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RM-03 · Hardware

BlockingFocus: a cube that blocks time

A countdown cube for focused work. Each face stands for a duration: turn the cube, face up, the timer runs. An accelerometer reads the orientation, a display shows the remaining time, a vibration motor marks the end. No screen, no app in the way, just an object on the desk that says: do not disturb now.

What is inside

The firmware is split into components: face detection from sensor data, timer engine, display, vibration, battery, secure store. Below sits sk_core, the shared base of all SmartKraft devices: command line over USB, BLE pairing, Wi-Fi, mDNS, authentication, OTA.

Through sk_api the cube can fire a webhook or IFTTT at the start or end of a session, for example dim the light or mute notifications.

Status

Firmware 0.3.5, enclosure printed, board drawn. Open: fine-tuning face detection on slow turns, and runtime in sleep mode.

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House rules

Six sentences. Whoever does not stand behind them stays out.

§1

Anti-fascist. No room for authoritarian, nationalist or dehumanising positions.

§2

Anti-racist. Origin, skin colour, religion, residence status play no role.

§3

Anti-sexist. All genders as equals. Abuse leads to exclusion.

§4

Respect. Criticism of the work, not the person. Listening is part of it.

§5

Openness. What we build is documented and published.

§6

Reliability. Whoever takes a job reports back. Whoever gets stuck says so early.

And otherwise

No degree needed, but a field where you can show something: a board, a program, a repair, a piece of furniture.

Decisions are made by the collective, one vote per person. That holds today and becomes statute in the cooperative from seven people on.
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