OBJECTIVES: Stress and anxiety-related problems are some of the most common and costly behavioral health problems in society. For those working in operational environments (i.e., astronauts, flight controllers, military), stress and anxiety-related problems before, during, or after missions can seriously compromise efficiency, safety, and performance. To address behavioral health issues like stress, it is important to maximize the privacy, validity, and acceptability of the training and counter...

Scarab: a wearable sensor platform that helps you stay safer and healthier. It is a mobile multi-sensor device that analyzes the world around you, allowing you to see the relevant data on your smartphone. The device features nitrogen dioxide, ambient light, temperature, UV index, 3-axis magnetic field, and many other sensors. In fact, it has 16 on-board sensors at this time. The Scarab system has mobile apps, a web mapping service, and a community. The device gathers data from your surroundin...

PowerFilm Solar designs and manufactures unique thin-film, flexible solar panels and custom solar power solutions for a wide range of needs. Portable solar panels from PowerFilm offer best-in-class performance for applications such as camping and backpacking. These are reliable, compact, and lightweight solar panels that offer high performance solar power even in extreme environments. Custom solar modules are designed to meet the specific needs of customers who wish to add reliable solar p...

Wire Beings beta is an open source robot for Arduino that can be 3D printed. This is a nice project that you can continue to work on and modify as you learn more Arduino projects. This Instructable goes through the complete build for the bluetooth enabled robot in the first half of the video. As long as you have a 3D printer this project is really easy to do and the electronic parts cost only around $30-$35. It takes in total about 35 hours to 3D print, but can be assembled and programmed ...

FUZEBOX: an interesting educational platform that makes it easy to get children familiar with coding, electronics, and technology. It offers WiFi, Bluetooth, and USB connectivity, so you can use it with smartphones, tablets, and computers. The FUZEBOX has various sensors, such as light, pressure, humidity, and IR sensors, so you can use it to build a weather station, TV controller, security system, and and other fun solutions. To get started, simply load FUZEBASIC on your computer, connect th...

A smart padlock with a fingerprint reader that gives you access without a key, combination code, or smartphone. It does support Bluetooth, so you can grant access to friends and family through your phone. TappLock has an encrypted fingerprint sensor. Its battery lasts up to 3 years. The device is compatible with iOS and Android devices. Using your smartphone, you can customize the time, location, and duration of access to your lock. https://youtu.be/9LeLPpxa708   FOLLOWING F...

Jamstik+ is a Bluetooth Smart enabled digital guitar with real strings & frets. It works with your iPad, iPhone or Mac and a multitude of music apps, including an interactive guitar lesson app series, so everyone from beginners to pros can just play. jamstik+ interactive teaching apps walk you through your very first chords in minutes. Sensors in the jamstik+ work in tandem with the teaching apps to detect the placement of your fingers and display them on the screen of your device, giving...

iOS projects for kids : Bluetooth Controlled Snowflake Sweater: LED matrix snowflake sweater with Bluetooth control. The animation and color can be controlled using the Adafruit Bluefruit LE Connect app for iOS or Android. (https://learn.adafruit.com/neopixel-matrix-snowflake-sweater?view=all) 3D Printed Halo Energy toy: an app-enabled sword built using an Adafruit Feather BLE 32u4 micro-controller. Lets you change the animation or color of the LEDs. (https://learn.adafruit.com/hal...

Mr Beam Lasers, a startup team based in Munich, introduces Mr Beam II - a new affordable desktop laser cutter and engraver. You can simply connect your PC, Mac or tablet by WiFi, choose your own design and cut or engrave a wide variety of materials, such as wood, leather, fabric, mirrors, aluminum and many more. The integrated software allows for pictures to be engraved directly onto your material. It's the perfect tool for makers, architects, model builders and artisans. You can use Mr Beam ...

The Balluga Smart Bed is the brainchild of London designer Joe Katan, who has spent eight years working on its innovative mattress design; it's made up of hundreds of small air balloons in a foam matrix, which can be inflated or deflated to alter its firmness. Balluga Smart Bed The Balluga adjusts its air cells on the fly, to ensure that your weight is evenly supported. You can also tweak settings including temperature, matress firmness and a vibro-massage function using a remote or smar...

