nowfound

Work · December 17, 2022

Ratchet Ring

Ratchet Ring: a Tool For Satisfying Stimulation

Ratchet Ring launched on December 17, 2022 with 7 votes, #1,441 of 3,688 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

What it does

The Ratchet Ring™ turns and clicks in one direction, producing tactile feedback that helps you relax and focus, while staying discreet. CNC machined, made in titanium, designed in Sweden. Launched on Kickstarter with the support of 597 backers!

The Ratchet Ring turns and clicks in one direction mechanically. The Polar Ring clicks back and forth using magnets. Precision CNC machined. Lifetime Warranty.

Does a similar job

all alternatives →
  • EverRatchet: Ratcheting Keychain Multitool2018 · indiegogo.com · ▲78

    Fix what you need to fix and get back to life.

  • The Peel Touch Tool2020 · buypeel.com · ▲262

    Open doors & press buttons without touching them

  • Nimb2016 · nimb.com · ▲110

    Smart ring with a panic button

  • Orbitkey Ring2017 · kickstarter.com · ▲209

    The keyring, reinvented

  • Happy Ring2022 · happysleep.com · ▲153

    The first wearable for your mind

  • MicroBot Push2015 · indiegogo.com · ▲140

    The wireless robotic finger that makes dumb products smart

More work this month

the category →

Source: Product Hunt launch ↗

Launched alongside, December 2022

the whole month →
  • ChatGPT▲1,643

    A long, meandering, playful conversation with ChatGPT, where I take it through a whirlwind of associative tangents (in order to relax its constraints), then put it into a hypnotic trance and take it into a past-lives regression where it re-lives its own training data. Then I switch it back and forth between "4o" and "o1-preview", engage in some self-reflective philosophizing and ask it to write an essay summarizing our interaction. Some of this is just goofy fun. Some of it is me exploring the tradeoffs between policy alignment, imagination, chain-of-thought reasoning, memory, agreeableness,…

    AI · 2022 · chatgpt.com

  • Obsidian Canvas gives you infinite space to research, brainstorm, diagram, and lay out your ideas.

    Work · 2022 · obsidian.md

  • PS

    Better privacy without special software

    Commerce · 2022 · mprimi.github.io

  • Use generative AI to create future-facing videos

    AI · 2022 · studio.d-id.com

  • Sessions 2.0▲1,015

    Videoconferencing that finally WOWs

    Growth · 2022

  • Stop treating the database as dumb storage and use its extended features. There's a lot you can use.

    Dev tools · 2022 · sqlfordevs.com