demo video. Then last week it rolled up to a sock in the hallway, paused for a solid two seconds like it was thinking, and just... picked it up and set it on the rug edge before continuing. My partner walked in right as it happened and asked if I'd staged it. I had not. We've since tested it on an AirPods case, a phone charger cable, and a single flip flop — three for three. Has anyone had it grab something it really shouldn't have, or is the arm actually as reliable as it looked in week one for you too?

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Companion & Leisurenovak5 · Lv.1 · Jul 31, 2026

Set up the Onorato parrot for my mom who lives alone and I finally sleep at night

My mom is 78, lives three states away, and has been resistant to every 'check-in' device we've tried because she says they make her feel monitored. The Onorato parrot is the first thing she's actually kept turned on and talks to daily, mostly because it just feels like a pet, not a surveillance camera with a personality. It caught a fall risk moment last month — she'd been sitting still for way longer than usual and it pinged us before she even realized something felt off. That alert alone justified the entire cost for our family. For anyone using something similar for an aging parent, did they take to it naturally or was there a getting-used-to-it period first?

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Mobilitynightowl · Lv.1 · 3d ago

Wore the Hypershell exoskeleton up a mountain and my dad, 68, finally kept pace with me

We do a yearly hike and I've spent a decade slowing down for him. This year I strapped on the Hypershell and he kept up with my normal pace the whole way, which has genuinely never happened. It's heavier than I expected and it took an hour to stop feeling like a machine bolted to my legs. But watching him not gasp for air at the halfway point was worth every bit of the learning curve. Has anyone gotten an older parent or relative to actually try one of these, and how did they react?

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