Pebble has launched a scheme hoping to encourage designers to build their own 'smartstraps ' for its new Time watch . It will pay up to £637,000 ( $ 1 million ) to help develop the best designs . To help with this development , the firm has published 3D printing files . The company says that it is working on two different types of smartwatches : one which uses an accelerometer and gyroscope ; another using Bluetooth Low Energy technology. An example strap presented by Pebble is Spark.io 's 'cellular kit ' This strap connects the watch directly to a mobile network . Pebble Time has raised more than £12.8m ( $ 19.1m ) on Kickstarter .
Pebble has launched a scheme hoping to encourage designers to build their own 'smartstraps ' for its new Time watch . It will pay up to £637,000 ( $ 1 million ) to help develop the best designs . To help with this development , the firm has published 3D printing files . It has also revealed how the watch 's connectors and circuitry works . An example strap presented by Pebble is Spark.io 's 'cellular kit ' This strap connects the watch directly to a mobile network . Pebble Time has raised more than £12.8m ( $ 19.1m ) on Kickstarter .