CICRET BRACELET

CICRET BRACELET

A Seminar Report Submitted to

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY ANANTAPUR

in partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the award of the Degree of

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY

in

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION

ENGINEERING

by

N.LIKHITH

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ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

SRI VENKATESWARA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi & Affiliated to JNTUA, Ananthapuramu)

Karakambadi Road, TIRUPATI – 517507

2015- 2016

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SRI VENKATESWARA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

(Approved by AICTE, New Delhi & Affiliated to JNTUA, Ananthapuramu)

CICRET BRACELET

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the Seminar Report entitled “ CICRET BRACELET ” is

being submitted by N.LIKHITH BABU bearing Regd No. ********, in partial

fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Bachelor of Technology in

ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING to the Jawaharlal

Nehru Technological University Anantapur.

SEMINAR SUPERVISOR HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to express my gratefulness and sincere thanks to Mr.

CHANDRA SEKHAR, Head of the Department of ELECTRONICS AND

COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING, for his kind help and encouragement during

the course of my study and in the successful completion of the seminar.

I have great pleasure in expressing my hearty thanks to our beloved Principal

Dr.N.SudhakarReddy for his support and encouragement.

I would like to thank our parents and friends, who have the greatest

contributions in all my achievements.

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ABSTRACT

The Cicret Bracelet can project a touchscreen onto your arm, making it

possible for you to easily access and work your apps without having to take out your

phone. The Cicret Bracelet uses a Pico projector to project your phone’s screen onto

your arm, and it’s equipped with eight proximity sensors which makes it possible for

the bracelet to detect your finger position whilst you control the device. This futuristic

gadget that will be available in 10 colours also features its own processor, storage,

vibration feedback, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth connectivity, and of course the earlier

mentioned sensors and projector. The Cicret bracelet is like a tablet… but on your

skin. The users are wearing a thin plastic wrist band and simply flick their wrist to

summon forth an Android touch-screen surface on their forearm. Ostensibly, a

projector is creating this image and a set of eight proximity sensors along the wrist

band create the touch interface. The wrist band is loaded with unseen electronic

components that give it all the functionality of a smartwatch and more.

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LIST OF FIGURES

Fig no. Name Page no.

1 Cicret bracelet 2

2 Cicret bracelet 5

3 Estimated time duration for the Cicret

bracelet existence 8

4 Structure and components 9

5 Eight proximity sensors in Cicret braclet 10

6 Operation of cicret bracelet 11

7 Features of cicret 13

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Abstract

List of Figures

Chapter No. Name Page No.

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 What is Cicret bracelet?

1.2 Who are the founders of Cicret?

1.3 At what stage is the cicret project?

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2 STRUCTURE 9

3 WORKING AND OPERATION OF THE CICRET BRACELET

3.1 How it works?

3.2 How to operate it?

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4 CHARACTERISTICS 12

5 4.1 Key features

4.2 Limitations

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6 CONCLUSION 14

7 REFERENCES 15

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CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

Remember all those cool futuristic gadgets we used to see in some of the Sci-

fi movies (like Minority Report for example)? Not to get too philosophical, but just

judging by the gadgets  that keeps popping up like mushrooms around us these days,

it’s becoming more apparent that ‘The Future Is Now’. There has  been many recent

additions to the wearable technology market. I have to say, this one is by far the most

unique one yet.

Mobile competitors are rising higher; each and every day new mobiles are

launched by a different vendor. Many people Google hundred times before buying a

best featured mobile. Android mobile marketing is going higher which forces the

technology to move on with the new invention. A hard weighed device’s touch

screen is going to replace with the skin. We are talking about the new invention which

is expected to launch after 2019,this project is named as the “CICRET”. This is the

bracelet which projects the light on the arm and human skin is used as the touch

screen to provide the easy interface to the user.

This project comes to the light as the new invention that’s going to take place

after few years

1.1 What is Cicret Bracelet ?

The Cicret Bracelet can project a touchscreen onto your arm, making it

possible for you to easily access and work your apps without having to take out your

phone. It’s called “CICRET”, a spook on “SECRET”."With the Cicret Bracelet, you

can make your skin your new touchscreen," says the Cicret team on its website. "Read

your mails, play your favorite games, answer your calls, check the weather, find your

way... Do whatever you want on your arm".

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Fig1: Cicret bracelet

While leaders in smartphone technologies Apple and Samsung are touting ion-

strengthened glass screens and 4K displays on their devices, a group of four

visionaries believe the next revolution is about to happen on the user's own skin.

A four-man team from France has come up with the idea for a bracelet that

can be used to turn the wearer's arm into a smartphone screen. While the bracelet is

still in its concept stage, the team already has a name for it. The Cicret bracelet, a slim

wristband that resembles the Jawbone Up, projects images into the skin of the wearer

using a picoprojector and has a line of eight sensors that detects where the user places

his finger.

1.2 Who are the founders of Cicret?

At the beginning, four guys who believed in a crazy idea they are

Guillaume Pommier, Incharge of concept, Marketing and Finance/press

relations.

