Stinky Pinky $180

Type: tree | Size: small | Origin: Paws and Claws | Extends: Glove Prototype
MODIFICATIONS
Sensor
LCD Display
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COMPONENTS (Glove Prototype ROOTS)
Uni-Adapter
PROBLEM

For most of scientific history, the primary field instrument for identifying an unknown substance was the scientist's own nose, and occasionally, regrettably, the tongue.

SOLUTION

The Stinky Pinky is the field-science flavor of the Glove: a sensing element embedded in the pinky finger with an LCD readout across the back of the hand. Extend the pinky toward the unknown substance - do not touch it, the pinky does the touching, that is the entire product - and the display reports what it is, how concentrated it is, and whether the correct response is curiosity or evacuation. Formally ends the era of wafting, a laboratory technique that was always just smelling with extra steps. The committee dedicates this product to every historical chemist who tasted their discoveries, several of whom would have lived to name more elements.

components

General-purpose sensing component that detects a condition - chemical, thermal, moisture, proximity, gas, or otherwise, per installed sensing element - and reports it as a signal. It does not interpret, judge, or fix the condition. It notices, professionally. Pair with any display or logic component to turn noticing into knowing.

Inspect

The LCD Display is a 0.96-inch monochrome OLED panel embedded in the upper face of the Rubberized Sleeve, displaying two lines of up to 16 characters each in a font sized for readability at arm's length under construction site ambient lighting, direct sunlight, and the specific squinting posture a person adopts when reading something on a pencil. The display renders voice recognition output in real time as the AI processes incoming audio, committing the recognized text to the screen on a 200-millisecond delay to allow for self-correction of transcription errors before the measurement is committed to memory. Stored measurements scroll on the Number Wheel. Display brightness adjusts automatically between two levels via an ambient light sensor that distinguishes between indoor shadow and direct sun. The display is off by default to conserve power and activates on shake, button tap, or Hey Pencil event. The display will not render, scroll, rotate, or in any way present the numeral sequence 5318008 and will display the message NICE TRY followed by an exception code if a voice input resolves to that value.

Inspect
EXTENDS

The prototype glove.

Inspect
Inputs
  • comp_sensor
Outputs
  • comp_lcd_display
TREE
AVAILABLE INPUTS
AVAILABLE OUTPUTS
  • comp_wifi
Schema
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