TappLock -A smart padlock with a fingerprint reader

Posted on April 16, 2016April 16, 2016 by

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...

FLIR ONE is a thermal camera that attaches to Android or iOS devices

Posted on April 15, 2016 by

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...

Defender is the first smart personal protection system that combines self-defense and 24/7 security.

Posted on April 14, 2016April 14, 2016 by

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...

Personal Safety Alarms

Posted on March 21, 2016 by

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...

Updated Earthquake Detection System Provides Data in Minutes

Posted on March 9, 2016 by 41629066

NASA and Scripps Institute of Oceanography have developed an earthquake detection system that provides more accurate data about an earthquake within minutes. When an earthquake strikes, the most valuable information (that is needed immediately) includes its location, depth, and magnitude. The quality of the information and how fast it can be obtained affects the number of lives that can be potentially saved. Currently, seismic sensors on the ground are used to measure how much the eart...

Karim Oumnia’s Smartshoes – connected, interactive, heated, and shock absorbent shoes with automatic tightening that can be controlled via your smartphone

Posted on February 8, 2016 by

The Smartshoes are the first connected, interactive, heated, and shock absorbent shoes with automatic tightening that can be controlled via your smartphone. This innovative footwear product is designed for your health and comfort. With 3 different designs, there is always one Smartshoe to match your style. Karim Oumnia is taking shoes to the next level with Digitsole, an interactive sole that connects to your smartphone to track your distance and calories, as well heat your feet...

Laminated Glass Interlayers for Stronger, Safer Glass

Posted on January 16, 2016 by

Normal laminated safety glass consists of two or more sheets of glass bonded together by one or more layers of PVB, which is then sealed under heat and pressure. The interlayer is highly resistant and elastic, giving the glass robust qualities. SentryGlas® interlayers are five times stronger and up to 100 times stiffer than conventional laminating materials. With this kind of strength, SentryGlas® interlayers help create stronger laminated glass that protects against storms, impacts and pow...

Pet Tracker that combines location-tracking and smart activity monitoring in one device

Posted on January 9, 2016 by 41629066

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...

AT&T’s ‘FiLIP’ a smart locator

Posted on January 4, 2016 by 41629066

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 ...

Thermogloves

Posted on December 28, 2015 by

This winter, you should do your hands a favour. Even on the coldest winter days, keep your hands warm with the Thermo Gloves, the first wireless and rechargeable heated gloves worldwide that even fit underneath your other gloves. Thermo Gloves provide your hands with pleasant warmth and thus offer ideal comfort for the winter. Wear the Thermo Gloves as outer gloves, or pull on your own gloves over them. No matter whether these are mittens for taking a walk, or skiing gloves, or rubber gloves for...

Tamper-Resistant Pill Dispenser

Posted on December 26, 2015 by

The Johns Hopkins students’ tamper-resistant pill dispenser prototype features a fingerprint scanner, at left, which verifies the patient’s identity and then releases, at right, the correct dosage only within the prescribed time frame. You can whack it with a hammer, attack it with a drill, or even stab it with a screwdriver. Try as you might, you won’t be able to tamper with a high-tech pill dispenser. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have estimated that drug overdoses kill m...

Monkey Keyless Entry

Posted on December 25, 2015 by

Monkey is smart keyless entry device that works similarly to a lot of other smart locks, only it’s for your whole apartment building. You (or, more likely, your landlord) wire up the Wi-Fi-enabled chip to your existing intercom, then you and your fellow tenants download the Android or iOS app. You’ll sync it up with your phone, and you’ll get a notification when someone rings your intercom. You can then let someone in, whether you’re home or on the go. There are three ways to gain access. The Mo...

‘Netatmo’ home security camera with face recognition

Posted on December 22, 2015 by 41629066

'Netatmo' home security camera with face recognition The 'Welcome' home security camera is a small 45mm-diameter (1.8in.) cylindrical device standing 155mm (6in.) tall, with a shiny metallic-gold finish and a white plastic base. The gold cylinder is punctuated by a black strip housing the 4-megapixel HD camera's glass lens, which has a 130-degree field of view, an LED that glows red in night-vision mode and a microphone. Opposite the lens strip, towards the bottom, are the connections: a M...