FLIR ONE is a thermal camera that attaches to Android or iOS devices that visualize the otherwise hidden world of heat. Equipped with an enhanced Lepton thermal camera core, the FLIR ONE combines visible and thermal images together using a patented technology called MSX to make the thermal image crisper and more recognizable. Everything around us is either emitting or reflecting thermal energy and with the ability to see it and measure it on a mobile device, we can interact with and understand i...

Get your lawns ready for summer with Growver! The lawn watering robot keeps your water bills low by navigating your garden precisely and not wasting any water.   Growver relies on water sensors to detect areas of your yard that are dry. It has fill, outline, and remote modes and can save you up to 50% on your water bill. Get Growver running in just minutes. Install the perimeter wire, connect a hose, and press run. Sensors detect moisture and ensure Growver won't over-water,...

Augmented reality (AR) is a live direct or indirect view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented (or supplemented) by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data. It is related to a more general concept called mediated reality, in which a view of reality is modified (possibly even diminished rather than augmented) by a computer. As a result, the technology functions by enhancing one’s current perception of reality. By contrast, vi...

The Defender combines a camera, flash, siren, and pepper spray with a 24/7 monitoring service. The Defender integrates elements of products and services found separately and elegantly combines them into one compact personal accessory. 1) Self-Defense Tool 2) Mobile Medical Alert Device 3) 24/7 Monitoring Service This is achieved by leveraging the communication technology of a smartphone coupled with a digital camera to capture & forward an attackers picture to law enforcement, fla...

  The NEEO Thinking Remote is more than a Universal remote.  Sure, it controls your Audio/Video gear in a way that few universal remote have before, but it also has smart home support for Z-Wave, ZigBee, Thread, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth.  It's a solid, great looking remote that combines a few, key tactile buttons with a touchscreen.  The remote comes with a solid charging cradle and communicates with the NEEO Brain that serves as a Smart Home controller (no additional smart home hub needed) ...

VOCCA is a voice-activated light bulb that makes it possible to switch on the lightfrom anywhere in your house efficiently Unlike smart bulbs, VOCCA eliminates the hassle of having to pull out your smartphone and operate the light through another gadget. VOCCA is on 24/7 in search of the trigger phrase. Once found, it commands its relay to transfer the power from the mains to your light bulb and voila – there’s light (or darkness). VOCCA is focused on real life application rather than being “...

A variety of large-scale medical studies are being conducted in space by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI). Prominent among these is the Advanced Diagnostic Ultrasound in Microgravity Study, in which astronauts (including former ISS Commanders Leroy Chiao and Gennady Padalka) perform ultrasound scans under the guidance of remote experts to diagnose and potentially treat hundreds of medical conditions in space. Usually there is no physician on board the International Spa...

MAID is a smart kitchen assistant and oven that knows what to cook and how to cook. ... A 'smart' microwave oven built by campus startup at Startup Village. MAID Oven from Palo Alto-based startup SectorCube is the smart oven that turns even the worst cook into a chef. The MAID is also a so-called "learning" oven. That means it will not only come to recognize your favorite dishes and offer new suggestions, but it will note every ingredient quantity adjustment you make to each recipe and fam...

The first connected Nespresso machine. Your phone can now make a perfect cup of coffee. Brew delicious coffee without even leaving your chair. The innovative Nespresso Prodigio features smart device connectivity so you can brew immediately, schedule a brewing time, receive alerts or manage your capsule stock-all from your smartphone. Designed to deliver perfect espresso time after time, the Prodigio is precisely calibrated to ensure full flavor and aroma with every brew. Thanks to the sleek d...

Portable solar power generator in a briefcase, designed and assembled by North Carolina-based company, LinorTek. One of the most portable solar generators on the market, it performs reliably in both everyday and emergency situations, and can be used at home, work, or outdoors. Using heavy-duty, high-quality, 18 amp/hour batteries that recharge via built-in solar panel. Your SolarBriefcase can also be topped off, or fully charged from a conventional AC outlet. Use it to charge your cell pho...

