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You are preordering one Twine, with built-in temperature and motion sensors. Batteries included. You'll also get a card suitable for pre-gifting Twine in time for the holidays (see Holiday note). Of course, free shipping too. (Add $10 to ship to Canada, $15 for international shipping.)
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You are preordering one Twine with the built-in sensors plus one additional external sensor breakout board. Batteries included. You'll also get a card suitable for pre-gifting Twine in time for the holidays (see Holiday note). (Add $10 to ship to Canada, $15 for international shipping.)
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You are preordering one Twine with the built-in sensors plus your choice of an external moisture sensor or external magnetic switch. Batteries included. You'll also get a card suitable for pre-gifting Twine in time for the holidays (see Holiday note). (Add $10 to ship to Canada, $15 for international shipping.)
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You are preordering one Twine with the built-in sensors plus all three additional sensors. Batteries included. You'll also get a card suitable for pre-gifting Twine in time for the holidays (see Holiday note). (Add $10 to ship to Canada, $15 for international shipping.)
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You are preordering two Twines in a limited edition color, plus two each of all three additional sensors. The special Supermechanical T-shirt and batteries are included. You'll also get a card suitable for pre-gifting Twine in time for the holidays (see Holiday note). (Add $10 to ship to Canada, $15 for international shipping.)
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Supermechanical makes objects that connect us. David Carr and John Kestner are designer-engineers who have appeared in all your favorite media, from the New York Times and Metropolis to CNet and Engadget.
David and John are graduates of the MIT Media Lab, where they researched interfaces for humanizing data and personal digital fabrication. Before that, they did this sort of thing for Fortune 1000 companies.
Great job guys! Thanks for a very cool update. I love the pictures and description of the process. Very exciting.
Yep its the 24th, means they may have received the molded parts.So Id say its logistically impossible to assemble and ship by 31st. I would look for June 31st.
No response in 4 days? Anybody out there????? HELLO?
Are we still on target for May 31st ship date? Tick, tock, tick, tock.
Don't worry - since Pebble is shipping in September we'll have time for that later. Our priority is still to get Twine great and in our backers' hands. We're working as fast as we can without skipping quality. Until our next update, check out the first circuit boards (pre-assembly) at the social network of your choice: http://twitter.com/supermechanical or http://facebook.com/supermechanical
Read Read Read. On the last update via blog on 5-10-2012, supermechanical said that the first injection molded parts would arrive in two weeks. That would be around 5-24-2012. My guess is that the finished product would be in peoples hands in about a month from now.
I hope the delays are not being caused by Pebble integration alone because it's not fair to the mass majority here that are not future Pebble owners. I would appreciate if you guys can speed up the release of the "core" product and save the integration later (via an upgradeable firmware flash D/L for those interested.
Hey, just checking in to see when I can expect my Twine to ship. Thanks!
This is great news since I am part of pebble also.
Hey all - update coming on Thursday with a special guest!
Make sure you get registered on the Spool site - and if you didn't get the registration email, check your spam folder, allow emails from supermechanical.com, or email us at help@supermechanical.com to get it resent. You'll need to do this to ensure we get your reward right.
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We'll have one up in the next two days - it'll be a good one!
Hey guys, I know it's still some ways away until ship date but an update would be cool - it's been a while?
Looking forward to my twine!
Hello all - we've been quiet here, but that's because we're slogging through some of the unglamorous parts of making a electronic device. Thanks for bearing with us - we'll have an update next week. In the meantime, you can get a peek at one of the things we're working on: http://www.facebook.com/supermechanical
People need to learn how to read, what did John say on his comment below you? "...end of May".
Any updates on a shipping date? It has almost been a month since our last updated.
Jim, read our last post for the full scoop. TL;DR: the end of May is our revised date.
We're mostly just doing a lot of unglamorous programming and iteration right now, which doesn't make for an exciting update - we don't want to spam everyone unless there's something worth saying. But we'll have an update in the next week or so.
If you haven't already done it, don't forget to fill out the survey, and register an account on our new site - this is where shipping updates will appear. Thanks all for your continued patience. If this were easy, it'd have been done already!
- John
Any updated on a shipping date? It has almost been a month since our last updated.
Real happy for your dude in sombrero look and the cool car, but would really like a shipping date.
Any ETA on when you will be starting to ship? Italy here, I guess it will take around 2 weeks, will it be possible to track the package or will it arrive by ordinary mail?
I have a cat and plan to put Twine underneath his litter mat. Why? Before whenever he goes to the toilet, he steps out of the litter and tracks out litter nibbles all over my carpet. So with twine, the motion sensor will alert me when he enters so I can scoop up his crap and wipe his feet before coming out (if I'm at home). What a slave to a pet - I know!!!
lkauth, we're cramming everything into as small a package as we can! If you have an active dog, you may quickly get annoyed by notifications... with a magnetic switch, you can monitor your dog door if you have one, or with the moisture sensor, you can keep an eye on the water dish level. Any other backers have good pet-related ideas?
My company owns and manages commercial real estate properties. Working with Otis Elevator, Johnson Controls is expensive and frustrating, as simple sensors cost outrageous amounts for their proprietary, and sometimes inferior hardware/software.
