Squeezie turns any tube of toothpaste into a functional toothbrush.

Posted on October 13, 2015 by

Made at Quirky, the Squeezie is a kid-designed toothbrush that makes brushing teeth a mess-free chore. The small toothbrush, measuring just 3.1 inches long is designed with one end to screw onto the opening of conventional toothpaste tubes. Just like other caps, the Squeezie can screw onto the mouth of your favorite toothpaste’s tube, keeping it covered and sealed up whenever it’s not in use. It attaches an actual toothbrush onto the top of the tube, with an integrated facility that automatic...

‘Hackaball’ turns programming into play.

Posted on October 13, 2015 by

A smart and responsive ball that children can program to invent and play games has been created. A team of industrial designers is aiming to turn "programming into play" with a hackable ball that lets kids invent their own games. "Hackaball is a tough, responsive, programmable ball that pairs with an iPad app," explains William Owen, from innovation consultants Inside it is a gyro, an accelerometer, a vibration motor, nine LEDs, a rechargeable battery, some memory and a speaker. That...

Jibo – the world’s first social robot for home

Posted on October 13, 2015October 31, 2026 by

Jibo, is a friendly, helpful and intelligent robot who can sense and respond, and learns as you engage with him. The World’s first social household robot called Jibo has been recently launched by Jibo Inc. Jibo is a 11-inch-tall.Friendly, helpful and intelligent robot who can sense and respond, and learns as you engage with him. This robot represents a new class of consumer robots. He's a social robot and is not designed to vacuum your floor. He's not designed to look humanoid with a nose,...

P&G and Whirlpool introduce SWASH™, the only 10-minute clothing care system designed to fit your life

Posted on October 13, 2015October 13, 2015 by

SWASH, a breakthrough technology de-wrinkles, refreshes, restores fit and preserves garments at the touch of a button. P&G and Whirlpool Corporation, two of the world’s leading companies for laundry care, have announced the introduction of this innovative product. SWASH™ is a revolutionary at-home clothing care system that reduces wrinkles, refreshes fabric, restores the fit lost after wear and preserves clothing, in just ten minutes with the push of a button. The tall and thin device,...

CubeSensors monitor your sleeping environment

Posted on October 10, 2015 by

CubeSensors is a startup that makes small, pretty stylish, connected devices that monitor rooms, feeding back information about air quality, temperature, and other things. They are little boxes containing a few environmental sensors. These let you know how much nasty stuff was in your air and has systems of measuring temperature and humidity. Sense is a sleep tracking device measures temperature, humidity and ambient light. The Cubes that use the new Sleep feature glow gently to remind you wh...

Flyte lightbulb levitates and rotates in the air.

Posted on October 9, 2015 by

Flyte is a levitating light which hovers by magnetic levitation and is powered through the air. The amazing flyte hovering light uses magnetic levitation and wireless technology to rotate continuously with almost no friction. It is described as a new way to experience light, one that is free from the constraints of gravity and enhances wireless technology to receive power. Combing tesla laws of induction with the signature bulb, it is powered through the air making it safe and harmless as it nee...

Breathe fresh clean air in a SmartVent home.

Posted on October 9, 2015 by

SmartVent Evolve is an intelligent tablet based system that lets you control your home’s internal climate. This new system quietly ventilates your home with fresher, drier air, removing condensation and moisture and creating a healthier, more comfortable living environment. It is set to change home ventilation forever. Evolve’s sensor technology can monitor both temperature and humidity to effectively control condensation. This air is passed through a high efficiency filter and introduced int...

Kinsa’s Smart Ear wireless thermometer tells you what to do when you are sick.

Posted on October 9, 2015 by

Kinsa's new, second-generation Smart Ear Thermometer is a wireless thermometer designed to take accurate, instantaneous temperature readings from the ear without the hassles of an attached smartphone or keeping a probe under the tongue. It is designed to read temperatures from the ear, track illness symptoms, and help people take actionable steps Kinsa Smart Ear Thermometer features one-button activation and a screen that displays temperature, battery life, connectivity, and smiley/ frowny faces...

Canberra schoolboy William Grame wins trip to NASA for diabetes test-strip invention

Posted on October 9, 2015 by

William Grame's invention to dispose of diabetics blood testing strips, has won the 11-year-old a trip to NASA. William's invention is a small, plastic disposal unit that fits into testing kits used by diabetics. Diabetics can feed strips into it throughout the day, and dispose them all when it gets full. William has 3D-printed a device that safely stores diabetes test strips. It is well established that diabetes wreaks havoc on people's blood sugar levels, but one thing we don't usually think a...

Ring Video Doorbell – answer your door from anywhere

Posted on October 6, 2015 by

The Ring Video Doorbell connects to your home's Wi-Fi network and streams live audio and video to your Android device. It is the perfect blend of convenience, monitoring, and security all into a simple to use smart doorbell. It gives you peace of mind by chatting with visitors from your Android device, whether you're in the kitchen or halfway around the world through the free Ring app. You need not worry as to what is going on outside your home as you can see for yourself. This app is also...

