FORGET THE NUMBERS, CHECK OUT THE BEST IOT GADGETS
As the world prepares for a
new wave of Internet of Things gadgets, here are some of the coolest of the lot
It's a market that likes to
talk big numbers 34 billion connected devic es by 2 0 2 0, global investment
of $ 7.3 trillion by 2017. The Internet of Things depends on great ideas for
products that fire the imagination.So where are they?
We k n ow ab out t h e phones, t he watches and the tablets. But they account for only 10 billion of the predicted explosion in IoT devices. What are the other 24 billion? We won't be covering them all in this article -obviously enough -but here's a selection of our top picks for the IoT gadgets which are going to turn heads.
We k n ow ab out t h e phones, t he watches and the tablets. But they account for only 10 billion of the predicted explosion in IoT devices. What are the other 24 billion? We won't be covering them all in this article -obviously enough -but here's a selection of our top picks for the IoT gadgets which are going to turn heads.
Microbot Push robot finger
Ready to automate
everything? The WeMo brought old lamps into the IoT and trying to do the same
for -well, anything with a button -is Microbot Push.A low-energy Bluetooth
device, the Korean-made device is a robot finger that can be attached to
anything and be wirelessly com manded to push a button.
The coffee machine, the
kettle, light switches, the answer button on your phone... a ny t hi ng t hat
needs a physical interaction from you to switch it on. It's an idea in its
early stage, but an intriguing way to bring the physical into the digital
arena.
Lively personal emergency response
Smartwatches a r en't ju s
t for the wannabe technorati.`Active ageing' gadgets are the next frontier for
the IoT and nowhere is that trend better proved than by Lively. “Lively is a
system composed of activity sensors placed on objects around the home that
monitors the daily behaviour of an individual living alone,“ says Kevin Curran,
senior member of the IEEE.
A connected home health
platform with cloud-based `activity sharing' of data, it gives others -such as
a doctor or relatives -an in sight into a potentially vulnerable person's
behaviour. It also includes a 24X7 emergency response button.
Noke Bluetooth keyless padlock
Although the Noke is
programmed via an app and can be opened with a tap on a phone, it's actually
designed to be opened using a pre-programmed sequence of short and long
pinches.
Working with any iOS,
Android or Windows device running Bluetooth 4.0, Noke is mostly a keyless
padlock and is only programmed by Bluetooth, though there's a powerful IoT
dimension, too -Noke can be shared with others and its history of being opened,
checked.
Shockbox helmet sensor
Shockbox is a small,
flexible sensor that fits inside of a spor ts hel met a nd monitors the history
of head impacts athletes su st ai n. Sho ckbox sensors communi cate using
Bluetooth to immediately alert parents, coaches and trainers in t he event of a
concussion-level impact.
Aside from sports like US
football, ice ho ckey a n d lacrosse, Shockbox is also available for ski,
cycling and horse riding helmets.
Angee Home Security System
Currently on Kickstarter,
Angee is billed as the first autonomous security system. Uniquely
voicecontrolled and using voice recognition to clock you coming through the
front door, Angee is a one-piece, 5.5-inch cylindrical gadget that can swivel
through 360 degrees, so the user can see the whole room on a smartphone feed.
It will also swivel to video intruders after detecting motion and send you
videos, audio messages and alerts.
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