Connect your AC to smartphone using Ambi Climate

Ambi Climate is a small, sleek internet of things device that makes your existing infrared remote-controlled air conditioner smart. It allows you to sync your AC with your smartphone, giving you complete access to monitor and control your air conditioner wherever you are. Ambi Climate uses predictive climate control by monitoring the temperature and environment both inside and outside maximizing energy use. In fact, thermal comfort isn’t about temperature alone. That is why Ambi Climate takes in...
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iRobot that cleans your pool

iRobot Mirra 530 Pool Cleaning Robot - 'Mirra' uses enhanced robotic technology to deep clean pool surfaces and water, removing leaves, hair and dirt, as well as algae, pollen and bacteria as small as two microns. Mirra has a self-contained vacuum, pump and filter, so it won’t strain your existing systems. An added bonus is energy cost savings from running these systems less frequently. And because there’s no installation required, you simply drop it in the pool, turn it on and let it go. Des...
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Wearable total health monitor 24×7

Derived from the word “jiva”, which means “life” in Sanskrit, Rejiva is a new and unique wearable device worn on the chest, that monitors your total health- heart and respiratory rates, sleep quality, stress level and much more. An FDA-registered monitor you wear, combined with a smartphone app, lets you view, understand and respond to vital signs and other valuable data collected in key areas. It analyzes the state of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) and can be an early detector of any ...
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Netatmo’s ‘Welcome’ camera with face recognition

Netatmo's Welcome camera does home security better, thanks to revolutionary face recognition. When your children pass in front of the camera, Welcome recognizes them. Welcome sends the names of the people it sees directly to your smartphone. Be notified when your children or elderly parents are home. The security camera also alerts you when it sees a stranger. Welcome’s setup is straightforward. Place the camera indoors, plug it in and download the free app. Identify your loved ones with a...
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Smartphone Temperature Sensor

Smartphone Temperature Sensor: Thermodo Measure the temperature right where you are Thermodo, is a product designed by Danish developer Robocat. The companies first foray into hardware comes in the form of a tiny passive temperature sensor that plugs into your headphone jack of your smartphone or tablet. The startup is primarily known for their weather apps and often would receive 1 star reviews on the app store with users complaining that it was not measuring the curr...
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Personal Safety Alarms

  Silent Beacon This is one of the newest personal safety alarms to hit the market. It’s a small keychain transponder with a panic button that communicates with your smartphone via its accompanying app and Bluetooth technology. You indicate your emergency contacts during set-up. If you’d like your loved one(s) to get an alert when you’re in trouble, they’ll need to install the app as well. When you hit the emergency button, they’ll automatically receive a pop-up notification with y...
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Smart Sensors from Belkin to help you automate your house

WeMo Sensors WeMo’s new home sensors allow users to monitor their entire home from anywhere using a mobile device and the WeMo Link, a Wi-Fi-to-Zigbee bridge that connects the sensors to the home’s wireless network. Subscription-free and a snap to install and use, the four new WeMo sensors provide peace of mind within the home and can alert users when things are amiss. Through the WeMo app, users can set schedules and receive alerts and notifications, as well as program the sensors as triggers ...
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Clarity – keychain-sized wearable device aimed at tracking air quality

Clarity is a small, keychain-sized wearable air pollution sensor aimed at tracking air quality in badly polluted places David Lu who teamed up with seven other students at University of California and decided to do something about it. The team came up with the ‘Clarity’, the world’s first ever air monitor. Clarity is a keychain-size gadget that will let you track air exposure. It can connect via a smartphone app and gives you real-time alert of air pollution as well as indicates the availabil...
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Exhale ceiling blade-less fan

Exhale ceiling fan pulls air in much like a vortex, and moves air horizontally in all directions 360 degrees as well as down at a 45 degree angle. The air moving around the room feels more natural, more like an outdoor breeze. The fan has a 34-inch diameter and features an efficient DC motor. As the Exhale fan runs, the air multiplies over time mixing the air efficiently and creating a stable temperature in the room. The company claims that the bladeless ceiling fan uses 50 to 80 percent less...
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Space Blanket

A space blanket (also known as a Mylar blanket, first aid blanket, safety blanket, thermal blanket or weather blanket) is an especially low-weight, low-bulk blanket made of heat-reflective thin plastic sheeting. Their design reduces the heat loss in a person's body which would otherwise occur due to thermal radiation, water evaporation, or convection. Their compact size before unfurling and light weight makes them ideal when space is at a premium. They may be included in first aid kits and al...
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LIVE Baby ‘Vitals’ Monitoring & Alert at Home

Owlet baby care - A sensor-lined sock that monitors a baby's vital signs through its foot, and transmits the data to a smartphone app or internet-based device via Bluetooth. Parents can check on a baby's skin temperature, heart rate, blood oxygen levels and sleep quality at a glance, and even be alerted to the baby rolling over. As a monitoring tool rather than a medical or diagnostic device, the smart sock aims to help parents be more aware of potential health-related danger signs so that th...
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Wireless smartphone breathalyzer

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...
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Eve Door & Window understands whether your door or window is open or closed

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...
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Sony’s new universal remote

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,...
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Hand-powered portable espresso maker

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...
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‘Nora’ – the smart snoring solution.

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...
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Aumi is a bluetooth enabled, multi-color, rechargeable LED night light

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.      ...
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‘Flo’ – non-contact smart thermometer

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...
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New Internet Of Things coming to the market

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...
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CubeSensors detect temperature, humidity, noise, light, air quality, barometric pressure, vibrations in your house and sends you alerts and recommendations on how you can improve your indoor environment

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...
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Smart Shoes that displays animation and color scheme from smartphone

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...
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Smart Coffee – you can now create and brew 18 different drinks via an app on your tablet or smartphone

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...
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New Stanford manufacturing process could yield better solar cells, faster chips

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...
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Inductive Monitoring System – Machines That Tell You When They’re Sick

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...
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Cranfield’s Nano Membrane Toilet that generate energy to power homes in villages

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...
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Home security robot

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...
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Toothbrush that provides you with real-time wireless feedback on how you are brusing

  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...
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Imaging with an “optical brush”

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...
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NASA Sleep Promoting Light Bulb

Used by NASA to help astronauts sleep in space, this is the light bulb that encourages production of melatonin—the hormone that promotes sleep. Unlike typical light bulbs that emit high levels of short wavelength “blue” light that suppresses melatonin, the NASA light bulb’s patented filter reduces blue light by 50% to facilitate a better night’s sleep. Ideal for use in a nightstand lamp for 30 minutes before you fall asleep, the light bulb helps maintain your body’s natural circadian rhythm so y...
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