Digital glass is the next generation glass that could be used in every corner of the home, from the mirror displaying news while you brush your teeth to the countertop showing you the weather as you make breakfast. There was a fridge with an entire door that doubled as a touchscreen, you could use it to show your calendar or family photos or order your groceries. Using RFID tags, it can keep track of what food you have in there. Every time you take out a soda, it will register that you’re dow...

Amazon debuted Dash Buttons early this year as an internet-enabled small hardware device that allows customers to order day to day needs by clicking a button. You connect it via Wi-Fi to Amazon’s mobile app on an iPhone or an Android phone, and select the product you want to reorder. Once connected, a single press on Dash Button automatically places your order. Amazon then sends you an order confirmation to your phone. https://youtu.be/EHMXXOB6qPA Amazon Dash consists of multiple compon...

The Solar Mosquito Destroyer Inventor: Mathews K Mathew Developed in Kerala, this one-of-its-kind device could be a roaring success in the cities as well as far as we’re concerned. Using the septic tank smell as an attracting device for the mosquitoes, heat builds up inside it due to direct exposure to sunlight. Once the mosquitoes are trapped inside, they eventually die due to the accumulated heat. This device is a one-time investment, as it requires nothing but the sun’s rays for its wor...

The Tagg Plus Pet Tracker is a GPS tracking system that can be affixed to a cat or dog collar without causing any discomfort to the animal. Whistle makes a pair of electronic trackers that monitor where and how active your dog is. The Tagg GPS Plus pet tracker — a 1.5 x 4.2 x 0.8-inch, 1.3-ounce device — ensures that your pet will not get lost, while at the same time measuring his activity level. This is a smart collar for dogs and cats that helps you find them when they get lost. It notif...

August Inc. a smart home technology company is moving to establish market leadership for its  ecosystem around its core focus, remote access to your home front door from anywhere. Smart Lock, Doorbell Cam, Smart Keypad. Started by renowned designer Yves Behar and Johnson, August has made it a point to facilitate easy and quick access into the home. The "smart home" has grown in importance over the years, we have seen several door locks operated by mobile devices, but none as advanced as th...

The Withings Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor is a device for people who want to measure their blood pressure at home, and keep track of their readings over time. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the device. Unlike conventional blood pressure cuffs, the Withings BP Monitor is permanently in a rigid cylindrical form that allows the user to easily slip their arm through. Downloading the free Withings Healthmate App takes a few more minutes to setup and get running. Once the Bluetoot...

The Kinsa Smart Thermometer brings temperature-taking into the 21st century. While it’s not exactly a reinvention of the wheel, it reimagines the thermometer from a parent’s perspective, using a smartphones to make the process way quicker and much more informative. Once it has taken the temperature, the app displays it along with possible associated symptoms. From there you can either save the results or redo the process. Kinsa’s team of top engineers have implemented the latest technology...

The smart vent regulates a rooms temperature by creating a room-zoned system that proactively balances your home’s temperature. Keen Home Smart Vent uses patent-pending technology to make heating and cooling your home simple, affordable, and smart. With multiple faceplate options designed by Tomorrow Lab, the Smart Vent integrates easily and tastefully into your lifestyle and home decor. Simply swap your existing HVAC vent with a Keen Home design, and your home network connects with the...

Osmo is a gaming system that interacts with the iPad. Osmo tries to turn the time spent with those devices into a more tactical and educational interaction. The platform is still pretty new but you can see the potential of have developers create awesome games based on a child's needs using this hardware. Osmo’s first games are built purely for kids, but it’s easy to see how the platform could inspire a new wave of games for anyone. Osmo (playosmo.com) is a hardware gaming device for ki...

Tel-Aviv based EyeSight Technologies- the leader in computer vision and gesture technology, built 'singlecue', a first of its kind standalone device that lets you control your TV, home entertainment and smart home devices with touch-free gestures, as effortless as a wave of a finger. singlecue connects wirelessly with other devices in your home. The touch-free control is enabled by a simple CMOS sensor that works with eyeSight’s machine visi...

