Lifestyle · Realtime · Home · Office · Weather
The iBlind uses real-time data from multiple online sources to detect the brightness outside. The result is displayed prominently on its surface so you know when it’s time to open the blind again.
Contribution from @BlikApp
The iBlind uses real-time data from multiple online sources to detect the brightness outside. The result is displayed prominently on its surface so you know when it’s time to open the blind again.
Contribution from @BlikApp
Office · Bathroom · Toilet · Analytics
Gamify your daily motions. Advanced on-board analytics allows you to compare and compete with your family or colleagues, showing who makes the biggest wins in the smallest room.
Contribution from @tomcoates
Gamify your daily motions. Advanced on-board analytics allows you to compare and compete with your family or colleagues, showing who makes the biggest wins in the smallest room.
Contribution from @tomcoates
Social · Health · Realtime · Twitter
The intestinal Track 2.0 is a smart pill you ingest that Tweets you when it detects an impending bowel movement.
Contribution from @mylesnyc
The intestinal Track 2.0 is a smart pill you ingest that Tweets you when it detects an impending bowel movement.
Contribution from @mylesnyc
Health · Lifestyle · Cloud
A connected spoon that tracks your eating speed and compares with others via a cloud database. When you’re eating too fast, holes open in the spoon releasing the contents.
A connected spoon that tracks your eating speed and compares with others via a cloud database. When you’re eating too fast, holes open in the spoon releasing the contents.
Safe · SmartLock · Social
When a friend Tweets within a mile of your house, the internet-connected lock on your house is released and your friend gets a Tweet to invite them in. “Hi @friend, 43 Steep Hill Road is open. Come in and make yourself at home!”
When a friend Tweets within a mile of your house, the internet-connected lock on your house is released and your friend gets a Tweet to invite them in. “Hi @friend, 43 Steep Hill Road is open. Come in and make yourself at home!”
Wearable · Twitter · Social
BeatTweeter is a wearable ring that gives you the opportunity to share your final thoughts with your beloved followers. The BeatTweeter will only Tweet when it detects no heart beat.
BeatTweeter is a wearable ring that gives you the opportunity to share your final thoughts with your beloved followers. The BeatTweeter will only Tweet when it detects no heart beat.
Cloud · Notifications · Lifestyle · Intelligent
A smart bookmark that when placed inside a book, calculates your position in the pages and sends it to a secure cloud storage locker. When you’re ready to continue reading, log in to your locker app and request the position be sent to you via SMS.
A smart bookmark that when placed inside a book, calculates your position in the pages and sends it to a secure cloud storage locker. When you’re ready to continue reading, log in to your locker app and request the position be sent to you via SMS.
Social · Health
When elevated stress levels are detected, Stress Buster will sound a constant alarm. Connect it to your social networks and receive messages from friends at times of high stress, telling you to chill out.
When elevated stress levels are detected, Stress Buster will sound a constant alarm. Connect it to your social networks and receive messages from friends at times of high stress, telling you to chill out.
When IoT devices learn and adapt to the users needs, they provide an experience that can remove the need for a user interface. Services that aggregate data from multiple sources and take logical decisions provide a succinct service for the end user.
Nest adapts the temperature of your house by learning your daily schedule
www.nest.com/The way that data and algorithms are presented can be confusing or meaningless, and there is a risk that these numbers remain far-flung idealistic pinnacles which convey no grounded meaning. IoT needs to remain human to remain relevant. Designing products and experiences should always implement a human layer.
The Fitbit Surge tracks your overall fitness and delivers complete digestible overview of your performance.
www.fitbit.com/With more of our interactions within the world happening online, security and authentication of IoT products and services are paramount. Using encrypted protocols, protecting collected data and identity management are a must. Otherwise, bad things can happen.
Using services like Xiverly provide a secure platform to build upon.
www.xively.com/The fundamental technologies of IoT bring opportunities to invent new categories of product and service, offering real improvements to quality of life and convenience. For a new IoT product to succeed in an existing category it must extend the purpose of an existing product in a way that adds value.
Flood Beacon is deployable flotation device that reports real-time flood level data and alerts if anything looks bad.
www.floodbeacon.com/Picking the correct technology is critical, especially when moving from prototype to manufacture. Choosing between the correct wireless communication, battery and sensor requirements will play a larger factor in determining the success of the end result.
Bluetooth 4.0 chips are increasingly common for connecting short-range IoT devices.
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