Fabien Noblet, Incharge of technology and market.

Pascal Pommier , Incharge of technology ,Software and Stratogy.

Nicolus Cruchon, Incharge of design,Web marketing.

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Guillaume Pommier Fabien Noblet

VP,Founder, Founder,

Concept, Marketing & Finance / Press relations. Technology &Hardware.

Nicolas Cruchon Pascal Pommier

Founder, Founder,

Creative Marketing and Social Media. Strategic and technology senior advisor.

The company which owns the Cicret bracelet is CN2P SAS, registered in

France at La Grande Arche Paroi Nord Puteaux , 92044 Paris La Defense Cedex. This

company has been created in December 2014.The CEO of this company is M. Pascal

Pommier. Pascal is in charge of Technology, Software and Strategy. The rest of the

team is composed by Guillaume Pommier, in charge of Sales, Marketing and PR.

Nicolas Cruchon, Incharge of Creative Marketing. And Fabien Noblet, Incharge of

Technology and Hardware.

This company owns the patents that protect the concept and the technologies

of the Cicret bracelet.

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Pommier says Cicret has opened its own Indiegogo campaign earlier this year.

Cicret tried to raise $500,000 to fund its project, but Pommier says the team decided

to close the campaign after lukewarm response because they would not be able to

deliver pre-ordered prototypes if they were unable to reach their half-a-million-dollar

goal.

On 30 October 2014, the YouTube account Cicret App & Bracelet published a

video titled "The Cicret Bracelet: Like a tablet ... but on your skin." The video's

description outlined Cicret's functionality

A promotional video made for Cicret, which has amassed nearly 4 million

views on YouTube, shows the bracelet, if it ever becomes a real product, in action.

With a simple twist of the wrist, users can turn on Cicret which is connected to a

mobile device via the Cicret app, also still in development.

The video shows users swiping, tapping and pinching the skin on their

forearms to read emails, play games and view maps as well as take a call on their

connected smartphone by tapping their forearm to turn on the speaker phone features.

Apparently, the bracelet is also going to be waterproof, as the video shows one user

checking his email while taking a bath.

"The video we put online is an illustration of what our Cicret bracelet could

allow users to do," says Guillaume Pommier, Cicret co-founder and in charge of press

and marketing.

The Cicret, whose prototype is still in the works, will also have a vibrator, an

accelerator, USB port and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity, according to the Cicret

website.

The team at Cicret is currently raising funds to make their vision a reality.

Currently, Cicret says it needs a total of 1 million euros to develop both the prototype

and the Cicret app. As of now, more than 3,200 people have donated to the project.

Anyone interested can make donations of any amount through the group's PayPal

account instead of a standard crowdfunding campaign.

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Fig 2: Cicret bracelet

They have successfully:

- managed a motion sensing system on the forearm to work.

- distorted the picture from the pico projector.

- put these two key features all together and sourced all the miniatures needed.

All these items are now on the market and can be purchased. They started

discussions and partnership with the biggest manufacturers in the world.

Most of all, they are working with two renowned US design offices. They

have well knowledge and skills to produce a working sample of the Bracelet. Thanks

to this collaboration, they now have 2 quotes with the timeline, dates of production

and detailed costs in order to create the first working samples. they will be able to

launch the presales and start the delivery of the Cicret Bracelet.

Two ex-Apple employees are in our executive team. Thanks to their skills and

expertise they are of great help in getting the best components like the pico projector

and solve all industrial issues.

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JOE O’SULLIVAN

Managing Partner & Business Development

30 years + Global Operations, Mfg. and Procurement experience. Served as a C Level executive at Apple, InFocus, and most recently, Intelligent Energy. Has built and led product introduction and supply chain teams in Europe, USA and Asia. (Also worked for MVIS – pico projector industry).

PATRICIA GRACE

Supply Chain & Operations

20 years + of leadership and program management experience across the supply chain spectrum: both tactical operations management; new product introduction & strategy & design.. Worked at the leadership level in Dell, InFocus, Apple, TCS and most recently, Intelligent Energy.

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1.3 At what stage is the Cicret project?

They have a working prototype of the Cicret bracelet.

The patents process has been launched.

The trademarks Cicret and Cicret bracelet are protected.

The final version of the working Cicret bracelet will be ready before the end of

2016 (estimated time frame).

They are in discussion with manufacturers that can launch the mass production

of the Cicret bracelets.

To move forward, they need 500,000 US Dollars.

With this amount, they could:

1) Start the industrial development of the working samples.

2) Officially launch the pre-sales worldwide.

3) Deal with distributors in every country.

4) Start the mass production of the Cicret Bracelet by Fall 2016.

5) Deliver the Cicret Bracelet by the end of 2016

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Fig3 : Estimated time duration for the cicret bracelet existence CHAPTER-2

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STRUCTURE

The Cicret Bracelet has WiFi, Bluetooth and Micro USB connectivityThe

Cicret Bracelet uses a row of eight proximity sensors to work out where the user’s

fin.The Cicret Bracelet is designed to be an independent device. the Cicret Bracelet is

a small wristband that looks similar to the Jawbone Up.

