Simone's Every Day Calendar

Simone stops by to show us her Every Day Calendar that she just launched on Kickstarter.
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[@MrDalevich]

This makes me wish Mythbusters was still going, Simone would have been a tremendous addition to the team.

[@JeremyStreich]

Mythbusters had a season on Sci with new hosts. And Mythbusters Jr. was advertised as coming to Sci this winter with Adam mentoring the kid mythbusters.... so it's not completely dead.

[@Masterfighterx]

@@JeremyStreich Just as with Top Gear (the original good one) it's just not the same after the originals are gone.

[@Efflorescentey]

Simone has collaborated with Adam Savage

[@GeekMediaLtd]

Can you use it in reverse? It would work great for kids who are scared of the dark, every night they turn off one light and until after a year they can sleep with the light off!

[@tinyderppotato5410]

that's a good idea

[@yukitsuki1412]

I didn't think about that but that's a really innovative idea!

[@LordGarth6]

well u would just have to turn all the lights on 1 by 1 at first then ya can turn them off 1 by 1

[@kuro13wolf]

I don't think even with all the lights on it gives off enough light for a kid who's scared of the dark. Also, even if it did the last light would be the hardest of them to turn off since it's the difference between having a light and not having one. But brilliant idea nonetheless.

[@bellsTheorem1138]

She turns one off with a long touch so I don't see why not. Just turn them all on at the beginning of the year.

[@thejesuschrist]

this is the coolest calendar I've ever seen.... sorry Kurzgesagt.

[@PadrinoLuca]

What do you think about mine? imgur.com/a/ybGBQ If we used that Simone's would also be rectangular without the irregularity at the bottom.

[@8008ies]

Amen

[@JamesConollyLives5353]

Well if it gets Jesuses approval

[@albertbastakoti8991]

We're you on PewDiePie's video today?

[@CharalamposKoundourakis]

There's space for both. I do like me some human era calendar.

[@gfloyd2002]

I think the brain surgery day totally counts. Being sedated is a meditative state, right? Flip that June 1 switch!

[@AxiomPenguin]

on her channel she said it wasn't actually the day of the surgery that she missed, which is pretty damn impressive

[@Yeoshua]

Hola

[@lineriderman7]

@Joe Briggs Jr she missed the day after

[@PassionPopsicle]

I think it's really awesome that there's just ONE switch that isn't flipped, because the story is so crazy; "yeah, I had brain surgery" - it's so insanely impressive, that the year she had a brain tumor removed she only missed a single day. But I get what you're saying too - she has totally deserved the reward of a completed board :)

[@emptyness7]

She didn't miss the day of the surgery, but the day after, and no, meditation is not about being sedated, but having stable atenttion and being in the present moment.

[@tropicaltanktv]

Tested needs more Simone. Awesome calendar from an awesome person.

[@adamwidegren9995]

Simone: "It's like when you have a second child and stop loving your first child." *awkward laugh* Edit: Simone: "Making something for a prototype and making something for manufacturing, they're like distant cousins *pause* that don't talk." Is your family okay, Simone?

[@Yeoshua]

Hi

[@henrymiller7162]

norm has a kid and so he tried to present another reason for why simone shouldn't love the first board :)

[@SailingWithVampires]

That needs to be integrated into one of those refrigerator screens. (c)

[@Swimmydude11]

She just has that kind of dark humor, it's adorable.

[@CamdenESloan]

This simone guy is not okay!

[@wolfe1970]

Who's back here after watching Adam Savages review of Simone's Every day Calendar ?

[@lordshadow3822]

Yeah me 😁

[@achuck4321]

I didnt realize she made this a year ago

[@ErizotDread]

Her personality is so endearing! I feel better knowing that someone liker her is out there in the world.

[@NochSoEinKaddiFan]

I feel like Simone weirds herself out by having made something that can be usefull. I am a sucker for mechanical buttons though, I want that click of the push button that lights up :) Or even go as far as having the button light up in the berinning of the day and when you did what you set out to do, you turn it back off. But that is just my two cents, this thing is cool Simone!

[@josuelservin2409]

The problem with the light up buttons is that you have 365 buttons and with four contacts per button that's 1460 points of failure at least...

[@NochSoEinKaddiFan]

@@josuelservin2409 Sure, but a solder joint doesn't really experience wear as far as I know and a broken switch is much easier to replace than a broken light on a PCB. Plus' I can't make a backlit PCB in my garage :P ^^

[@josuelservin2409]

@@NochSoEinKaddiFan, I'm talking at the level of a production scale, if you want to make only one it would be challenging and expensive but certainly manageable, and I bet the end result would be pretty awesome.

