We’ve kind of got used to sitting at a desk and tapping away on a computer or laptop keyboard, but it’s not always the most comfortable experience. Indeed, things can turn painful after a while. Though there are numerous ergonomic keyboards available, Tap introduced an intriguing wireless strap back in 2016 that turned taps on a table top into text […]
Wearable Keyboard
Idevices Impresses
If there’s one thing that we learned from watching Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, it was that we couldn’t trust artificial intelligence-powered systems like HAL 9000. But you know what? The reality is that we’ve slowly been inviting virtual assistants into our homes via a myriad of smart speakers for several years now. Devices like the Amazon Echo are […]
Bed Frame Doubles As Tornado Shelter
If you live in a tornado-prone area, it’s important to have some sort of storm-proof shelter in or near your home. Oklahoma-based Life Lift Systems has come up with a unique in-bedroom solution, in the form of its Vortex Vault Tornado Shelter Bed. Putting it simply, the Vortex Vault is an impact- and crush-resistant solid-steel bed frame that can be […]
LG’s Spherical Ice Cubes
It’s natural to want some of those groovy whiskey glasses that Harrison Ford’s character Rick Deckard keeps pushing on his replicant girlfriend Rachel in Blade Runner. Though they’re not cheap, and there are about a million knockoffs out there, we can’t thing of anything better to put LG’s new “ice sphere” ice cubes in — alongside a dash of something […]
A.I Powered Motion Tracking
Kaia Health, a health technology company based in New York City, has developed a smartphone app that can guide users through exercises to help with back pain and COPD. The technology uses AI powered motion tracking technology to monitor users’ movements through a smartphone camera, and provides feedback on the exercises being performed. The app can help users to perform […]
Now You Know What Can Be Recycled
The ability to recycle materials has been around for generations, and as an increasing number of residential and commercial facilities take on the metal, plastic and glass, it has become a common task to put your recycling at the curb on garbage pick-up day. But as mainstream as recycling is, the rules are ever-changing, so the Recycling Identifying Device (R.I.D.) […]
Bending Glass At Right Angles
Ordinarily, if a window goes around the corner of a building, it’s made of two flat panes of glass that are joined together by a metal rail or glue. Now, though, German scientists have developed a method of bending a single sheet of glass to a 90-degree angle – without affecting its optical properties. Although panes of glass can already […]
High Tech Public Toilets Help To Recycle Rainwater
The San Francisco Department of Public Works (DPW) has crowned SmithGroup the winner of its design competition for public toilet proposals. The winning entry, called AmeniTREES, would offer not only washroom functionality but also space for a commercial kiosk and environmentally friendly benefits. Topped with a green roof, the sculptural, metal-clad pavilions would be integrated with digital technologyfor advertising or […]
Arcade Coder Allows Kids To Design Games
Tech Will Save Us – the London-based tech toys company behind the Dough Universe and Light Racer electronics learning kits – has launched a new flagship product on Kickstarter. The Arcade Coder is a modern take on the traditional board game that’s designed to give kids the power to create custom games they can play. With over 2.5 billion video […]
Laser Scarecrows Keeps The Cornfield Away
It may not be very pretty, but a new laser “scarecrow” is helping farmers to protect their sweetcorn crops from marauding birds. Developed by University of Rhode Island (URI) professor of plant sciences Rebecca Brown, the new system uses constantly moving beams of green laser light to scare off birds like starlings and red-winged blackbirds before they can tuck into […]