Long-duration storage has a more significant impact on the nutritional value of space foods than does spaceflight, a NASA study has found. Results of the study point to the need to develop different packaging or other means to increase the shelf life of nutrients in the space food system for future multiyear exploration missions. These findings also highlight the importance of minimizing the time from food production to crew consumption. The status of certain vitamins in the human body is alt...

The Breathometer Breeze combines an alcohol breathalyzer (with law enforcement grade accuracy) AND Bluetooth communication with your smartphone — both in one clever device that carries on your key ring. Now that’s convenient! Breeze is very simple to use, It requires no warm-up time so you can get results fast wherever you are. Just turn on the Breeze, launch the app, and blow! Within seconds you get dependable blood alcohol levels that will help you make informed decisions. Connecting is als...

Valta is a remote energy management system that can detect unused devices, identify energy waste, and notify you that will help you save. Connecting Valta to a home router permits you to check and Keep an eye on connected devices on an iPhone or laptop anywhere or anytime. The Valta interface will also provide connected devices’ energy usage data, that will help you make more informed energy decisions. Valta allows users the ability to turn on/off all connected devices from a smartphone. ...

August Doorbell Cam - The bell connects directly to the corresponding smartphone app and will notify you every time your doorbell rings. You can see who’s at the door even if you’re out of town and attend the visitor through a remote interaction system. The doorbell will also detect motion from visitors and identify people at your door, even if they don’t ring the bell and send you an instant alert accordingly. That way, you’ll get to know if there’s a trespasser at your place and take an act...

Smart mattress cover, Luna adjusts your bed's temperatures, tracks your sleep patterns, and connects to home devices. Luna functions as heating pad. It’s dual-zone, meaning you can crank it up to 83 degrees Fahrenheit, while your bedmate stays 10 degrees cooler. But it’s not like a traditional heating pad, Bassi insists. Once the bed gets up to your preferred temperature —which it learns over time, like the smart thermostat Nest— the bed is basically self-sustaining at that temperature. “It’s...

A reduced-gravity aircraft is a type of fixed-wing aircraft that provides brief near-weightless environments for training astronauts, conducting research and making gravity-free movie shots. Currently, NASA uses a modified C-9 plane to create simulations of a weightless environment, both for training purposes and to conduct weightlessness experiments (without the enormous costs of space travel). Until recently, only a select few had the privilege of experiencing these flights. Today, a compan...

Trying to take pictures in the dark or through a window is difficult for professional photographers and everyday people alike. A group of researchers at MIT have proposed a camera that can take a perfect picture, no matter what the lighting contrast is. Called a “modulo camera,” this camera is designed to never overexpose an image, enabling high dynamic range photography. This achievement was awarded the best paper runner-up at the 2015 International Conference on Computational Photography. H...

Eve Door & Window understands whether your door or window is open or closed. See the current open/closed state at a glance and view statistics on time & duration to make smarter choices. Taking advantage of Apple's revolutionary HomeKit technology, Eve offers unparalleled ease of use, advanced security, and tight integration with Siri. Eve Door & Window connects directly to your iPhone or iPad using Bluetooth Smart technology, without requiring a hub, gateway or bridge. About E...

Sony might be spinning off everything but its movie, camera, and PlayStation businesses, but that doesn't mean it's run out of ideas. The Sony Huis Remote Control was dreamed up by six Sony engineers in their 20s, and is the first product to launch on the company's new crowdfunding site. Named for "Home User Interfaces", it uses an e-ink screen and learning capabilities to let you create custom button layouts and control pretty much anything in your home that accepts commands over IR, Bluetooth,...

ReExcite has come up with RightShears, a scissor design that will definitely make you believe that there can be more to cutting than what the traditional scissor set would have you believe. One may wonder why someone would even think about redesigning a pair of scissors; scissors tend to work well enough. Shane Robert Vermette is the founder of ReExcite. A traditional pair of scissors would have the handle and the blades aligned together, but with RightShears, the blades are positioned at ...

