Pampers has partnered with health software platform Verily, a sister company of Google, to create nappies that tell parents when their baby‘s nappy needs changing as well as monitoring their sleep patterns. Lumi consists of the nappy itself, an activity sensor, a video monitor with two-way audio and an accompanying app that tracks all the data, to give parents a […]
Lumi’s Smart Nappies
Self-Healing Antibacterial Gel
The most numerous of organisms on Earth, bacteriophages are viruses that infect and kill bacteria. Now, scientists have grown enough of them to create a self-healing hydrogel that’s made almost entirely of the things. It could have important applications in medicine, and in other fields. Led by chemical engineer Zeinab Hosseini-Doust, researchers at Canada’s McMaster University grew bacteriophages in the […]
British Airways Introduces Digital Baggage Tags
No-one likes to queue at airport check-in lines, it eats into your holiday time, and can be both boring and tiring. Now British Airways has signed up for ViewTags, reusable electronic baggage tags that can be attached to luggage before holiday-makers get to the airport. The idea for ViewTags came to company CEO Rick Warther when he was stuck in […]
Sliding House Opens To The Roof
France’s Optinid continues its line of novel tiny houses that feature sunroof-like sliding roofs with its Tiny House Franck. The recently-completed home can be opened up to the sun or stars when the weather’s nice and also comes with underfloor heating installed for when it isn’t. The Tiny House Franck, named after its owner, doesn’t stray very far stylistically from […]
Robotic Bartender
A good host knows how to make a variety of cocktails and drinks, but playing bartender doesn’t always leave you with time to socialize. Barsys set out to solve this problem with the Barsys 1.0, a robotic bartender that “lives on your countertop.” The device acted like an alcoholic Keurig; it could make custom cocktails and drinks based on predefined […]
Amazing Pool Cleaner
The convenience of a pool cleaning gadget can help you make the most out of your summer pool parties. In time for this scorching season, Amazon is dropping the price of the Dolphin Escape Robotic Above-Ground Pool Cleaner by 31% from its original price of $999. You can now get it for an awesome price of $639 and save as […]
AI-Powered Listening Device
Us humans can be pretty adept at tuning into a singular voice – in say a busy bar or restaurant – but hearing aids and devices like them can quickly become pretty overwhelmed by all the background noise. Scientists call this the “cocktail party problem,” and through a new form of artificial intelligence believe they have come up with a […]
Ezlarm App
Most of us are guilty of repeatedly hitting the snooze bar on our alarm clocks and going back to sleep, which is why we’ve seen devices that won’t stop ringing (or even electrocuting) until they’re taken to a remotely-located docking station. EzLarm takes a cheaper and simpler approach, utilizing a free app and an inexpensive tag. The adhesive-backed NFC (near-field […]
Prawn Aquaculture Could Provide Income
Killing up to 200,000 people annually, schistosomiasis is one of the most deadly parasitic diseases in the world, second only to malaria. Soon, however, prawn aquaculture could be used to control the snails that spread it – and to provide revenue for people in developing nations. Freshwater river prawns are already widely grown as food, starting out in hatcheries and […]
Gentle Tent Is A Glamping Oasis
The inflatable tent specialists at Austria’s GentleTent have been on quite a tear since they started moving their tents from the ground to the tops of wheeled vehicles. They’ve put blow-up tents atop car roofs, pickup truck beds and bike trailers — and they’ve even thrown them in the water for a lazy float. This year they’re back with their […]