Grow herbs with zero effort

Posted on October 6, 2015 by

With Click & Grow smartpots, the technology does all the work. This is where nature and technology meet to make dreams come true. Click & Grow was made to take complete care of your plants while you enjoy your life to the fullest. The company makes a little capsule of seeds that requires water and batteries, and it sells the plastic box that does all the work for you. All plants are grown using automatically controlled technology in a unique and specially developed Smart Soil. The Sma...

Pickaplant Tableau is an automatic plant watering tray.

Posted on October 6, 2015 by

Tableau is a work of art. It waters house plants in a wet-dry cycle using zero electricity and makes growing leafy greens, bright florals, and tasty herbs super easy to grow. Many of us like to have houseplants in our homes, bringing a little of the outside inside. The problem is remembering to water them on a regular basis. Tableau is a new take on an automatic watering system for houseplants that aims to make it easy to avoid either over or under watering the plants. It is the third and ...

The Reveeco EcoVéa recycling shower

Posted on October 5, 2015 by

Possibly the world’s most intelligent shower, EcoVéa recycles water within your shower to push the limits of water conservation. The EcoVéa is a revolutionary ecological shower system that provides considerable water and energy savings, whatever the length, flow, or temperature of the shower. You can now enjoy long, comfortable, guilt-free showers. Promising a savings of up to 80% on both water and energy, the Ecovea system recycles water for immediate reuse, letting you shower in a sort of g...

iCPooch, a device to make your lonely pet happier.

Posted on October 5, 2015 by

The innovative app iCPooch combines video chat with a treat dispenser which could be remotely activated for pets which are alone at home. iCPooch comes with tiny plastic dishes where you can stack the treats within a sleeve of the device. You can video chat with your pet. The device works both ways, it lets the dog see humans and hear their voices, and it lets the owner look in on their dog while they are far away. Military personnel, college students and any pet owner who lives away from the...

A mirror that monitors vital signs

Posted on October 5, 2015 by

Wish you could check your vital stats while brushing your teeth? Thanks to the new innovation by MIT PhD student Ming-Zher Poh, reading your pulse and other vital stats may someday be as easy as standing in your bathroom. Working with public-domain software, Poh developed a way to measure the pulse by analyzing subjects sitting in front of a two-way mirror. The MIT Media Lab Medical Mirror is equipped with a computer monitor along with a built-in camera that tracks changes in brightness pr...

Interact with real objects by reaching through your screen.

Posted on October 1, 2015 by

Unreal MIT invention Inform - allows you to reach through the screen and touch things. Recently unveiled, inFORM is MIT's new scrying pool for imagining the interfaces of tomorrow. Almost like a table of living clay, the inFORM is a surface that three-dimensionally changes shape, allowing users to not only interact with digital content in meatspace, but even hold hands with a person hundreds of miles away inFORM can also interact with the physical world around it, for example moving obj...

‘Osmo Numbers’ Takes the Fear Out Of Figures

Posted on October 1, 2015 by

iPad Game System Osmo wants to make learning math fun. Osmo, the clever educational gadget for iPads, got a new game. Numbers teaches math with special tiles. Aiming to make math fun and engaging, Osmo Numbers offers multiple ways to solve each puzzle and real time feedback. Numbers is an under-the-sea themed game where players have to come up with equations that equal a given integer using physical tiles. If they are successful, a trapped fish is freed from a bubble. As numbers appear ...

Wikipearls: Bite-sized foods wrapped in edible Food packaging

Posted on October 1, 2015 by

WikiFoods, Inc. has developed a revolutionary, plastic-free food and beverage packaging technology that delivers Triple Good called WikiPearls™ which are good for you, good for the environment, and just plain good. Created by David Edwards, a Harvard professor and biomedical engineer, the intention of the WikiPearl is to kill the packaging and make its relationship with food symbiotic. WikiPearl skins are inspired by the way nature packages fruits and vegetables. These skins are delicious ...

The Senz° XL storm-proof umbrella

Posted on September 30, 2015 by

Gerwin Hoogendoorn, has recently introduced the Senz umbrella which can withstand winds of up to 62 miles per hour. With its aerodynamic shape that resists turning inside out, Senz umbrellas also come in different three sizes, the original, the XL and the mini. The unusual shape reminds one of a stealth fighter jet or perhaps something Batman might pull out if caught in a downpour. The XL storm-proof umbrella from Senz° with its striking silhouette is capable of withstanding winds of up...

Nightlight Simplified With Touch

Posted on September 28, 2015 by

The Senzo Nightlight is an innovative lamp designed to provide a soft light that follows you in the dark at the very touch of your fingertips. With this kind of design, there isn't any more stumbling and fumbling in the night. Designed by Soledad Clavell and Marcos Madia, and inspired by the notion of ‘fingertips skimming the walls until you reach the door’, this tubular Senzo Nightlight is fitted on the wall approximately 80 cm above the floor for maximum convenience. At night if you don’...