Pot Breathalyzer

Posted on December 21, 2015 by

An Oakland company working with scientists from the University of California at Berkeley is claiming a breakthrough in the race to develop an instant roadside marijuana Breathalyzer. Hound Labs Inc, said on Wednesday it had found an accurate way to measure THC, the psychoactive component in cannabis within one or two blows. The portable device is designed to help determine if a driver is impaired from recent marijuana use. The idea is to replace a complicated assortment of costly blood and urine...

Walli – Smart Wallet

Posted on December 21, 2015 by

Walli is an intelligent wallet that keeps track of your valuables. It's an interactive system between your phone and your wallet, so if you lose your wallet then your phone notifies you, if you lose your phone, just tap the wallet twice and your phone will automatically ring. Walli connects to your smartphone over Bluetooth. Once connected, the Walli app will display notification on your phone once you get too far from it. Connecting to an iOS and Android app over Bluetooth 4.0, it sends a displ...

Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes can no longer spread Malaria

Posted on December 14, 2015December 15, 2015 by

US scientists have bred a genetically modified mosquito that is incapable of spreading malaria to humans, according to reports. A gene editing technique called Crispr was used to alter the genetic makeup of the insect, making it resistant to Plasmodium falciparum, one of the parasites that causes malaria in humans. Crucially, the GM mosquitoes passed on their anti-malarial DNA strain to 99.5% of their offspring, raising the prospect of the altered species being released in the wild one day to co...

Xerox printed memory labels aim to curb counterfeiting.

Posted on December 8, 2015 by

Xerox on Wednesday announced a pair of printed packaging labels with embedded memory designed to help curb counterfeiting. Also known as printed memory, the labels are equipped with up to 36 bits of rewritable memory. That may not sound like much in a world that deals largely in gigabytes and terabytes but according to Xerox, it’s enough to store up to 68 billion points of data. The product line-up is made up of the aforementioned Xerox Printed Memory and the second offering is the same except t...

X-Ray Vision, RF Capture and Emerald

Posted on December 4, 2015 by

A team of researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) has long believed that wireless signals like WiFi can be used to see things that are invisible to the naked eye. Since 2013, CSAIL researchers have been developing technologies that use wireless signals to track human motion. The team has shown that it can detect gestures and body movements as subtle as the rise and fall of a person’s chest from the other side of a house, allowing a mother to monitor a baby’s...

Tail Lights Rider System for keeping horses safe at night.

Posted on December 1, 2015 by

Riding horses in low light poses some obvious dangers, particularly in areas where they're forced to share the road with drivers who could become easily distracted. Sadly, for Tail Lights creator Sami Gros, it took a near-tragedy to inspire a solution. "I was out riding my two horses with my best friend, and a car hit my friend and my horse. My friend was OK, but my horse suffered injuries that has made him unridable to this day," Gros said. "I searched the internet for a product that would allo...

SlingShot: Quest to solve the world’s safe water crisis.

Posted on November 20, 2015 by

Kamen's SlingShot (so-named after the Biblical David & Goliath story) device is an energy-efficient "vapor compression distiller," and one possible answer to the safe water crisis. The SlingShot is designed to take virtually any unfit source of water, such as contaminated well water or seawater, and turn it into clean water, without requiring a filter (which regularly need to be replaced) or using any chemical additives (which have to be purchased). The device does use combustible fuel to po...

New “tricorder” technology might be able to “hear” tumors growing.

Posted on November 16, 2015 by

A team of scientists from Stanford University is testing a new “tricorder” technology able to remotely detect abnormal matter, such as buried plastic explosives or even early stage cancers in humans, by manipulating microwaves and ultrasound. The new “radio frequency (RF)/ultrasound hybrid imaging system,” the brainchild of Assistant Professor Amin Arbabian and Research Professor Pierre Khuri-Yakub, was designed for remote detection of embedded objects in a number of different kinds of matter, i...

Australian-designed suit worn on Space Station.

Posted on November 14, 2015 by

The brainchild of aerospace engineer, RMIT alumnus and senior research associate Dr James Waldie, the SkinSuit has been worn by an astronaut inside the International Space Station (ISS) for the first time. Denmark’s first astronaut, Andreas Mogensen, spent 10 days in the ISS last month and pulled on the SkinSuit to test its effectiveness in the weightless conditions. Inspired by the striking bodysuit worn by Cathy Freeman at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Waldie and his collaborators have spent more ...