Kristoffer Lawson, who is the co-founder of Holvi, from Finland, has come up with the world’s smallest general-purpose computer – Solu. This revolutionary OS, backed up by an intuitive user interface and a unique subscription model, gives you the power and freedom to get things done. Anytime. Anywhere. World’s Smallest General Purpose Computer SOLU Wants to Change the Computing Advanced cloud-linked OS makes it possible to trade local file systems for a large multi-GB cache of the Solu ...

Object that enhances the interaction with not only people but also with other Smart Objects. It can not only refer to interaction with physical world objects but also to interaction with virtual (computing environment) objects. A smart physical object may be created either as an artifact or manufactured product or by embedding electronic tags such as RFID tags or sensors into non-smart physical objects. As the new networks link data from products, company assets, or the operating environme...

Imagine if your home was powered by solar balloons that sat above the clouds. Scientists at the Japanese-French Laboratory for Next Generation Photovolatic Cells (NextPV) are aiming to do just that. Solar cells’ efficiency relies on the proximity of the cells to sunlight. Even if the cells are put directly in the path of sunlight, their efficiency is affected significantly by clouds or terrible weather. On a cloudy day, solar panels can produce less than 30% of the electricity they are design...

Imagine if water tasted like juice—without the calories. The Right Cup, a new product featured on Indiegogo, promises to do just that. The Right Cup takes the same FDA approved aromatic fruit flavors which beverage companies use in their drink and using proprietary Encapsulated Aroma Release technology, the makers insert them into the Right Cup to create a scented inner lining. During the process, the aroma and flavor become part of the cup itself but the plastic characteristics of the cup ar...

BUILD is adaptable furniture: it can be your room divider, wall rack, storage box, or even something else! Many furniture pieces that are produced are toxic and can eventually fall apart. BUILD is designed to be an easy-to-assemble furniture solution that is a versatile solution that is free of toxics. The product is a toxin-free, emission free, allergy friendly and 100% recyclable “build-your-own” furniture product. A single modular element is the essence of this lightweight shelving and ...

Inspired by her late grandmother who had Alzheimer’s disease, Sha Yao, an industrial designer, developed Eatwell: a user-centered tableware set designed to help increase food intake and maintain dignity for those with Alzheimer’s. Her product won first place at 2014 Stanford Design Challenge out of 52 teams from 15 countries. Firm in her commitment to improve the quality of life for those with Alzheimer’s, Yao set out to understand more about their lives. Through volunteering, she discovered ...

The government of India under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a vision of developing 100 smart cities as satellite towns of larger cities and by modernizing the existing mid-sized cities. The government plans to identify 20 smart cities in 2015, 40 in 2016 and another 40 in 2017. Currently, 31% of India’s population live in cities, and generate 63% of the nation’s economic activity. Urban population numbers are increasing rapidly, with almost half of India’s population p...

Carrying water is a time-consuming and tiring chore for millions of women and children in rural Africa. Typically, a woman can manage no more than a 20-litre bucket carried on her head, often walking long distance to bring it home. The Hippo water roller allows up to 90 litres of water to be carried in a single trip, and with much less effort. Hippo Water Roller was created in 1991 by two South Africans, Mr. Pettie Petzer and Johan Jonker. They both grew up on farms and had seen the eff...

Liter of Light is a global open source movement aiming to provide ecologically sustainable and cost-free lighting for simple dwellings with thin roofs. The device is simple: a transparent 1.5–2 L plastic bottle, as typically used for carbonated drinks, is filled with water plus a little bleach to inhibit algal growth and fitted into a hole in a roof. The device functions like a deck prism: during daytime the water inside the bottle refracts sunlight, delivering about as much light as a 40–60 wat...

More than a quarter of the world’s population burns fossil fuels for light, resulting in about 190 million tons of CO2 being emitted into the air each year. A small company - Nokero – has developed a solar light bulb that promises to reduce those emissions as rural and remote areas of the world adopt this technology. Nokero N100 bulbs contain their own solar cells and rechargeable batteries that power four LED lights. With the charge from one day in the sun, they run for two to four hours, pr...

