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Loop Ball

Loop Ball

This is Loop Ball, a racket ball game that keeps score itself and even records the speed of the players hits!!

Posted by How To Kill an Hour on Tuesday, 25 July 2017

Loop Ball is a smart way to play racquetball and it’s not a technique either, the ball is smart enabled! So the ball becomes the count and measure to count how many times the ball has been hit by each player and the distance between the two of them. The ball also becomes the referee, tracking accurate and safe metrics for the game and stores your games so you get the ability to share them with your friends!

Check out the video below to see more! (The product was once called Smartball)

To see more about Loop Ball please click here!

Vue Smart Glasses

Vue functions as glasses, meaning you will be able to order the lenses you depend on, whether they are prescription, non-corrective (plano), or sunglasses.

Vue frames come with integrated technology, meaning your glasses will be able to do more than meets the eye. Vue’s smart features that are controlled via gestures include:

  • Listening to music
  • Activity Track
  • Take phone calls
  • Get notified about texts

They even have interchangeable lenses and an integrated tracker so you can find it via the app!

To support Vue Smart Glasses on Kickstarter please click here!

HuMu Smart Cushion

  • The worlds first ever audio device to enable you to hear and feel sound waves in unison. Create your own soundscape and enjoy high quality sound without disturbing others. HUMU reproduces sounds and vibration in the range of 20hz to 20khz
  • Playtime for up to 8 hours, micro USB charge cable included, Lithium Polymer 3,7 V, 5,5 Wh
  • Connect your device (smart phone, tablet, computer, TV, stereos etc.) wirelessly with Bluetooth or via 3.5 mm audio cable with HUMU and enjoy any content you want to. Easy to use: Only one button to turn on/off the device. Control the sound volume and content directly from the connected device
  • Immerse yourself in any audio content: Music, movies, radio, games, sports broadcasts, audio books etc. No additional apps needed.
  • Pleasant and high quality artificial suede cover with a handle to carry

To buy your own Humu Smart Cushion please click here!

Sureflap

The Sureflap is a smart cat flap that does a lot more than just let only your cat in the house:

  • Works with your cat’s existing microchip to keep out intruder cats and wildlife
  • Selective entry – any animal can exit. The microchip reader is located on the outside of the cat door only
  • Manual lock stops your cat leaving or entering the house. Set to in-only to enable your cat to come indoors without being able to get out again
  • Up to 12 months battery life
  • Get a notification when your cat leaves or enters the house

This sounds like such a great idea, no more intruder cats in your home!

To buy your own Sureflap please click here!

Xperia Touch

Unlike traditional projectors, Xperia Touch does more than put on a show. It turns a flat wall, table or even your floor into an interactive screen. With short-throw projection, Wi-Fi connection and state-of-the art touch functionality, this portable projector adds a whole new dimension to your home.

Xperia Touch is connected to the world of Google Play. Swipe through a recipe app, project your chat or keep up with your favourite vloggers. Whatever you like on your tablet or phone, is bigger and better when projected. It doesn’t just show images, it responds to you and your touch. Built with the latest Sony intelligence, it’s a portable projector that’s easy to use and remarkably smart.

Swipe through a photo album or play a multi-player game on your coffee table, Xperia Touch combines infrared light array with 60fps camera capture to turn a flat surface in your home into a 23-inch touchscreen.

Xperia Touch automatically turns on when it senses your approach. Use it as a message board by the front door to keep everyone informed. Or set it up as a wall clock that appears when you’re in the room

Purchase your own Xperia Touch by clicking here!

 

MYNT Smart Tracker

MYNT is a tracking device with remote control for your smart phone, all in one small device. It was a big challenge to make MYNT with a stainless steel casing so it would be thin enough to fit in your wallet, plus adding a fun and useful remote control feature so you can wirelessly control the shutter of the camera on your phone — it makes taking better selfies easier, as well as group shots without having to ask a passing stranger to help you out with a picture. Remote control of the music on your smart phone, and control PowerPoint or Keynote presentations on your Mac, all this with just one small device, your MYNT.
– Technically advanced – 1/8 inch (3.5 mm) thin enough to fit in your wallet
– Beautifully designed – Polished stainless steel casing
– Powerful and useful – camera phone remote shutter, music control and Mac computer Keynote & Powerpoint remote control

(MYNT Vimeo)

To buy your own MYNT tracker please click here!

How smart will AI become?

Andrew Ng has likened Artificial Intelligence to be as important to us as electricity in the years to come, as crazy as that sounds, our ancestors probably thought the same as electricity.

Our work life will be different and AI will be far more competitive than any human, it will require us to sharpen up our mental skills!

Whilst experts believe that we will still be required to do jobs that are very important and carry a lot of weight to it, just because robots/AI don’t have the same emotional attachment/engagement than that of a human. Whilst the challenge for us would be because we as humans like to seek confirmation and things that confirm what we think of ourselves. Thus holding us back. To over come this would require us to take the things w take for granted like thinking and listening to a new level.

Thus in time, our definition of “smart” (good grades) will begin to change. Smart will become the people who make the least amount of mistakes in life.

AI is incredible in that sense as we cannot do things quicker/recall information/produce alternative occurrences of an event than a super computer or any time of AI, it’s just too good.

A new definition of smart will promote a new way of thinking, it won’t be what you know, but it will be how good your skills are. Quantity of knowledge replaced by quality. Thus, in turn, forcing us to get better at cognitive and emotional skills. Adjusting after mistakes, learn emotional intelligence, letting go of the ego. Making us perceive reality a lot easier and not what we want it to be. Embracing what it means to be human, in turn, living alongside smart technology.

 

Oynx Smart Walkie Talkie

Onyx – Smart Walkie Talkie

 

As a whole, Onyx is a walkie talkie but with an unlimited range and unlimited channels!

You can send voices messages in real time from one Onyx to another over any distance!

As long as your Apple or Android device is connected to the internet, you can talk anywhere!

The Onyx is ultra lightweight, and clips easily to your top, bag, you name it!

To buy the Onyx click here!

The app is available to download on Apple and Android

Food Smart

Without realising it we’re all eating too much sugar, saturated fat and salt.

That’s why the brand new Be Food Smart app is here to help you and your family make healthier food and drink choices.

Simply scan the barcode of your food and drink to find out what’s inside.

You’ll also get loads of simple hints and tips to help you make healthier choices, plus food detective activities for the kids and fun mini-mission ideas for the whole family.

 

To download Food Smart please click here Apple / Android

To listen to Marcus Bronzy chatting about Food Smart please click here!

Episode 190 Smart Food Apps!