Speaking to a builder recently, he told me about the insane number of phones he’d dropped / broken in recent years whilst working on site.

For most tradesmen the phone is a key tool; taking photos to share with colleagues / clients; making notes;  taking measurements; researching parts; finding fixes; taking calls from HQ; giving & taking instructions via video calls.

Form-factor

Tradesmen spend a lot of time on the phone, but in most cases the phone itself is the wrong form-factor.

Tradesmen need to use their hands for tools;  tradesmen have famously fat fingers;  and most Tradesmen are not the biggest fans of typing - as if they were, they’d have got a job in an office.

That’s where the opportunity for AI Glasses as a next generation tool for Tradesmen comes in - as AI Glasses provide a handsfree & voice activated way to access instruction manuals, make notes, find parts, contact HQ,  live-stream calls from site.  

Say hello to Super Spex

And this is what we’re building with Super Spex.

Super Spex are AI Glasses for Tradesmen, giving them all the AI tools needed to do their job better - handsfree.  

Android XR +Super Engineer

From a tech perspective, we’re building Super Spex using Android XR to build a framework of Tradesmen-focused workflows for Google Glasses - all powered by Super Engineer’s AI smarts.

Michael & Dima (photo above!) joined our team recently to lead our Android XR product build, and in parallel we’re working with hardware partners to finesse the design & form-factor.

Partners welcome

If you’re a potential hardware partner, please drop us a note for a chat: spex@superengineer.app