HotBlack: The premium watch with live football scores
A project in London, UK by Richard Hoptroff000days
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Get results. Now. This über-quality sports watch shows football scores real-time when your team is playing. Own one of the first.
Backers: 21
Average Pledge Per Backer: £291
Funded: £6,118 of £23,000
Dates: Jun 23rd -> Jul 23rd (30 days)
Project By: Richard Hoptroff
Backers: 21
Average Pledge Per Backer: £291
Funded: £6,118 of £23,000
Dates: Jun 23rd -> Jul 23rd (30 days)
Project By: Richard Hoptroff
£6,118
current pledge level
Last Updated: July 23 @ 12:03 -0400 GMT
26%
of goal
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Latest News
Gaming and Business Intelligence, around the clock. 
July 19th - via: kickstarter.com
One of the original motivations behind this watch was the need to be looking at data you shouldn't be looking at. That's why we focused on sports - the need to know the score when you're in a client meeting, or taking your other half out to dinner on... (Read More)
Live stock prices at the touch of a button
July 17th - via: kickstarter.com
After forcing you through a load of XSLT code yesterday, now see how easy the result is. We've added some buttons onto the www.hotblacklondon.com web page so you can see an example implementation. It shows live stock prices on the watch. You can... (Read More)
Display-any-data update...
July 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Technical Director Mike Plevey has been working hard all day to configure our first example of how you can display any data you want on the watch. It's example XML and XSLT code for displaying share price movements live. If a little tech-speak... (Read More)
Make your own smart watch!
July 9th - via: kickstarter.com
The feedback we got from the first two weeks of the crowdfunding campaign was that people loved the concept, but everybody wants it to see something different on the watch. Some want sports data. But some people want to see their World of Warcraft... (Read More)
A few little secrets about Hotblack
July 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Now we're onto the World Cup semi-finals, I can let you into a few little secrets. As you know, during the World Cup we live-streamed the watch displaying the results of each match as it was played. What you didn't see was the slapstick behind the... (Read More)
Hotblack patent filed
July 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you to all of you who backed us so far. Just a little bit of news - we've just received confirmation that our patent has been filed on our bottom pusher. (The bottom button the watch, I mean.) What it does is give you a speeded-up action... (Read More)
HotBlack Watch On Kickstarter Shows Live Football Scores (And That’s It)
June 25th - via: techcrunch.com
Like a bad joke, a new wearable smartwatch has appeared on Kickstarter which tells you how many goals England has scored in a World Cup match. Ok, admittedly you could use it for that, if you were the optimistic type. But in fact this smart watch will track goals scored by any team you want to track. (Read More)
Read the Reviews!
June 24th - via: kickstarter.com
We've had great press coverage in the last couple of days. I've updated the Kickstarter page to show links to the heavyweights. Check them out, near the top of the page, under the title Read the Reviews. RH (Read More)
Thank you on our first Kickstarter day
June 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you everyone who backed us in our first day - nearly 15% funded already. At this rate we're on track to achieve our goal. But I can't do it without you. Please tell your friends, especially the ones that like watches. To all who are... (Read More)
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