THIS GUY TURNED AN OLD SMARTWATCH INTO A DIGITAL SHIFT KNOB FOR HIS 2001 AUDI AND THEN MADE IT EVEN CRAZIER instead of throwing away an old TicWatch, he 3D printed a custom housing and mounted it on his gear stick he vibe coded a custom WearOS app that... uses the watch's built in accelerometer and gyroscope to read the physical angle of the shift stick and display which gear you're in the hardest part was driving on hills. going uphill would throw off the angle readings and show random gears. he had to build dynamic calibration into the algorithm so it could adjust in real time his car is a 2001 audi B5. the old communication protocol is so limited for gear data that building his own accelerometer app was actually easier than pulling from the car's computer then he went further he vibe coded an invisible touch spotify controller into the same shift knob swipe up on the knob to skip a track. swipe down to go back. tap to pause. all using the watch's touch screen while your hand is already on the shifter no extra buttons, no phone mount, no looking away from the road. your hand is on the shift knob anyway so the controls are right where you need them the watch also shows whatever is playing via bluetooth between gear changes 3D printed the enclosure, vibe coded the app, and turned e-waste into the coolest car mod on the internetshow more

guy who made it is Luan Valladares | Desmontei u/Desmontei original link:

The type of capitalism we have ruling our systems isn't working. This guy should be a billionaire engineer. Instead this'll probably be the last time I ever see a piece of his content, and this will never be available to the public.

What bro gona do when the watch runs out of battery? Unscrew the entire gear stick to change?

If you don't know what a 2001 B5 looks like

It's just a matter of time OEM will steal this idea. They are plastering screens everywhere.

If you haven't figured out what gear you're in in the first week, it's time for an automatic transmission.

Ah yes, looking at the stick while driving, what could possibly go wrong.

coolest car mod ever

And it's already got built in anti-theft, with the stick-shift. This is brilliant.

Interesting, fun project! I would always be changing my music because I shift with the palm of my hand, not gingerly wrapping my fingers around the shifter….and I don’t look at the shifter to see what gear I’m in. It’s pretty creative though!

If you're having to look at your gearstick to see what gear you're in then you shouldn't be allowed to have a manual. 😂

If you have to look at the stick to know what gear you’re in you’re already too late.

Cool for the sake of being cool...but can't you just tell what gear it's in...by looking at what gear the stick is in?

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all the gen-Z on here wondering wtf that thing is and why there are numbers on it

Honestly, i think this is pretty great. But you should’ve led with the part about it controlling the music etc. first. Everyone should know what gear they’re in without looking at a display.

It’s cool, no doubt. But nobody driving stick looks down

smart idea but i'd worry about the calibration drifting if you hit a pothole

This is the kind of project that perfectly captures modern internet creativity turning old hardware, coding, and pure obsession into something ridiculously cool.

pretty cool but my si has carplay so the music feature would be unnecessary also i don't look down when i shift. again cool mod

This guy is a serious electrical Engineer.

Bro really vibe-coded an OS for his smartwatch. That’s crazy. Tell me how that’s possible @grok

What the fuck is vibe coding

Naive to think he vibe coded, could have used AI but definitely has a tech background, Joe the plumber cant do none of this stuff

Looks like a cunt to recharge

Why does it keep going to Netflix?

and then the battery runs out and it's a useless piece of plastic

Bruh that’s so sick

Genius

What's vibe coding?

I know @BMW is the only car company capable of making this innovation a common feature in their new lineups since they're the only ones that really cared enough to include the manual transmission gear for their diverse customers in their new modern vehicles.

Awesome way to repurpose old tech

Unpractical af.