Secret Labs takes a crack at a new .Net watch
Microsoft history buffs may recall that Microsoft fielded a .Net watch, its Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT) timepiece, back in 2004. It was discontinued in 2008. There have been rumors Redmond may take another crack at the smart watch business with a touch-centric model, possibly this year.
In the interim, custom electronics developer Secret Labs is moving full steam ahead with its own .Net Micro Framework-based Agent watch, for which it has been seeking funding via Kickstarter since earlier this month. (Those are Secret Labs' shots of the coming watches, above, from the Kickstarter page.)
Secret Labs is the company behind the open-source Netduino line of custom electronics, as well as its own hardware, software and services used by the smart home and building control industries. For the Agent watches it has partnered with another New York City-based company, House of Horology, which makes Bedlam fashion watches, in developing the Agent.
