Innovations set to come out of the labs and change
our lives
From sea robots to
a wearable for pregnancy alerts, here is what the future of tech has in store
for us
A wristband for pregnancy
detection
Swiss scientists are developing a ‘smart’ wristband
that can tell a woman if she’s pregnant. The team behind the device say they
have found a range of minute bodily changes which occur after conception, like
changes in skin temperature, breathing rate and pulse. They are now building an
algorithm that learns the wearer’s normal characteristics and detects such
changes, so that the Ava bracelet — which can already tell women when they are
most fertile — can alert them that they are pregnant.
Cars to turn in drunk drivers
Drunk drivers will soon find themselves on the wrong
side of the law when their cars start automatically alerting the police after
they have crashed. Ford Fiesta cars in Europe have introduced a SOS post-crash
alert system that sends out a distress call, giving location and the time of
impact. The tech uses a built-in phone or links to the driver’s mobile in all
new cars.
3D-printing to improve phone
batteries
Scientists, including one of Indian origin, have
developed a method to 3D print battery parts that can vastly improve the
capacity and life of smartphone batteries. 3D printing, also known as additive
manufacturing, can be used to manufacture porous electrodes for lithiumion
batteries. However, due to the nature of the manufacturing process, the design
of these 3D printed electrodes is limited to a few options now.
Robots to aid deep sea
exploration
Scientists have developed a soft, flexible underwater
robot that can gently grab different types of organisms from the sea and study
them without inflicting any damage. The device can even add 3D-printed
modifications to itself without the need to return to a land-based laboratory.
The soft grippers can grab sea slugs, corals, sponges, and other marine life
more effectively and with less damage than traditional sampling tools.
AI system can predict your
personality
Researchers, including those from the University of
Stuttgart in Germany and Flinders University in Australia, have developed a new
artificial intelligence system that can track a person’s eye movements to
identify their personality type. Their findings show that people’s eye
movements reveal whether they are sociable, conscientious or curious, with the
algorithm software reliably recognising four of the ‘big five’ personality
traits: neuroticism, extroversion, agreeableness, and conscientiousness.
— Agencies
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