Added 23 March, 2013
Typical will be this watch and touchscreen display device that can control smartphones and installed apps from a user’s wrist via Bluetooth wireless technology. Called a Portable Control Display Device, this product will mean anyone who owns a smartphone will be able to have a secondary bi-directional wireless smartphone control and display...
Added 20 March, 2013
Along with the current trend of monitoring your body's vital signs with wearable computers like the Nike+ FuelBand, we are seeing products designed to monitor your environment as well.
CubeSensors are small, wireless, connected devices that continuously measure temperature, humidity, noise, light, air quality and barometric pressure. They can even...
Added 18 March, 2013
Here's a hot seller on Kickstarter that embraces two trends in one go: reusing materials that would otherwise go into landfills, and protecting privacy in the form of an ultra-thin layer of a high tech material called Cryptalloy that blocks RFID signals. EpicStroke wallets are made from the vinyl images that create roadside billboards and claim to...
Added 18 March, 2013
In addition to protecting phones from drops and spills, cases pretty much are designed to, well, make phones more pretty. However, we keep seeing new cases designed to add more than good looks. Spraytect, a smartphone case with a detachable pepper spray cartridge, is a case in point, turning your mobile phone into a defensive weapon. The pepper...
Added 16 March, 2013
Fleksy is the best of the bunch. Already used by blind and visually impaired users to type faster and easier than many sighted people, Fleksy is looking to revolutionize the way we think about typing on mobile devices. It uses error-correcting algorithms that take into account the exact locations where the user touches the screen, so that if you...
Added 15 March, 2013
By sourcing the crowds, Google maps can already tell you how busy roads are. And other apps are popping up that show which trains are packed. Next up? Avoid The Shopping Crowds, a crowd-sourced real-time app for people who like to avoid busy stores. Currently only offering data for a few shops in the Netherlands, the app is a harbinger for things...
Added 13 March, 2013
Tinke is the latest iPhone gadget that measure stress and wellness levels at the touch of the screen. Attach the add-on and Tinke will tell you your heart rate, blood oxygen level, respiratory rate and heart rate variability. It tracks all the info over time and interprets your stress levels.
If you've ever found yourself wondering...
Added 9 March, 2013
The world’s first electric tilt-rotor aircraft has been unveiled by Anglo-Italian helicopter company AgustaWestland. Project Zero aircraft features advanced tilt rotor technology that allows it to hover like a helicopter and perform forward flight like an airplane. Project Zero has integrated rotors powered by rechargeable batteries, and can...
Added 9 March, 2013
While people love their touch-screen phones, there is a lot less love for on-screen keyboards. That, in part, is what has been keeping Blackberry alive. Meanwhile, a slew of inventors keep coming out with after-market keyboards that can be added on to touchscreen phones.
The MiniKey for iPhone 5 is a tactile bluetooth add-on featuring a backlit...
Added 8 March, 2013
An anonymous Samsung employee has said that the next generation of the Galaxy S will have Eye-Tracking technology which will be used for eye-based scrolling. This means that you now no longer have to touch the screen when you wish to scroll the pages you are viewing, a simple positioning of your eyes is enough for the page to scroll as if it were...