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Bone Conduction Ring Turns Your Finger into a Smartphone
Equipped with noise-cancelling microphones, the Orii ring is not just a cool way to answer your phone – it allows you to talk in loud places while keeping your conversations private. It looks like you’re a member of the secret service even though you may just be talking to your Mom. As with most smart devices, they usually accompany an intuitive app that makes the technology all the more impressive. The Orii app is no exception. Users can set different colored LEDs depending upon the incoming notification or by an individual on your contact list.
At 179.3 mph, Drone Captures Guinness World Record
Already considered the NFL of drone racing, the DRL (Drone Racing League) is on a mission to bring its sport into the mainstream limelight. On the heels of the DRL raising $20 million from broadcasting network Sky and Formula 1’s Liberty Media Corp, the company has a serious shot at making professional drone racing a worldwide phenomenon. With the 2017 DRL season already underway as of June 20th, the DRL Techops team wanted to showcase the revolutionary technology that will someday become the future of drone racing.
This Robot Can Follow Spoken Instructions
Smart Glove Translates American Sign Language (ASL)
Made from the combination of nine stretchable sensor strips, steel thread, a low-power circuit board, and some copper tape, UC’s smart glove is capable of decoding ASL gestures. But if you ask any of the engineers who authored “The Language of Glove” study, their smart glove has wide spread application in Virtual/Augmented Reality (AR/VR), Telesurgery, Technical Training, and Defense. Timothy O’Connor, the first author of the study and nanoengineering Ph.D. candidate at UC San Diego, talked about the potential impact:
Physee Introduces Window That Doubles as a Solar Panel
The startup, named Physee, wants to make modern commercial and housing estates energy neutral. Co-founder and CEO Ferdinand Grapperhaus says, “Large commercial estates consume a lot of energy. If you want to make these buildings energy neutral, you never have enough roof surface. Therefore, activating the buildings’ facades will significantly contribute to making the buildings energy neutral.” He says that the cost of the wiring bringing power from the grid to windows is considerable in large commercial estates. As a result, investing in power-generating windows would make commercial sense.
Amabrush
Imagine never having to brush your teeth again (and still keep your teeth). With 90% of all dental and gum diseases caused by poor brushing technique, it’s about time an automatic toothbrush does all the work for you. Introducing Amabrush – a three piece smart brushing system that cleans your teeth in 10 seconds.
Neuroreality: The Future of Virtual and Augmented Reality?
New developments in augmented reality and virtual reality are announced every day. There are already incredible AR and VR devices out on the market today that deliver experiences unheard of just 10 years ago. Keeping true to form, the next step in the evolution of full immersion is something that sounds impossible now but may be a common technology in a few years: neuroreality.
Tipron by Cerevo
First introduced at CES 2016, Tipron – a mobile robot projector – is the brainchild of Japanese smart device manufacturer Cerevo. Capable of beaming an 80-inch screen onto any wall in your home from approximately 10 feet away (3 meters), Tipron is an app-controlled smart projector designed to roll into action whenever the family craves their media fix.
Smartduvet Breeze
According to the Canadian-based Smartduvet, Breeze uses the scientific effect of “evaporation cooling” to increase your body’s natural evaporation process. Without having to replace your own bedding, Breeze’s intuitive technology slips in-between your duvet cover and uses strategically placed chambers to cool and heat your body.
