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myrmepropagandist
@futurebird@sauropods.win

Heated gloves are amazing. Soothing to arthritis, they can make bitter cold winter days tolerable.

The main reason I suspect they are not more popular is the annoying matter of keeping them charged. It’s really easy to forget to turn them off.

What if the glove could detect if there was hand present?

* What if they turn off if you clip them together?
* What if you make a fist and squeeze and that turns them on for 5 min?
* How else could they detect when to be on/off?

One of my big heated mittens a black glove designed for attic conditions being used in the subway
myrmepropagandist
@futurebird@sauropods.win

Does anyone know of a highly durable and reliable clip like this “side release buckle” that is also an electric switch?

I see the wires connecting such a switch as another possible point of failure. So maybe it would be better to not have wires. What about a latch that needs no power source and sends a signal via NFC or something when closed or opened?

A collection of black plastic side release buckles spread out in an array. These are the type of buckles that you squeeze on the side and they open having three prongs
Trammell Hudson
@th@social.v.st

@futurebird@sauropods.win the hovding inflating bike helmet used the metal closing snap as the arming switch to turn itself on.

Two views of a person with a collar on the left and the inflatable herkent on the right