[@NochSoEinKaddiFan]

​@@josuelservin2409 Oh, right; production ^^' Well, I am sure they would figure it out... but you are probably right. Still, mechanics :)

[@redfreckle2044]

It would be cool if they came out with few iterations of it with different button or switch options. Maybe even eventually make them customizable with different colored light options, or different layout patterns for the array. I could see it even getting it's own smartphone app which could allow your to add notes to certain days, perhaps you missed one or if you had a particularly rewarding day, or maybe it would just let ya know when you've reached certain milestones. This could also allow it to be programmed to keep track of more than one daily task, a different color light for different tasks type of deal.

[@AnaGBSA]

simone looks so proud when norman says he can't wait to see her calendar on people's walls. i'm so happy for her and all the progress she has made, truly a talent.

[@AprilShermanWhitehead]

Simone is the BEST! Her energy and humor is soooo refreshing to see on Tested! Her calendar is excellent, and I hope she shows up in more videos.

[@ThompsonBrosStudios]

Pretty cool. If this was like $50 i'd maybe consider it, but $300 is way out of my price range. Still, cool product.

[@kobisjeruk]

Wait for the chinese knock-off version. Which wouldnt be more than $30 at most.

[@ortzinator]

Just buy a calendar and cross off the days

[@AlexaFaie]

@@kobisjeruk Given that it uses such a large PCB and two at that, it wouldn't run very cheap because there are only limited places that make things that size and so they can charge a premium on how much it costs them to make them for her.

[@peterlewerin4213]

Not a problem. Just buy it and mark off every day that you save a dollar. You'll have recovered the cost in less than a year! ;)

[@3DJapan]

What I like about the old version is the lights at the top which I assume light up when you finish a month. It's kind of like a reward. You can strive for that gold star at the end of each month. Maybe in a future version the month names at the top could light up in the same fashion.

[@johnhara690]

This looks awesome , I'd like to own one myself but i'm a little broke. though I think Simone should add a separate button that makes it shuffle through different goals with a different color. Specially for those with lot's of goals to accomplish and doesn't want a wall full of these although i think that would look cool. I'd like to own one myself i'm just a little broke.

[@NiteshAgarwalGeek]

Okay, that would be a wonderful idea, maybe I'll give it a shot.

[@Ben7seven7]

Simone, it may be nice to make a companion iOS / Android app that can synch progress between the physical every day calendar and the app. And also maybe storing years as well and possibly having the year display on top. Also I don’t understand why you didn’t add February 29th to the calendar even though it’s only used once every 5 years.

[@AlexeySmishlayev]

I wish I had an Everyday Calendar, so I can track days while I'm waiting for my Everyday Calendar to arrive

[@lyzzidc]

If I wasn't a student I would buy this. Hopefully it does well and continues to be sold when I make money

[@PavelSayekat]

Simone, you can add a little addition as control option in front or somewhere to switch between different/multiple project tracking.

[@ryanjenkyns]

Simone's awesome. Still making crazy amazing things, even if one is accidentally beautiful. I totally want one of those calendars, might encourage me to draw more.

[@stevehunter6569]

I'm just happy to see Simone on Tested again.

[@mcesmy]

good to see Simone back after her surgery AWSOME!

[@kreigerart4764]

Now on to the upgrades. Work with app, highlight days with different color light, etc.

[@eliotdaoust3765]

Omg i love simone and i'm so proud of her and i'm officially gonna need one of those calender obviously!!! Simone you're gonna change the world, at least a little bit haha!

[@ianwashington4114]

I remember

[@TXWatson]

I want, like, this but with a few other features. Putting this out there in case there's ever subsequent iterations of this project: I want RGB LEDs, so that every day the current date lights up red, past missed days light up green, and when you press a day to complete it it turns blue. (this is because I have illnesses that sometimes will definitely make me miss days and having missing lights would drive me crazy. I also lose track of the date super easily so if I miss a couple days it might be really hard for me to start using it again.) (Ideally I'd want even deeper, more complex color options so I could set up a somewhat detailed system of markings by color, and could edit the color scheme in a way that would retain the saved states of all the cells and change the colors to the new meaning they've been assigned.) Also: then it'll look like a classic sci fi space ship panel. I also want it to default so you can only edit the current date, with a dial n the side that allows you to adjust a number of days back that you can change. I would definitely, over the course of the year, accidentally touch buttons sometimes, and I would never feel confident that I was correcting them accurately. Also I definitely don't have the money even for the regular one of these. But #someday

[@applesauce4389]

This is a really cool idea. Only issue I see, and it is a very small one, is that February only has 28 days. If this is intended to be a product that one can reset every year, then maybe adding some way to account for leap years would be useful. This is still not a deal breaker though. I would totally buy this as is.

