Heated gloves are amazing.

[barometz@social.treehouse.systems]

@futurebird probably insufficiently low-tech to be reliable and cheap, but if the cuff stretches you could put a sensor in there to detect that.

[alberto_cottica@mastodon.green]

@futurebird "just download the Heated Glovz™ app".

[promovicz@chaos.social]

@futurebird Capacitive sensing should be able to tell. The “sensors” (oftentimes, just a wire) are cheap, power-efficient and can be made waterproof.

[wonkothesane@mstdn.social]

@futurebird I’ve never even heard of or considered heated gloves. But will be looking into what’s on the market now!

[clayfoot@mastodon.social]

@futurebird I know it probably means "arctic conditions" but I like the idea of gloves specialized for my cold drafty attic.

[futurebird@sauropods.win]

@promovicz

I’m wondering if that would be reliable if the glove was damp?

[freequaybuoy@mastodon.social]

@futurebird What about a Spiderman "go web" style gesture?

[jackeric@beige.party]

@futurebird they could play a constant high-pitched drone when active

[jackeric@beige.party]

@futurebird more seriously - a press stud to clip them shut when not worn - could be wired as a cutoff switch

[phosphenes@mastodon.social]

@futurebird @promovicz

All of the OP ideas are good.

Or an elastic string threaded around the opening of the glove. When the glove is filled, the string is taught and pulls on a switch. When the glove is empty, the switch relaxes off.

[kim@fedi.social]

@futurebird@sauropods.win Perhaps something devious with accelerometers. Obviously if they're not moving they're not being worn, but maybe the movements when being worn on a hand are different enough from being in a bag or pocket? Like whatever witchcraft smartwatches use to count steps...

Or simple proximity (nearfield induction?) to each other. Gloves tend to be stored close together, unless you've dropped one, at which point you have bigger problems than a flat battery.

[phosphenes@mastodon.social]

@alberto_cottica @futurebird

Yes an app with a monthly subscription fee. When the contract changes without warning, they brick your hands. 😀

[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?

[pixouls@post.lurk.org]

@futurebird some ribbon cables are designed to be side release, but I don’t know how big you’d find them

[kim@fedi.social]

@futurebird@sauropods.win Would press-studs work? Those would seem eminently electrifiable.

[alberto_cottica@mastodon.green]

@futurebird @Phosphenes and by paying extra, you unlock the premium heating of your little fingers, too!

[promovicz@chaos.social]

@futurebird not necessarily - it might depend on the type of glove, or we could try several sensors. thresholds for a whole hand are pretty high, so I think it should be doable. it needs development though - so maybe you’re right. :)

[katzenberger@tldr.nettime.org]

@futurebird

How about the fastened strap keeping a button pressed, so it would be releasing the button when clip gets opened?

That way, you can place that button in a less exposed position.

If you don't want to use a button, you could also place two bare wires that get connected by a piece of aluminum wrapped around the strap, once the strap is fastened.

[th@social.v.st]

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