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[Reconnected @Reconnectedit]

Open-ish path: many Amazfit models work better with Gadgetbridge than with Zepp.

If you race seriously later: buy used Garmin Forerunner / Coros Pace when you outgrow it. Don’t start at $550.

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[Reconnected @Reconnectedit]

The open-source / value wearable stack for 2026

You don’t need Apple Watch + Oura + Whoop + Meta glasses.
That’s $1.5k–$4k and three subscriptions.

Here’s a full setup by device type — focused on:
• open firmware / open apps where it exists
• no (or optional) subscriptions

[Reconnected @Reconnectedit]

2) Value sports / GPS watch — Amazfit Active 2 (~$100)
Role: outdoor training without Garmin tax
Best for: runs, GPS, maps, multi-day battery, 100+ workout modes
Why: best “feels expensive” watch under ~$120 in recent testing. Zepp app is meh — but the hardware is absurd value.

[Reconnected @Reconnectedit]

1) Fully open smartwatch — PineTime + InfiniTime (~$30–50)
Role: hackable daily watch
Best for: notifications, steps, HR, long battery, FOSS firmware you control
Why: open hardware-friendly, community firmware (InfiniTime / Wasp-OS), pairs without a corporate app.
Tradeoff: not a

[Reconnected @Reconnectedit]

• best $/usefulness
• covering daily life, sleep, training, glasses, battery, and activities

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0) The brain of the stack — Gadgetbridge (FOSS, Android)
Role: one open app instead of five vendor clouds
What it does: pairs watches, bands, rings, some headphones; notifications,

[Reconnected @Reconnectedit]

@candyyueliu @Qualcomm When's the release date? will you sell to NZ?

[Reconnected @Reconnectedit]

@MagicCarpetBase Good luck to all!

[Reconnected @Reconnectedit]

@KraaiVlissingen @drewloudon88 @Rainmaker1973 a baboon can run at 56km per hour

[Reconnected @Reconnectedit]

As AI and robotic interfaces grow in capability and capacity it is important for the basics of human life to be preserved and improved long term, within 10 years humans will no be able to compete.

It is a good time for every human to review the charter for human rights

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Century-old footage of the last known Tasmanian tiger in captivity has been brought to life by colourisation performed by Samuel François-Steininge, offering a tantalising glimpse of the now-extinct creature

[read more: https://t.co/HrSEMGiyhD]

[ZKsync @zksync]

67 Days to zkSync 2.0 on mainnet. It’s been a long road to the first production zkEVM solution, and we’re overjoyed at the number of projects launching with us. We can’t mention them all, but today we’re highlighting 5 projects from our growing ecosystem. #jointhemission

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[Reconnected @Reconnectedit]

@cb_doge @elonmusk If prices are fixed in a smart contract

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Thanks to its lightweight construction, the buoyancy of helium and the wing drive, FESTO Air_Ray moves through the air like its natural role model through the water [read more: https://t.co/ZcSgwzwb5L] [📽️ source: https://t.co/oSzh3NpTOc]

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

To touch and interact with holographic objects as though they are real and how they respond to being ‘summoned’ telekinetically

HoloLens technology by Oscar Saladin

[Slava Bobrov @slava__bobrov]

Brain cells growing connections:

#biology by C. Nakada

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

Metronomes started randomly synchronize after a short period of time as they influence each other through the side-to-side motion of their shared base.

Source: UCLA Physics & Astronomy

[Science girl @sciencegirl]

Suddenly the ground rose, everything hidden exposed into full sight

This paddy field has apparently been supplemented by large amounts of rice husk ash maybe to fill gaps,
The ash absorbed high amounts of water resulting in this dramatic footage 1/🧵

[Michael Daymond-King @MikeDKwine]

Morning. NZ game dev industry worth 350 million dollars last year, employs 700 people. What other export industry returns 500k per person?