What podcasts say about Totem Compass
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What experts have said about Totem Compass
8 statements · 7 positive · 1 neutral
Totem devices let groups find one another without phones or cellular connectivity.
“you guys have put together a gadget that groups of people can wear at festivals or other high concentrations of humans to essentially find one another without the need of their phone or without the need for a cellular connection”
Open the episode · The Gadget That's Better in Crowds Than Your Phone + Ring’s Founder Before Amazon Bought It | E2349Listen at 2:00
Totem Compass contains a nine-axis inertial measurement unit.
“It has a nine axis IMU in it.”
Open the episode · The Gadget That's Better in Crowds Than Your Phone + Ring’s Founder Before Amazon Bought It | E2349Listen at 2:39
Totem Compass points users toward selected friends at events.
“It has a nine axis IMU in it. So the second you pick it up, it automatically, or as I like to say, automatically goes into compass mode, starts pointing you in the direction of your family, friends, wherever you need to find at the event.”
Open the episode · The Gadget That's Better in Crowds Than Your Phone + Ring’s Founder Before Amazon Bought It | E2349Listen at 2:39
Totem supports offline SOS communication and plans offline texting.
“It's an offline communicator. So it can also communicate like SOS status. If you're in some state of distress, we have offline texting coming out through our offline mobile app as well soon.”
Open the episode · The Gadget That's Better in Crowds Than Your Phone + Ring’s Founder Before Amazon Bought It | E2349Listen at 2:51
Totem Compass provides bearing and relative distance to other users.
“it tells you the exact position like bearing and then also relative distance”
Open the episode · The Gadget That's Better in Crowds Than Your Phone + Ring’s Founder Before Amazon Bought It | E2349Listen at 3:40
Totem enables local connection while reducing outside-world digital distraction.
“it keeps you connected within the place you're trying to be while being completely disconnected from the outside world and allowing you to be fully present”
Open the episode · The Gadget That's Better in Crowds Than Your Phone + Ring’s Founder Before Amazon Bought It | E2349Listen at 26:45
Totem was designed to be simple and durable enough for five-year-olds.
“we designed it kind of the principle we had in our mind was asked to be simple enough and durable enough for a five-year-old to use”
Open the episode · The Gadget That's Better in Crowds Than Your Phone + Ring’s Founder Before Amazon Bought It | E2349Listen at 29:28
Totem Compass is durable enough for children.
“it is durable enough for kids”
Open the episode · The Gadget That's Better in Crowds Than Your Phone + Ring’s Founder Before Amazon Bought It | E2349Listen at 29:49
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