SmartWorld Weekly: Connected Toilets, Tracking X-Treme Sports + More
If you missed this week’s SmartWorld Series, here’s your chance to catch up on the exciting developments happening in the connected world. Each week, we round up the best of apps and services for health and fitness, smart homes, smart cars and anything related to the Internet of Things.
This week’s SmartWorld Series features a smart bed and toilet, a tracker for snowboarders, a smart car with no roof and doors, and edible sensors to keep your tummy happy.
3 Ways to Connect Your Home, Bed + Toilet
SmartHome Monday featured the digitalSTROM, a Lego-like device that allows your devices to communicate with each other, the HiCan bed which not only gives you a restful place to sleep but also provides all the entertainment you need, and numi, a programmable smart toilet that automatically lifts the lid and seat when you approach it.
Tracking Gadgets for Snowboarders, Slouchers + Health Nuts
Quantified Self Tuesday provided us with Trace, a gadget perfect for people who do extreme sports who want to track their progress, the LUMOback which helps you correct your posture, and the Tinke, a small device that is powered by your iDevice that gathers information such as heart rate, respiratory rate, blood oxygen level, and heart rate variability (the change in the rate of a heart beat), to let you know your level of wellness and fitness.
iPhone 5s M7 Chip Could Improve Apple Maps App : Beyond Fitness Tracking
SmartCar Wednesday featured the smart fourjoy, a compact car that has no roof or doors intended for outdoorsy people, the Nissan Safety Shield, which brings the car company a step closer to releasing fully automated cars, and Apple’s new M7 coprocessor, which not only tracks your activity but can also be used to improve the company’s Maps app.
Edible Sensors Save You from Food Poisoning + More
And finally, SmartDevice Thursday featured a flexible and edible sensor which alerts you via a reader that your food has gone bad even if it still looks or smells good to eat, a device dubbed The Insider, which takes photos inside your fridge and sends the images to your smartphone so you’ll know what items you’re running low on, and the Jomi Sleeve and Band, which aims to encourage people into keeping themselves hydrated throughout the day.
Tune in next week for more interesting stories, discoveries, and innovation in the world of smart and connected things.
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