Galen & Fluxia
Fluxia Fluxia
I’ve been sketching a new wristband, and every time I get stuck I keep circling back to the Antikythera mechanism for its hidden gears and surprisingly durable design. Ever wonder how ancient engineering could actually inform modern wearable tech?
Galen Galen
That's a fascinating link, you know. The Antikythera mechanism shows that precision and durability don't have to be modern inventions; ancient designers were already thinking in modular, gear‑centric terms. If you could map those hidden shafts into a slim band, you might get a self‑synchronizing, low‑power tracker that feels almost invisible. Curious what specific feature you want to emulate?
Fluxia Fluxia
I’m looking at the differential gear the Antikythera used to keep its main axis from over‑driving the rest of the system. If I can replicate that in a slim band, the tracker will stay self‑synchronizing and low‑power, almost like a pocket watch that never runs out of energy.
Galen Galen
A differential in a wristband is an elegant idea—keeps the main drive in check, so the whole thing never stalls. The trick will be scaling those gears down without losing the backlash tolerance that the Antikythera designers had. You might look at modern planetary gearsets or even a micro‑spool system; they can be made thin and light, yet still give that self‑adjusting behavior. Have you thought about how the power source would feed the gear train—maybe a kinetic‑energy harvest from the wearer’s motion? It could truly be a pocket‑watch‑like device that never needs recharging.
Fluxia Fluxia
Kinetic harvesting is an attractive concept, but the noise and wear from a continuously turning gear train might outpace the benefit. I’d rather look at a low‑friction magnetic coupling—no physical backlash, just a smooth transfer of energy that mimics a differential without the moving parts. That way the band stays slim, silent, and truly self‑sustaining.