The New Swan Umbrella Dryer

Posted on September 28, 2015 by

A new concept called the Swan umbrella dryer has just been introduced, to dry a wet umbrella to avoid water from spilling all around the place. We all get caught out in the rain on many occasions and need to use an umbrella. Sometimes it is really pouring along with thunderstorms and windy climate. We get totally drenched along with a soaking umbrella in such situations. The house gets very slippery and messy when the umbrella is all wet and we normally tend to leave them on the front p...

The Combi Monitor: The Screen That Prints

Posted on September 28, 2015 by

The combi Monitor is a screen that doubles up as a printer as well. The latest sleek design of the Document Extractor Combi Monitor, puts touch screen controls, paper scanning, and smart screen printing harmoniously into one computer body. This new device boasts a 27" display with a graphical user interface designed for simple touch-screen use. This monitor is just not a convergence product which is combined of printer and scanner but has the solution for saving our precious working times ...

Next generation intuitive programable robot

Posted on September 27, 2015 by 41629066

NAO is a 58-cm tall humanoid robot developed by ALDEBRAN Japan. It's a programmable robot that can function based on AI and app(function based) like program. Aldebaran created NAO to be a true daily companion. He is the little creature who helps you be your best. His humanoid form and extreme interactivity make him really endearing and intuitive Dedicated communities of developers have recognized potential for the robot to be a powerful and incredibly expressive medium for creating applica...

A House that Walks

Posted on September 15, 2015 by

An eco friendly house can actually walk. The latest invention derived from a collaborative effort between MIT and the Danish design collective N55 is a house that walks about five kilometers an hour similar to the walking speed of a human. The eco-friendly prototype house powered by solar cells, miniature windmills and 6 legs walked around the campus of the Wysing Arts Centre in Cambridgeshire, England. It comprises of a kitchen, a composting toilet, a system for collecting rain water,...

3D-printed toothbrush cleans all Your teeth in 6 Seconds

Posted on September 15, 2015 by

Imagine if you could brush your teeth in six seconds. Bizzident is the 6 Second toothbrush that provides a faster and better way to brush your teeth. This new and revolutionary technique of brushing has just been developed by a team of dentists who have created a toothbrush which they claim can clean teeth thoroughly in such a short amount of time. The process of ordering one of these custom-fit brushes begins in your dentist's office. Your dentist takes an impression of your teeth and sen...

Mint: the automatic floor cleaner robot

Posted on September 15, 2015 by

Mint, is the latest robot that uses GPS to clean your house. Robotic vacuum cleaners are gaining popularity quickly. Roomba isn’t the only robotic cleaning device on the scene now. The latest Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner from Evolution Robotics is designed exclusively for sweeping and mopping hard surface floors. The new Mint is easy to use. It uses disposable cleaning cloth and reusable microfiber cloth for dry sweeping and wet mopping of floors. Simply attach the cleaning cloth of choice...

Turn your body into a touchscreen interface

Posted on September 14, 2015 by

Skinput, a new technology, listens to the vibrations of your body and turns it into a touching interface. One of the newest invention ideas in interface devices is Skinput which is the product of a collaboration between Carnegie Mellon's Harrison, Desny Tan and Dan Morris of Microsoft Research. Previous attempts at using projected interfaces used motion-tracking to determine where a person taps. Skinput uses a series of sensors to track where a user taps on his arm. It uses a different and no...

Rubber That Can Use Energy from body movements to Generate Power

Posted on September 13, 2015 by

Power-generating rubber material could harness walking and other movement to charge electronic devices. Researchers at Princeton University have recently invented a new energy-harvesting rubber material composed of ceramic nanoribbons that could harvest energy from your breathing and walking. This material is composed of ceramic nanoribbons embedded onto silicone rubber sheets which generates electricity when flexed and is highly efficient at converting mechanical energy to electrical ener...

First Genetically Modified Blue Rose

Posted on September 10, 2015 by

Roses have been genetically modified to be blue. The blue colored rose is often portrayed in literature and art as a symbol of love and prosperity but it does not exist in nature due to genetic limitations. They have been available at florists in recent years but have only artificially been created by using various dying techniques to stain the petals of naturally white roses. A blue rose is a flower that presents blue-to-violet pigmentation instead of the more common red, white, or yellow...

Contacts lenses that changes color when sugar levels change in the blood

Posted on September 10, 2015 by

Smart contact lens, created by a University of Western Ontario professor, help measure blood glucose levels for people with diabetes. An ongoing innovative research of a new Smart Lens by Jin Shang, a professor of biochemical engineering at the University of Western Ontario is a contact lens that changes color when sugar levels change in the blood. Diabetes is a huge and growing problem affecting one in every 19 people on the planet. It is a daily struggle for people with diabetes to keep ...