3. There are now a whole host of devices out there
to help you track activities and monitor your
fitness, but few go to into the same depth of
detail as the Stridalyzer Smart Insoles. By
wearing these sensor-packed insoles inside your
trainers it's possible to get a very accurate
breakdown of your running performance: you
can spot problems, improve your technique and
get better results thanks to the data displays
provided by the accompanying smartphone app
4.
5. We've seen all kinds of smart bikes try and pull in
funding via Kick starter, but COBI wants to bring
intelligent technology to your current bike via your
smartphone. It may look like a glorified smartphone
dock but it's much more than that: it can recognize
when you're in the vicinity of your bike, give you
detailed weather forecasts, offer up navigation
directions specifically designed for bikes, provide
thumb control for your smartphone apps and more
besides. The integrated lighting system takes care of
front, rear and turning lights and the dock is even
able to charge up your phone while you ride so the
battery will be nicely topped up by the time you get
to your destination
6.
7. Home routers are far simpler and more
straightforward to operate than they used to be, but
they can still prove confusing to the average user.
The KeeWifi Router wants to simplify everything
even further — connecting up devices is a question
of pushing a button rather than typing out a
password and the whole design of the unit is
intended to be as user-friendly as possible. It works
straight out of the box too, but this ease-of-use
doesn't mean that it's not secure: proximity
technology is used in place of Wi-Fi passwords to
verify that laptops, tablets and smartphones are
allowed to get on the local network.
8.
9. The Kinetic is unusual lamp that mixes
technology, art, dance and electronics.
Essentially, it's a micro light that responds to
movement, enabling you to create a dazzling
array of customized light shows using nothing
but your hands and fingers — colors, timings and
more can be configured as required and the team
behind the Kinetic says that it's suitable for
beginners as well as more advanced musicians
and artists. There are 19 different colors available
with each Kinetic
10.
11. With so much cheap and accessible technology
now available to us, we can start to solve age-old
problems... such as lost luggage. Smart Unit, as
you can probably guess, is an electronic tag that
sits inside your suitcase and communicates with
an app running on your mobile — using a
unique, patented software system it's able to
automatically switch itself off at check-in and
turn itself back on again when the plane lands. If
your suitcase happens to be in a different country
to you then you can use the app to locate it.
There's also a security feature — 'watch mode' —
that sends you an alert if someone's tried to open
your luggage
12.
13. Behold the Egloo, a candle-powered lamp that
can heat up your rooms for a few pennies a day.
Using a special terracotta shell the Egloo
provides an eco-friendly, portable and
convenient way of warming up a space — the
exterior is designed to slowly absorb and then
release heat even after the candles have been
blown out. It might not be able to thaw ice off
your doorstep but it's perfect for a desk or an
outdoor table
14.
15. No one would consider the television remote control
a particular innovative device — in fact "crowded"
and "confusing" are more likely to be the adjectives
used to describe it. The SPIN Remote wants to
change all that by making the device as simple as
possible: just one main button which you can twist
and program to perform different functions. "SPIN
Remote is the remote control revolutionized," say its
makers. "A remote control shouldn't have so many
buttons, while you only use a handful. In fact, we
believe that it shouldn’t have buttons at all. With
SPIN remote you can do what comes naturally; turn
rotation and touch into action." It's easy to set up and
customize via an included smartphone app, and the
remote is able to take control of everything from
your home lighting to your stereo system via
infrared and Bluetooth technologies