If you are one of those people who likes to care extra for their hair, here is a smart hairbrush for you. Kerastase, a hair care brand owned by Cosmetics manufacturer L’Oreal has teamed up with French electronics company Withings to create the world’s first Bluetooth-connected smart hairbrush. Unveiled at CES 2017 in Las Vegas, the smart hairbrush comes embedded with numerous sensors that will assist consumers in improving their brushing skills.
You may have seen various fitness trackers that are meant to be fixed on your ankle, wrist or collar of your shirt. But now Intel and Oakley, a subsidiary of Italian company Luxottica have teamed up for a cool fitness tracker for your face. The stylish Radar Pace smart eyewear is equipped with various biometric sensors and a voice-activated AI coach to completely revolutionize your workout regimen.
At IFA 2016 conference in Berlin, Acer turned the beast mode on with Predator 21X – the world’s first curved screen gaming laptop. It not only looks an absolute monstrous machine with a huge 21-inch curved IPS display, but also comes with built-in eye-tracking technology, and Nvidia’s latest 10-series GTX graphics chips, which gaming enthusiasts would love.
No more fumbling in the dark to switch on your lights. Philips Hue Motion Sensor is here to turn lights on whenever someone walks past. It is a tiny square-shaped device, measuring roughly 2- x 2-inches, with built-in sensor that can detect motion within 16-feet range using infrared technology.
Pizza Hut wants you to tap to your favorite tunes with your crispy pies. That’s why the fast-food giant has created the world’s first playable DJ pizza boxes that are integrated with Bluetooth-enabled turntable. The company’s UK division has turned folding cardboard containers into a complete turntable setup, which includes two decks, pitch controls, volume sliders and a crossfader.
The world’s largest radio telescope is finally complete and ready to explore the infinite depths of our universe and find extraterrestrial civilizations. Christened Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope or FAST, the telescope is situated in Pingtang County, Guizhou Province, China. The construction was completed on July 3, 2016 with the installation of a final triangular panel to the reflector. All set to commence operations in September, the world’s largest radio telescope is the size of 30 football fields and is equipped with 4,450 panels. With its completion, scientists are ready to start debugging and trial observation of the $180m (£135m) FAST telescope.
If you hate the annoying task of folding laundry and always pass it on to some other family member, then have a look at this miraculous laundry-folding appliance called FoldiMate. It is almost the size of a washer and meant to be placed on top of a washer or dryer. Once your clothes are washed and dried, you have to clip them onto this machine for neatly folding them.
From 3D printed guitars to 3D printed bikes, 3D printing technology is taking the world by storm. But that’s not all, now brace yourself for the world’s first 3D printed motorcycle called Light Rider. Created by Airbus subsidiary APWorks, the Light Rider looks like an electric bicycle and supported by web-shaped aluminum structure. As the name indicates, body of the electric motorcycle is lightweight and weighs just 35 kilograms (77 pounds), which is much less than its potential rider.
If you have ever wished of understanding the meows and purrs of your beloved cat, your yearning has been granted. adam&eveDDB, a creative communications agency has come up with a hi-tech 3D printed collar for cats that can translate their meows into human speech. Dubbed Catterbox, the smart wearable for felines is claimed to be the world’s first talking cat collar by its makers. To give cats a voice and to bring them closer to their owners, adam&eveDDB set up The Temptations Lab in 2015. The task was to infuse some serious fun into cats’ lives and make people understand them better.
To help office employees in relieving their work stress, spa manufacturer Starpool has teamed up with Neocogita, brain wellness research company, for creating Zerobody dry pool. Designed by Cristiano Mino, it is basically a heated waterbed that provides floating sensation to the user, when they sink into the bed for some relaxation.