These hand-powered portable espresso makers promise a very small footprint without the need for electricity or cartridges, all at a very reasonable price. Just add hot water and some finely ground coffee, and you are good to go. Get your java on the go with MiniPresso, the handheld espresso maker by Wacaco Company. This handy device makes super fresh and tasty espresso in just seconds, whenever and wherever you need it. The MiniPresso is very easy to use. Just add hot water and coffee grounds...

Kick snoring to the curb with Nora, the smart snoring solution. This non-invasive device works seamlessly in your bedroom. A small device sits on your nightstand and, when you snore, activates the Expander, which slides under your pillow. When activated, the Expander gently adjusts your head placement to stop the snoring in its tracks. This mild movement stimulates the muscles in your throat and neck which, when relaxed, cause you to play the nocturnal symphony that is your snoring. Without w...

Aumi is a bluetooth enabled, multi-color, rechargeable LED night light that you control with your phone. It has a built in battery that will last up to 8 hours per charge so you can place your Aumi anywhere you want. Aumi is a bluetooth enabled, multi-color, rechargeable LED night light that you control with your phone. Turn the light on or off, choose from over 16 million color options, set it to automatically turn on when dark, set timers to dim or turn off.      ...

Check and track body temperature the smart way with Flo, the non-contact smart thermometer by Zeraph. The smallest Bluetooth thermometer on the market, Flo does more than just give you a temperature. Working both with and without a smartphone, results are color coded and delivered right to the thermometer. Beyond just body temperature, Flo can be used in object mode using the app to check items around your house such as the temperature of your baby’s milk. When connected to the app, you can h...

The iTENS is a modern day electrotherapy device that merges technology with the proven results of "TENS therapy" to provide effective and lasting pain relief via a simple medical device app. The iTENS harnesses the power of your iphone and android device in operating an all wireless Bluetooth based electrotherapy device that is approved for over-the-counter use to combat pain. iTENS is the world's first FDA-cleared, true wireless TENS therapy device that works via an iPhone or Android based a...

Did you ever imagine you’d come to the desert to go skiing? Ski Dubai in Mall of the Emirates is the first indoor ski resort to open in the Middle East. You’ll discover 22,500 square metres of snow spread over five runs of varying difficulty, from the bunny slope to the black run, along with a freestyle area for snowboarders and tobogganers. The 3,000-square-metre Snow Park is great family fun, with snow caves, toboggan slopes and tube rides. Ski Dubai is an indoor ski resort with 22,500 squ...

RFID night lights Small stickers embedded with RFID sensors will soon pop up in Aloft hotels around the world, but you’ll never see them: they’ll be hidden under the carpet near your bed. Triggered by movement and weight, these stickers will sense when you wake up in the middle of the night and trigger the night light in the bathroom. Robot Butlers Aloft has been testing the so-called “Botlr” at its Cupertino and Silicon Valley properties since last August. Soon, the digitized b...

Lixil Satis Lixil's Satis Bluetooth toilet allows customers to flush and clean the toilet through an app on their smartphones. The smart toilet also includes a built-in night light and automated cleansing features. The Japanese product made headlines when Forbes highlighted the fact that it was vulnerable to hacks, which could cause the toilet to scream and spray customers with the bidet while opening and closing its mouth, according to a Trustwave security advisor. Davek Alert Umbr...

Vessyl Vessyl is a 13-ounce cup that knows what and tracks how much you pour into it. The container connects to an app on Apple iOS and Android mobile devices that shows the specific brand and flavors of the drink that users pour into it through built-in sensors. The overall purpose of Vessyl is to help users understand how their caloric intake from liquid adds up over the course of the day and the week, as well as to help users keep track of the amount of water they drink. Hapifork...

CubeSensors are small, stylish and connected devices that help you maintain a healthy and productive indoor environment by monitoring temperature, humidity, air quality, light, noise and ... Allowing you to improve, not just monitor. ... Living room, bedroom, office or somewhere else, the Cubes can move into any room. CubeSensors is a cordless connected cubes that detect mostly everything from, temperature, humidity, noise, light, air quality, barometric pressure and even pick up unwanted vib...

