CES 2018: Colgate Debuts Apple Exclusive Smart Electronic Toothbrush With ResearchKit Integration

[OldSchoolMacGuy]

Its just not worth the inconvenience of having a stupid smartphone app. Pairing devices with smartphones over any form of wireless means that at some point the whole thing is going to encounter a glitch.

Honestly if people can't brush their teeth properly without computer assistance, I question how they can possibly operate a computer assisted toothbrush in the first place.

"Smart" integrated devices are a fad. They'll keep making increasingly stupid devices with "smart" technology that offer nothing over their dumb counterparts until people get bored of the novelty and stop buying them.

Gartner predicts 20.8 billion of them by 2020. Yeah, that's just a fad.
[doublepost=1515517902][/doublepost]I'm sure people cried about electric tooth brushes when they were invented too, just the way BlargKing is now. "Why do they need to be electric?!" Well, piles of proof show that electric do a better job than manual brushing and those that use electric tooth brushes also brush longer than those with manual, which results in even better brushing too.

I'm sure in time we'll find that having brushes that advise us on what we're missing or could be doing better are helpful for better brushing. We'll look back on comments like those from BlargKing and see just how naive we once were to not realize the transformative power of new technology applied to traditional products.

 

[BlargKing]

Honest question: Why wouldn't somebody that was particularly interested in this type of technology not take advantage of it? So you don't find interest, doesn't mean somebody else will. I'm not necessarily advocating this product, more or less, provoking thought others have different appreciations for something new In technology versus traditional. Unsure why you seem so disgruntled about that.



So technology should stop innovating because you said so? Or just because you don't approve of it altogether?

Sticking bluetooth in a toothbrush is hardly innovation. Its just seems entirely pointless when a basic 3$ toothbrush already does the job.

 

[44267547]

Sticking bluetooth in a toothbrush is hardly innovation. Its just seems entirely pointless when a basic 3$ toothbrush already does the job.

"Sticking"? You make it sound like it's so easy to do and that you fully understand the process of what innovation is in comparison to this toothbrush. Also, it's a rather glib comparison between a three dollar toothbrush and technology that can communicate with your iPhone. I think your definition or view of innovation is rather skewed. Not to mention, this type of technology debuting once a year at the consumer show provides more in termsof technology is capable of versus your example of a three dollar toothbrush.

 

[BlargKing]

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"Sticking"? You make it sound like it's so easy to do and that you fully understand the process of what innovation is in comparison to this toothbrush. Also, it's a rather glib comparison between a three dollar toothbrush and technology that can communicate with your iPhone. I think your definition or view of innovation is rather skewed. Not to mention, this type of technology debuting once a year at the consumer show provides more in termsof technology is capable of versus your example of a three dollar toothbrush.

Anyone can grab an arduino and a bluetooth module and add bluetooth to pretty much any device they want with ease. Nothing in this toothbrush is new, just nobody has ever bothered to put it in a toothbrush until they thought they could convince people that their toothbrush was suddenly unsatisfactory and that they suddenly needed a "smart" toothbrush.

 

[44267547]

Nothing in this toothbrush is new, just nobody has ever bothered to put it in a toothbrush until they thought they could convince.

Your ignorant behavior doesn't give you a pass to deflect every opinion on this thread. You're the only one that's interjecting that this is nothing "new", nobody is arguing that. It's simply the fact that you're making it sound like something that you could develop yourself, not knowingly for those who actually appreciate this technology or have actual use for it versus your own dismissive opinions. You don't speak for majority, even if you want to continue pushing your narrative for a three dollar toothbrush.

Anyone can grab an arduino and a bluetooth module and add bluetooth to pretty much any device they want with ease.

No, they couldn't. You're making broad generalizations for your own assertions trying to back up something that a product that you don't agree with. This technology involves more than that, which you don't give enough credit to because you don't agree with it. You're conflating.

 

[BlargKing]

No, they couldn't. You're making broad generalizations for your own assertions trying to back up something that a product that you don't agree with. This technology involves more than that, which you don't give enough credit to because you don't agree with it. You're conflating.

Yes, they really could. I've only dabbled with Arduino and Im fairly confident I could add bluetooth and data tracking to most household appliances. Its really not that hard these days to add "smart" connectivity to anything.
[doublepost=1515524601][/doublepost]The point really is, at the end of it all its 100$ for a toothbrush that adds another app to your phone and turns the simple analog task of brushing your teeth into yet another thing over complicated by technology. Almost none of the "smart" products on the market right now are more convenient than the "dumb" appliances they replaced. Marketing teams have just convinced a large amount of people that adding more apps to your phone and more devices to your network will somehow improve their quality of life.

 

[ErikGrim]

I’ve used a BT toothbrush for more than a year now and my oral health has never been better. My dentist is complaining my “teeth are boring” and I’m not “paying their bills”.

I’d be interested to see what AI and ResearchKit is bringing to the table tbh.

 

[rafark]

It would have looked more elegant with the logo in gray instead of that hard "****-my-eyesight" red.

 

[Cesar Battistini]

Why the everloving **** does anyone need a "smart" toothbrush with AI? Who needs an app connected toothbrush??? Just use the 3$ plastic stick with bristles and stop making everything "smart" and "connected".

That is for research of costumers habits in brushing.

If you have the extra money you can just help research on dental hygiene.

Nothing wrong with a normal toothbrush, no one is making you buy it.

 

[Iconoclysm]

Why the everloving **** does anyone need a "smart" toothbrush with AI? Who needs an app connected toothbrush??? Just use the 3$ plastic stick with bristles and stop making everything "smart" and "connected".

On one hand I agree with you, on the other I think of how some of this is useful info. Are we all sure we're all brushing correctly?