[@bladerunner12]

I love it! I immediately latched on to the idea that a blank spot would be super-motivating. An idea for a version 2.0: additive color. If I want to track multiple things (go to the gym every other day, practice music every day), then each could be represented by a color, and the days where they overlap sums the colors. Could cycle through the colors with taps, then "lock in" the color with a long press. Then start tapping a lit button to cycle through additive colors, long press again to clear

[@InformantNet]

Very nice, Simone. Before you put it out in the marketplace, you need to add a Leap Day to February. and here's a free suggestion: use Tri-colored LEDs that toggle through r-b-g with each touch.

[@MarcoNoPolo]

Congrats Simone. Awesome first product. =)

[@RexusKing]

7:37 That's some genuine emotions ...

[@Polynerdeia]

Trying to meditate every day and ending up starting a company is probably the most Simone thing ever

[@rayshek83]

If you have a n LCD screen at the top to display the year. And a button to show next year and button to display previous year. Also the memory will save data under each year.

[@TET2005]

Can use a paper slider type... no battery needed... smaller footprint and lightweight.

[@diegoleao]

I really need one of these, great idea Simone! I love it! EDIT: Wow, Simone's Kickstarter reached freaking US$ 500,940 with 13 days to go!! Amazing ^^

[@frothyfrappuccino9623]

Can't wait until the Callander launches (10 more days) ... Never said that before

[@wouldntyaliktono]

so happy to have you back. hell yeah.

[@miketech2]

Look at all these people acting like they care about the leap day now. 😆

[@SmolPotatowo]

Haha that was actually my first thought when I saw this video.

[@williamneubecker]

mikeTECH my birthday is leap day so I care lol. I’m only 6.5 and I don’t have another birthday until 2020.

[@blueraspberrylemonade32]

@@williamneubecker happy early/late birthday

[@larryscott3982]

mikeTECH Model one is non leap yr. you buy a companion model two for leap yr.

[@derstreber2]

Very cool project. An obvious addition to version 3 would be the ability to have several "save slots" and a selector to choose which one to display. Would make the calendar more useful for keeping track of more sparse events, uses ranging anywhere from tracking a woman's cycle, or even just keeping track of days when it rained. Another idea is a multi color display, via rgb LEDs, for the back light. (the interface could be something like hold to fade through colors) With colors people could potentially use the calendar to schedule simple future events, or perhaps leave more detailed information about an event being tracked. Like if your meditation was particularly rewarding that day, or perhaps the opposite. Could help in finding patterns perhaps. And perhaps even causation, if combined with the first Idea, by switching to another slot to see if there is any overlap in patterns.

[@TheRubberDuck77]

Simone, I always KNEW you could do something beautiful that works... you just need to believe in yourself..... you really trully are an AMAZING creator!!!

[@bernie_d]

Awesome job!! Love it and your outlook on life!!

[@michaelprice7005]

Buddy the Elf would be in heaven!!! I want to push a button every day...and know it tomorrow that I did it yesterday.

[@maxmoller]

I like it. But I would it if the next version got 2 upgrades. 1. A tiny "button" for leap years. (Maybe half the size of the others) 2. A row that shows the weekdays. (They could shift to the next day every time you turn on the next date. 😊

[@Neumah]

I think I need this for my workouts. But then again it would be far easier to reach OCD perfection by just skipping those two days a year that I actually manage to work out.

[@JackBealeGuitar]

Wait, what, how does this make me better at guitar? Looks cool, like something from Star Trek TOS

[@djAnakin]

She's back! Yay!

[@fedirkryvyi]

This is more smart then 95% of "Smart home" stuff available on the market. And it does that while not having Wi-Fi. Great job, Simone!!!

[@ExploringWithCam2018]

Omg Simone Im so glad your back! I do hope your feeling a lot better

[@MrTheMighty]

Way to go, Simone, blowing that Kickstarter goal right out of the water!