The Bracelet comprises a pico projector and a row of eight proximity sensors

that point towards the user’s forearm.

Connectivity is provided by way of WiFi, Bluetooth and a Micro USB port.

This futuristic gadget that will be available in 10 colours also features its own

processor, storage, vibration feedback, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth connectivity, and of course

the earlier mentioned sensors and projector. .Elsewhere, the Cicret Bracelet features

an accelerometer and a vibration module, along with an LED for notifications.

Fig4: Components

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CHAPTER-3 WORKING AND OPERATION OF THE CICRET BRACELET

3.1. How the cicret bracelet works ?

The Cicret Bracelet uses a Pico projector to project your phone’s screen onto

your arm, and it’s equipped with eight proximity sensors which makes it possible for

the bracelet to detect your finger position whilst you control the device. It will use a

tiny Pico projector and eight miniature proximity sensors to replicate an image of

your device.

It comes with a row of eight proximity sensors pointing towards the user’s

forearm. When we place our finger, the long-range proximity sensor intercepts your

movements, sending the information back to the processor (in your Cicret Bracelet).

Fig5: Eight proximity sensors

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3.2. How to operate it ?

Just twist your wrist and your device turns into a Smartphone . It’s a Prototype

model. We can Read mails, play favorite games, answer calls, check the weather, find

way... Do whatever we want on our arm. we can turn ON Cicret which is connected to

a mobile device via the Cicret app. It connect threw WIFI or Bluetooth. It could

operate as a standalone device and can also be paired with your existing smartphone.

This means, users can perform all functions using a large screen display without the

need to pull out their phones. You will even be able to answer the phone with a flick

of your wrist.

Fig.6: Operating the cicret bracelet

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CHAPTER-4 CHARACTERISTICS

With wearables gaining some traction, smartphones and tablets are by no

means the only mobile devices around nowadays. Now, though, Cicret is looking to

take things a step farther and turn your arm into a smartphone.

4.1. Key features of the cicret :-

The band is waterproof and can be used as a standalone device or along with

the Smartphone.

We can send and receive email, browse the web and play games.

Cicret Bracelet will allow you to access almost all the functions from your

arm without holding the gadget every time.

It would be so much easier being able to walk around without having to

carry my big chunky smartphone (which is honestly the size of a brick) along

with me. I can just leave it in my bag, and get all I need to get done via the

Cicret Bracelet.

For ladies, we won’t have to worry about ‘missing a call because our phone

was on silent and in the bag’ or having to take out our laptops or phones every

time we need to send an email or a message. It would all be right there on our

wrist, at our convenience.

It will also be possible for users to pair it with an existing smartphone,

answer incoming phone calls and activate the speakerphone functionality on

their smartphone.

Flick, swipe, pinch and zoom functionality will be supported along with tap

to text. 

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Fig.7: Features of the cicret bracelet

The younger generation expressed mainly one genuine concern, “So will

everyone be able to see what I do online? It looks like it’s hard to hide if you want to

type a message in private!” .For that reason the cicret team created a Cicret app. The

Cicret App,  is a simple messaging service that gives you a free and secure chat

solution, for those who want to chat, share, and exchange safely without being

traceable. This technology provides anonymity and full control on all contents you

have shared, even after you have sent them. Meaning, all your messages can be edited

even after you have sent it. So now, pressing that ‘Send’ button won’t be as stressful

as it used to be!

There are potential advantages to turning ordinary objects (or, in this case,

limbs) into mobile devices, but projected touch screens typically lack the respon-

siveness and visual clarity of the glass screens we’re used to. It should be interesting

to see if the Cicret Bracelet can improve on the technology, to make something we’d

actually want to use. The device will allow users to send and receive emails, browse

the web and play games. It will also be possible for users to pair it with an existing

smartphone, answer incoming phone calls and activate the speakerphone functionality

on their smartphone.

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4.2. Limitations:-

Low battery service

Connectivity

CHAPTER-5

CONCLUSION

This product is still in its prototype phase and has not officially been launched

yet. The creators of The Cicret have built a website to explain the details of their

vision and have uploaded a video for us to get a bigger picture too. The cicret is an

impressive technology that eliminates a number of inconveniences experienced by

smartphone users.The philosophy of the cicret team in creating the cicret bracelet is to

Break the rules.

Delete every screens.

Turn any surfaces into a touch screen.

Make technology invisible.

As green as possible.

Till now 8,641 donors were joined and the team have reached their goal up to

83.2%. Although the Cicret bracelet and app may not be impossible to develop with

current technology, it's also not a device that actually exists at this stage. While an

eventual working Cicret could one day be real, it's also possible the concept will

graduate to the realm of vaporware.

Make your skin, your new tablet with the CICRET BRACELET

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REFERENCES

1. https://vulcanpost.com

2. www.cicret.com

3. www.itbusiness.ca/news

4. https://techgenblog.wordpress.com

5. www.techtimes.com/

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