I backed your product with hopes that we will find practical, RELIABLE, uses for your system. Reliable is accented, as a control point failure will result in problems. Perhaps this is an area you prefer not to venture into, as the reliability factor is a key ingredient. But your easy programming feature is very, very attractive.
Should be interesting experiment, you should provide us a direct means to contact you as we test your product in this expanded arena.
Argh! I'm having a hard time deciding on the sensor. I was originally thinking of putting it on a dog, but I think it may be too delicate. How sturdy is this thing? And have you considered a small, extra-sturdy dog collar version?
Thanks all for the positive comments — we'll do right by you.
We've read all the emails about the new site and will reply to each as soon as we can. For those of you who have been asking about shipping, we'll have a way for you to make up forgotten international/Canada fees and to change your shipping address.
And thanks for the design compliment, Cindy. I just told myself you liked it. :)
- John
Great update on the tumblr blog, fun to read about the team. But who is doing your graphic design? Tell that person it's very consistent and well done!
Great update guys. I concur with the others, getting it as best as possible for the initial version is key.
Have you thought about getting some case makers to do the outer shell for you once you have the specs ready. I know that various shells will give a range in the connectivity of the device, but it might be a good ancillary market for personalization.
Keep up the good work!
Kudos for the work and updates, that's the spirit of kickstarter.
Your update today was amazing and exciting; not only am I looking forward to my Twine later this spring, but the commitment and work you've put into getting it right *and* scaling up your plans caused me to preorder a second Twine -- I've been thinking about more things I can do with them .
I echo Dwight's comment -- get it right, the delay is just fine, and wholly understandable given the massive response you've had. We're in your corner and looking forward to seeing the result!
Everything from now is a "pre-sale" and we don't charge until it ships.
If I order another twine will I be charged now or when it ships?
Great update... thanks. How cool to have a team so focussed on the goal. The delay, while not what you wanted, is ok with me. Get it right.
David,
The emails went out today. Check your spam filter if applicable for an email with the subject "Register your Twine account". If you still can't find it, please contact us at help --at-- supermechanical.com
I have not receive an email w/link to the Spool portal, can Supermechanical please advise? Did anybody get this email?
Thanks
Got my survey request today, and responded. Looking forward to tinkering with this little gadget!
Hi Felix,
The plan at the moment is to use USPS for domestic shipments. In that case I think your PO box should work.
How are your guys shipping, UPS, FEDEX or can I have it sent to my Post Office Box?
Hello guys, nice to get in touch with you.
As I read in a previous post, I believe twine will feature an open API (which would be HTTP output). This is great to empower the software development and DYI´ers community.
I wish to present open-source ScadaBR(www.scadabr.org.br) which bundles supervisory control, data acquisition and human-machine-interface for windows and linux. It is much based on famous mango (mango.serotoninsoftware.com) and others.
This software should allow for very quick web-apps prototyping and deployment using twine. I understand twine´s own webapp will be much less "tech-user-centric" and more focused on an easy-to-use cloud experience, but scadabr is indeed already very powerful as it is today. Samples here with Arduino (http://www.youtube.com/watch…) and here (http://www.youtube.com/watch…). There are others @ youtube.
Give it a try if possible, maybe at the choco´s temperature project ;-)
best regards... and cant wait to get our own twines soon!
Hey guys,
No public web app yet---but we'll let you know the instant it's online.
Also, more shipping date information to come soon. See the latest update!
Is the web app for programming the twine available yet. If so, where can I get it.
wanted to see what the current delivery time was for the twines? thanks.
There ought to be a qualification test to be a backer. You know, a reading test, an eye exam, etc. Juuuuust teasing! :)
We're thinking of waiting to do the third survey until backers have Twine in their hands and get more ideas. A radiation sensor would be cool, though Geiger counters are pretty expensive.
Susan, I'm sorry if things aren't clear. Look at the rewards column on the right side of the page. You backed at the $99 level, which doesn't include a T-shirt in order to get the price down. Twine doesn't ship to you immediately - how Kickstarter works is that you're giving us funds to help us complete our project, and that of course takes time. As it says on the side there, estimated delivery is March, and David and I are working 80-hour weeks to try to make it.
Thanks to all our backers again, for your patience and support in making something great.
- John
That or a lightning sensor.
Was there a 3rd Survey?
Also I'd love the: radiation and gas sensors like in this one:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/108684420/node-a-modular-handheld-powerhouse-of-sensors
The problem with the (above) linked device is you can't just plug it in, you need an iPhone 4S etc.
Got my t-shirt and it rocks! Keep up the good work.
Hay. NOT happy. Paid the dues. Not tee-shirt. No chocolate. No twine. What is supposed to be happening. Want to be dazzled but mostly not satisfied at this point. Pls. advise.
Sean, yes - you'll be able to save rules and turn them on or off.
Jonas, we're still scheduled to ship in late March. Obviously, we were not planning on making so many, but David and I (and helpers) are working overtime to get thousands(!) of Twines out the door, and have them be everything you expect. We'll keep you updated, of course.
- John
Hi guys, thanks for your work on Twine. I'm a building facilities guy and plan to move Twine around to log temperatures throughout my house. My primary intention is to identify problem areas and reduce energy use. I'll eventually figure out a way to measure current, so additional Twines might be in the future. Thanks again.
Hi there, when is my twine going to come? Please get back to me.