[@piewars12345]

lol her kickstarter is killing it. Really cool product

[@xios42]

Wow, almost a half a million and two thousand backers. Good job!

[@steveallen8987]

It looks great but at the end of the year you have to start with no lights. How about removing the months at the top, have the same number of days for each column and the when you get to the last column you can press a separate button and it moves the whole pattern one column to the left. So you alsways get to see the last 11 months

[@larryscott3982]

Should’ve demonstrated pattern tracking. Like an every fifth day. Or even an everyday cycle with several missed days, so you can see the gaping odd off day. As for year to year, turn them on over the year until they’re all on, the subsequent year turn them off one day at a time until all off. Or, leave one on to mark an important date coming up.

[@thanoswasright999]

I love when Norm and Simone do videos together. You guys are the best!

[@Peronioz]

I missed Simone so much! I'm glad she looks so healthy now!

[@jangriesel5056]

Love it - i'm a Master Procrastinator, and i don't get anything done if i don't have a checklist - for version 2.0 you should have an app that can connect to it, maybe with different tasks ... ideas are endless.

[@MaxxsHandle]

This would be even more amazing if it had 2 colors of light, an off, a yellow and a green (for example) So you could use it to keep track of morning and night pills/animal feedings for those like my grandmother who have a hard time remembering

[@aaronchamberlain4698]

I really liked this product, but obviously, the price is going to be a set back for a lot of people. I would love for a second iteration to happen after this where it's just 31 "day" buttons" and then like two Back and Forward buttons that allow you to cycle through the Months. Maybe the pad lights up in a clockwise pattern as an indication as well. That's would cut the size down on this by 1/12. Since she is open sourcing this, I will definitely make that if she doesn't.

[@GroovingPict]

it's fun hearing Simone's slight Swedish accent shine through now and then :)

[@brianhester1996]

Great to hear and see Simone! Still wicked, sneaky sense of humor... LOL!

[@DanielRieger]

Of course I remember. Simone is the best thing on tested since Adam

[@oneofeverything1000]

this is kick ass never question yourself girl

[@MichaelBerthelsen]

Wish you sold it as a kit as well, Simone! I would have LOVED to solder it all myself, if possible... Makes it more personal, somehow.

[@Sarahbuildsstepsequencers]

Hmm. Reminds me of something I was going to make along these lines. I prefer toggle switches and leds, myself.

[@wirelesmike73]

Simone! Good to see you back. You look great. Love the look of the project. Have you thought of incorporating different color changing LEDs so that you can use colors to represent different tasks, goals, and achievements by color coding them? That way you could have more than one goal per day "color-coded" and even rate yourself on your own level of achievement. The possibilities are as limitless as the spectrum of colors you can get from RGB LEDs.

[@qwerty1998ish]

That would likely increase the price by quite a lot as RGB LEDs are more expensive and require more complicated circuitry.

[@wirelesmike73]

@@qwerty1998ish, True. As well as more programming. But, it would increase the functionality immensely and you could do so much more with it, increasing its value. Highlight important dates, display the weeks of each month, Set silent visual alarms that flash or dim in and out. You could see your entire year at a glance. And it's an art piece.

[@koyotegambit]

When is Simone not awesome? Keep up the great work Simone.

[@berrygaming7609]

Damn, I have never watched your video so fast.

[@benbuender]

Wiktor Gmys I always watch videos at 1x speed, otherwise I can’t understand anything.

[@tonycarpaccio9550]

The board is great. Make an app to accompany it/standalone with the same premise.

[@dalekkiller]

I love this calendar it’s something I wouldn’t mind owning, but what about leap years?

[@MyWaifuNow]

do they have like 3 month backlog of videos or something august is lit up halfway and this was posted november

[@deanranged3762]

This would be so cool for counting down to an event such as vacation or court date or wedding or due date for pregnancy. Illuminate the due date and today and then each day until the happy ,or not so happy , moment arrives.

[@Erindale]

Congrats on getting 15x your goal on kickstarter! Actually nuts!

[@toolzshed]

Yayyy Norm and Simone!!!!

[@Ma_K95]

This is brilliant and has a futuristic vibe and I love it. I want one in every room of my house

[@charles8744]

Three improvements: 1. If you miss a day it should turn that light red 2. It should have digital display for the year at the top 3. It needs a 29th of feb

[@awesomelyshorticles]

Studies show that if a person is punished by a reward system for failing, the person will be demoralized and will stop trying much sooner than if they didnt get punished at all. I dont think its a good idea to add an extra reminder that the day was missed, we only need to see that the day was absent.