Biochemist Daniel Nocera has been working for decades on an "artificial leaf" — a silicon wafer that can create energy from sunlight and water the way real leaves do. HARVARD SCIENTISTS have created a “bionic leaf” that converts solar energy into a liquid fuel. The work—a proof of concept in an exciting new field that might be termed biomanufacturing—is the fruit of a collaboration between the laboratories of Adams professor of biochemistry and systems biology Pamela Silver at Harvard Medical...

Diamanti’s solar powered water filter is designed to provide drinking water for families in developing countries. Eliodomestico is a solar still that operates a bit like an upside-down coffee maker. At the beginning of the day, water is poured into the terracotta chamber. As the day begins the still heats up and eventually gets hot enough to boil the water, creating steam. The steam forced into the expansion nozzle at the top and then condenses against the lid, where it then drips down into the ...

GravityLight is a revolutionary new approach to storing energy and creating illumination. It takes only 3 seconds to lift the weight which powers GravityLight, creating 30 minutes of light on its descent. For free. The burning of Kerosene for lighting also produces 244 million tonnes of Carbon Dioxide annually. GravityLight vs Solar powered lighting. A commonly held view is that solar powered lighting is the answer to these problems in the developing world. However a numbe...

Nutrition app list - iPhone and Android Daily Burn An RDN reviews Daily Burn, an app to keep track of calories consumed and track workouts to see how much energy is burned. eaTipster Created by the Dietitians of Canada, eaTipster delivers daily healthy eating tips to your mobile devices. The app addresses common food and nutrition questions and concerns and provides tips to increase healthy eating, support a healthy weight and fight chronic disease. Diet Assistant Diet Assistant provid...

Voice to Text software is basically a speech recognition software tool that converts voice into text. This is an ideal software tool that allows the users to talk to the computer and lets it type the text. Users can adjust the computer settings to recognize the voice and type the text accordingly.  The program types the text based on voice recognition software and the work can be done without the need to type the words or text. Audacity is a free, easy-to-use, multi-track audio editor and ...

Live stream video is going mainstream as new apps are placing real-time broadcast ability in the hands of any smartphone user. Ustream Broadcaster Ustream Live Broadcaster lets you broadcast high quality video to the world. This works over 3G and Wi-Fi. You can switch between the front or back cameras on the fly. There is a simple one click button to share your streams with the world. If you have viewers you can interact with them in the chat room. There has never been an easier and simpler ...

AT&T* has an agreement with Amber Alert GPS to provide wireless connectivity for the Amber Alert GPS V3, a child tracking device that keeps parents notified of the current location of their children. The V3 offers parents the ability to create “Zones” around their home, neighborhood, school, soccer field, etc., and receive an email or text alert whenever their child enters or exits a Zone. The V3 integrates its tracking with the National Sex Offender database, alerting parents when their ...

Verizon Telematics has launched a new telematics vehicle platform that gives drivers detailed information on their car's health and how to get help in the event of an emergency or car trouble. 'Hum' a device that plugs into the car and diagnoses the vehicle health and reports issues. It's a monthly service requires drivers to install a small dongle into their car's onboard diagnostic reader (OBD) port. Almost every car made after 1996 has an OBD.   A Bluetooth-enabled device that s...

There is a lot of work and research being done to find ways to improve life for partially-sighted and blind people. Reading and recognition devices could make smartphones, tablets, and smart glasses into indispensable aids for the visually impaired. CINVESTAV (Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute) in Mexico, there is another smart glasses project in progress. It combines computational geometry, artificial intelligence, and ultrasound techniques, among...

Smart Refrigerator The smart refrigerator, also known as ‘internet fridge’ or ‘wifi fridge’, is part of the so called ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT). Basically, it is a fridge that has a computer built into it, which can connect to the internet. The net fridge is just one of many internet appliances. Others include smartphones, personal digital assistants and more. In fact, there are now even internet microwaves! The first smart refrigerator was the LG Digital Multimedia Side-by-Side Fridge Fr...