Dynamic light scattering technology, which was developed at the NASA's Glenn Research Center to protect the health of astronauts, can be used in simple noninvasive eye examinations to diagnose health problems long before clinical symptoms appear. The technology uses light to look into the eye as a "window to the body." It works because, for every tissue type in the body, there is a corresponding tissue type in the human eye. By measuring subtle changes in the tissues, fluids, and blood vess...

Sound may not be a normal cleaning product in your house, but it is just the thing for cleaning delicate jewelry, surgical instruments, lenses, and many other small, intricate objects. Soon, it could also make cleaning big objects like houses or machines much more efficient. Cutaway view of a loudspeaker. One model of an ultrasonic cleaner. This benchtop size is used by jewelers, cosmetic and tattoo professionals, dive shops, light manufacturing facilities, maintenance facilities and more. Ph...

  World's 1st Wi-Fi Blood Pressure Monitor that tracks data using the home Wi-Fi network. Just take a reading. Unlike Bluetooth, no need to turn on Bluetooth, start the app etc. "Multi-user"- Blip BP supports 2 users. Each user can track their data using the FREE web account on the Web, iPhone, iPad or Android devices . "Personal"- Set goals, visualize data, and get tailored insights. Monitor loved ones remotely anywhere in the world. Unlike Bluetooth based Blood pressure me...

According to a recent report by the U.S. Geological Survey, male bass are experiencing sex changes due to chemicals that are found in most waterways across Northeast National Wildlife Refuges. Studies have found that up to 85% of male smallmouth bass in the region are demonstrating "characteristics of the opposite sex" – including eggs being located where testes should be. This isn't a one off – in fact, 27% of largemouth bass in the same region also show undesirable sex change indications. M...

AUTONOMOUS RESEARCH VEHICLES USE LIDAR SENSOR TECHNOLOGY TO SEE IN THE DARK Ford tests Fusion Hybrid autonomous research vehicles at night, in complete darkness, as part of LiDAR sensor development – demonstrating the capability to perform beyond the limits of human drivers. Recent test at Ford Arizona Proving Ground shows how the company’s use of LiDAR technology and 3D maps work in conjunction to allow vehicles to drive without headlights on. Testing supports Ford Smart Mobility, the ...

Magnet Therapy Mattress Pads and pillow pads contain powerful ceramic ferrite magnets (manufacturer's gauss rating of 3650 - 3950 per magnet). The quilted, comfortable mattress pad fits on top of your mattress and under your fitted sheet to project a north-pole field along your entire body. Our strategically placed magnets coupled with magnet size allows for optimum performance of magnetic lines of flux to penetrate up into the body. Magnetic Therapy is suggested to help improve circulation, red...

With over a decades’ worth of perseverance, physicist Hatem Zeine might have found a way to recharge a mobile device completely wirelessly – without coming into any physical contact with a charging base. The Cota by Ossia is a breakthrough technology that can transmit wireless power for industrial usage, as well as consumer applications. After debuting the Cota wireless charging prototype and revealing his company Ossia for the first time at Disrupt, Zeine is confident that his wireless power...

To make life easier for car owners, Hyundai has built an augmented reality app called the Virtual Guide. It allows owners to use their phones to get more familiar with their cars and learn how to perform basic maintenance. All you need to do is hold up your phone and the digital guide will tell you what to do. You can use the app to get an augmented reality view of the engine compartment or interior of the car, with floating digital dots illustrating different points of interest like the w...

According to measurements from NASA-supported observatories, the sun's vast magnetic field flips every 11 years. The sun's magnetic field changes polarity approximately every 11 years. It happens at the peak of each solar cycle as the sun's inner magnetic dynamo re-organizes itself. The coming reversal will mark the midpoint of Solar Cycle 24. Half of "solar max" will be behind us, with half yet to come. Hoeksema is the director of Stanford's Wilcox Solar Observatory, one of the few observ...

Cinder Sensing Cooking, a new software and sensor-powered appliance that promises perfectly cooked meal. Cinder Sensing Cooker uses precise temperature controls and a companion app to cook just about anything to its ideal temperature. The device is able to heat food evenly through its twin electric heating plates, and can hit temperatures within two degrees of optimum. Due to its precise temperature control, the cooker is not only able to bring food to the perfect temperature, but hold it ...