[@rocketman0102]

Awesome product.. Wished there was TIMER with HH:MM:SS on top or where ever(timer rigged with flaps) .. so when someone presses the button for doing something for the day .. the button changes to green or an other and timer starts so that he/she can do it continuously without time lag ( and button to turn on/off timer permanently if not needed) .. and when the person finishes his stuff he can press again and turns to yellow( which actually gives a sense of accomplishment) and timer resets.

[@koloth5139]

Two suggestions to make it better, in my opinion. Some sort of display that reminds you of your goal. Nothing fancy, just an old LED style display would look nice. Though you would also need some way to type in your goal, but a USB port for a keyboard shouldn't be to difficult to connect. And a bit of programming that keeps track and won't let you hit the button if you miss a day. Just a bit of extra motivation so you can't cheat. Well, at least you have to actually remember to push the button even if you don't do the activity. So if nothing else it forces you to make a habit of pushing the button, and feeling a ting of shame that you didn't do the displayed activity.

[@TylerShawful]

Dude, Simone, you are awesome. This is a really awesome design.

[@BROON71]

$478,664 pledged so far !!! WOW!

[@honda86tb]

I remember! Glad to see you back! ♡

[@millay4813]

I have one of these. Haven't been able to activate any switches for November though, out of tradition.

[@palebluedot4015]

I see what you did there

[@AcrimoniousMirth]

Is there a reset button to turn off all the LEDs? And you should have a year at the top, but have it backlit with a capacitive pad either side that just scrolls it forward or back a year.

[@mainjoke]

for the 2.0 version, like a red light, let's say you have to do something for about 15 days, you set the red light on day 15, and then you can see how far from your goal you are, it can be like a two click kinda thing, click one red light, click twice, yellow or whatever light!

[@lordshadow3822]

Saw Adam open his! Oh my goodness I want one!

[@Pandurris]

What a beautiful design! I really want one of these! Good job Simone!

[@veerleschoon7720]

This is so cool, maybe you could even give it a little computer that remembers the settings, so you can track multiple habits each day (so you'd press a button to go to the other trackers, maybe they'd light up in a different colour or something)

[@Kirbykfed89]

Nice work Simone! So happy to see that you are back in the shop building again! 😊❤

[@markw480]

Loving Simone's back !! Awesome product !!

[@MrChief101]

Way to go, Simone.

[@ricomichel]

Simone, this is a very awesome object, but what if you could have different levels for each day? Like three different colors for example. Then you could look at your year and see which were your good weeks, less good weeks and super great weeks. I'd get one of those for sure :-) xx

[@jeanrodriguez4427]

Speaking of resetting it, will it have a reset button or do I have to turn off each day 1 by 1 on new years?

[@michaelp6313]

Projects are like pancakes...we should be allowed to toss the first one out. (So glad to see you at it still and again)!

[@havhavproductions8725]

We’ve missed you simone!!

[@michaelnelson912]

"It taps into the right sort of OCD..." - Love it! That's the OCD that gets stuff done!

[@laurens5515]

OCD is a medical disorder. It doesn’t “get stuff done”. Educate yourself before you say these kind of things.

[@michaelnelson912]

@@laurens5515 Very sorry you feel offended by this comment. Actually I am well educated, and a medical "disorder" can also have a side benefit. Case in point, Asberger syndrome has been associated with countless successful people - many would attribute their success to the condition. I stand by what I said - sometimes OCD is what gets stuff done. It works for me.

[@OptimusGPrime]

It would be really cool if you could set different colours to all the lights, so that at the end of the year they form some sort of pattern or even picture.

[@rushwal]

Welcome back Simone!

[@LionTree]

Has anyone mentioned color codes? Like the stars from kindergarten. To sort of track how long or hard your went at the specific task. 😛 yellow=full session, green=half session, blue=quarter time.

[@glenndrives109]

Perhaps a rgb led for multiple tasks in a day? One press for the first color two for the next and so on until you turn it off.

[@ragamuffin09]

Is there a button to do a full reset on the calendar (I would hope)? If not, there would be a long, sad day at the end of the year turning off all of the buttons, watching all your progress disappear...

[@Markies18]

If there were memory slots, i would buy it, seriously!

[@j7a7m77]

should add a percentage display of how far into the year the current day is and for what percentage out of the year you complete your task