ShiftWear sneakers features always-on E Ink displays, similar to those found in e-readers. The built-in batteries are designed to last up to 30 days, depending on the type of visuals set. Static images will consume little-to-no power, while animated graphics would be expected to drain batteries much faster, especially with increased complexity or frequency. But the team creating these kicks plans to incorporate wireless charging capabilities, as well as "Walk-N-Charge" technology that lets the s...

Saeco – Philips’ premium espresso brands – introduces the GranBaristo Avanti concept. With variety and customization at the heart of innovation, the Saeco GranBaristo Avanti will allow you to create the perfect espresso, latte macchiato or any coffee drink with your smart device. This breakthrough connected coffee machine concept further highlights Saeco’s ongoing commitment to providing coffee lovers with the ultimate coffee experience. Saeco's first consumer-connected coffee machine GranBar...

The devastating magnitude 7.8 Gorkha, Nepal earthquake in April 2015 triggered far fewer landslides and much less damage to glacial lakes than expected; while in medieval times, large earthquakes in Nepal unleashed massive changes upon the landscape. The findings are reported in two new papers published in the journal Science. Scientists from NASA and three universities detailed the results in a news conference at the Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco. The studie...

Computer chips, solar cells and other electronic devices have traditionally been based on silicon, the most famous of the semiconductors, that special class of materials whose unique electronic properties can be manipulated to turn electricity on and off the way faucets control the flow of water. There are other semiconductors. Gallium arsenide is one such material and it has certain technical advantages over silicon – electrons race through its crystalline structure faster than they can move...

Machines That Tell You When They're Sick During a test launch of the Orion Crew Vehicle in December 2014, the Inductive Monitoring System (IMS) that CEMSol later licensed was used to monitor electrical systems on the space capsule. Credits: NASA In the future, machines will monitor their own health and request help, themselves, when something’s wrong, predicts David Cirulli, engineering vice president and cofounder of CEMSol LLC. “There’s going to be an integrated s...

Cranfield University is developing the Nano Membrane Toilet which will be able to treat human waste on-site without external energy or water. The toilet is designed for single-household use (equivalent to 10 people) and will accept urine and faeces as a mixture. The toilet flush uses a unique rotating mechanism to transport the mixture into the toilet without demanding water whilst simultaneously blocking odour and the user’s view of the waste. Solids separation (faeces) is principally acc...

In July 1969, just days after Neil Armstrong become the first man to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission , NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center (now Johnson Space Center ) honored Spacelabs Medical with a certificate of appreciation for its “outstanding” contributions to the Apollo Program—contributions which proved vital to successfully achieving the Nation’s goal of landing men on the Moon and returning them safely to Earth. Product Outcome After pioneering medical telemetry in the ...

Amaryllo International B.V., founded in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is a smart home service provider with a new type of patent-pending auto-tracking security robots that are the first to talk, see, hear, sense, and track intruders 360 degrees and even from behind. Company debuted world's first security robot based on WebRTC protocol, iCamPRO FHD, and won the 2015 CES Best of Innovation Award under Embedded Technology category. Amaryllo won the consecutive 2016 CES Innovation Award with its iCamP...

  Oral-B Triumph 9900 Technically-advanced toothbrush that contains a wireless transmitter, and on-handset digital display to provide real-time information on how you are brushing.   According to the box, Oral-B is the number 1 brand for electrical toothbrushes recommended by UK dentists. This advanced teeth cleaning system has a unique 3D action, pulsates at 40,000 times a minutes, and has 8,800 side-to-side movements per minute. It also uses FlossAction technology... No, we d...

Researchers at the MIT Media Lab have developed a new imaging device that consists of a loose bundle of optical fibers, with no need for lenses or a protective housing. The fibers are connected to an array of photosensors at one end; the other ends can be left to wave free, so they could pass individually through micrometer-scale gaps in a porous membrane, to image whatever is on the other side. Bundles of the fibers could be fed through pipes and immersed in fluids, to image oil fields, a...