COW – New technology that helps police officers find missing children

Posted on October 20, 2015 by

A new tool called (COW), a cellular on wheels, is a real lifesaver for missing children. Imagine if your child goes missing in a sea of people. It can happen in the blink of an eye. Losing your child even for a second to a couple of minutes is terrifying and tracking him or her down at an event like the state fair may seem impossible, until now. It’s all thanks to a new tool called a cellular on wheels or COW, for short. This new device may look like your typical smartphone, but law enf...

Self-Sterilizing Door Handle Keeps Your Hands Germ-Free

Posted on October 20, 2015 by

A revolutionary innovation from Yanko Design is a door handle with Self-Sterilization System which puts fears of bacteria-spreading influenza to rest. It is amazing that we never think that the dirtiest part of a public bathroom is likely the door handle and not places like the toilet seat or the paper towel dispenser, as this is one part of the bathroom that everyone touches on their way in or out, regardless of whether they have washed their hands or not. Door handles are a breeding grou...

DroneTracker: Novel Multi-Sensor Drone Warning System

Posted on October 13, 2015October 13, 2015 by

European startup, DeDrone, has been initiated to combat the possible dangers by using a DroneTracker system to identify unauthorized drones. These drones can then be monitored to ensure they are not being used maliciously. The DroneTracker guards against spying, smuggling, potential terrorist attacks and invasions of personal privacy. Based on multiple parameters such as noise, shape, and movement patterns, it is unlike any other drone warning system able to reliably detect all types of drones. ...

Hendo – The world’s first real hoverboard

Posted on October 11, 2015 by

Making large complexes float might be a way to avoid the severity of damages caused by earthquakes. The amazing Hendo hoverboard is the brainchild of married couple and entrepreneurs Greg and Jill Henderson. Henderson postulated that making large complexes float might be a way to avoid the severity of damages caused by California earthquakes. It could be utilized to move people and goods more efficiently, for saving lives and livelihoods during earthquakes and floods. The hoverboard’s cor...

ParaCord Firestarter Bracelet is a basic survival tool for everyone.

Posted on October 11, 2015 by

The Survival Firestarter Paracord Bracelet is the perfect basic survival tool for everyone, mainly because it contains a firestarter. As the name suggests, it's a bracelet you can use to start fires. That's because the fastening is made of flint. Strike it against the circular part and it will make a spark which you can harness to make fire. It is made of emergency paracord, which is used in parachutes and even by astronauts while they repaired the Hubble Space Telescope. Owning any type of s...

Xerox system automatically counts vehicle passengers.

Posted on October 11, 2015 by

Xerox rolls out Vehicle Passenger Detection System with highway speed accuracy for HOV/HOT Lane Enforcement. This system identifies the number of occupants in a vehicle with better than 95 percent accuracy at speeds ranging from stop-and-go to 100 mph. High occupancy carpooling lanes are critical to combating roadway congestion. However, their benefits are severely limited when motorists do not abide by the rules. Xerox (NYSE: XRX) announced the launch of its HOV/HOT lane compliancy test system ...

Catalyst Destroys Common Toxic Nerve Agents Quickly

Posted on October 10, 2015 by

Northwestern scientists have developed a robust new material, inspired by biological catalysts, that is extraordinarily effective at destroying toxic nerve agents that are a threat around the globe. First used 100 years ago during World War I, deadly chemical weapons continue to be a challenge to combat. The material, a zirconium-based metal-organic framework (MOF), degrades in minutes one of the most toxic chemical agents known to mankind, Soman (GD), a more toxic relative of sarin. Computer...

Lumos helmet keeps cyclists safe with automatic brake lights.

Posted on October 10, 2015 by

Lumos is a next generation ultimate bicycle helmet with brake lights and turn signals, to help cyclists stay safe and visible on the road.For cyclists, the road can be a nasty place to be at night, so we're all for technologies that can help draw drivers' attention in order to reduce the number of accidents. The latest of such attempt is the Lumos helmet, which not only comes with turn signal indicators that can be controlled wirelessly, but also packs a brake light that comes on automaticall...