The technological research offers every week new inventions that can make our lives easier, including engineers who work for large companies and young people looking for funding on crowdfunding platforms. Here is the news announced in recent days.
1) The cabinet sofa that propels us in action
The 2016 was by all christened as the ‘ breakthrough year with respect to virtual reality technologies with the launch of several devices like Oculus Rift Facebook or HTC Vive. The immersion in the virtual world, however, in the minds of the developers will not stop only helmets can make us watch or listen to fantastic worlds, but it will be supplemented by other devices, such as virtual gloves that will allow us to interact with the objects that we will front. And if in our digital travel we will be in hectic situations, such as driving a sports vehicle or on a ship in the grip of the storm, we will need special armchairs and sofas to feel really on board.
Immersit born for this reason: it is a hydraulic system that adapts to the couch at home, able to make the mobile and responsive to the video game stimuli to which we are playing. The builders promise thousands of different vibrations, bumps, jumps, which will adapt perfectly to the context of the game or even to the scenes of the films broadcast. The main concerns relate to any damage to the sofas, but the creator of the project, Valentin Fage, ensures that the device is designed precisely to avoid ruining our relaxation area.
The first pieces will be delivered late of 2016 at the price, not too profitable, of 649 euro.
2) the pen-3d printer
the 3D printing has been widely spread a couple of years ago and technology has made interesting progress. 3D printers are becoming, with time, more and more reliable, cheaper and more complex, and capable of printing in many materials.
One of the most interesting inventions that are based on this technology is called 3Doodler, and is a sort of portable 3D printer pen-shaped, able to turn in relation to any of your thoughts. The results are really impressive and, with each passing month, this device becomes more and more efficient, so that its developers have already submitted an updated version compared to the first model. 3Doodler is able to draw with plastic filaments on a sheet that is directly in the air, weighs only 50 grams and must be connected to an electrical outlet. It works thanks to the heated plastic cools almost instantly, so as to create a solid and stable structure. It does not need Internet connection or a computer.
The second fundraising campaign had asked for a loan of EUR 30 thousand, but the success of the first version and the incredible attention around this project have allowed makers to raise a staggering $ 1.3 million. You can order your model to the interesting figure of $ 99 and in April we will have this amazing subject.
3) The shoes recharging the smartphone
researchers are constantly looking for sources of renewable and clean energy, which allow anyone to use their own devices without being dependent on exhaustible resources and often polluting. Some device Modern were provided with photovoltaic technologies that can collect sunlight accumulating energy, especially crucial when we are away from power outlets. The creators of Vibram Instap Nanopower, two companies that have joined forces, they thought that often the first to create sources of energy we are the ones, in particular with our movement.
They have thus created a sole for shoes able to resist infiltration, liquid and powder, in which is present a system which accumulates the energy produced by our steps. In an official press release, the company explained that it is a system perfectly inserted in the midsole of the shoe, allowing you to generate up to a maximum of 3 watts of power with the only effect of regular walking. “The device – reads – capable of generating 1 Watt of continuous power, then enables an 8 Wh accumulation for a walk of approximately 8 hours. enough energy to avoid the smartphone capacity is low, for example.
The shoe has a micro USB port which allows it to be connected to each external device and a Bluetooth chip that communicates with an app developed by the same team.
4) The Hi-tech dispenser
The investments of multinational pharmaceutical companies in the world of technology are among the most generous, both for the great economic capacity of the sector, both for the many practical applications that could greatly improve our lives in the coming years.
sometimes, though, churning out the most interesting inventions are independent startups as in the case of Hero, a young company in New York that has created a dispenser for pills 2.0, can remind us of our requirements and follow us in our care. Often those who must follow one or more therapies is forced to take many drugs in the day and, although this will soon become a routine, it can easily happen to forget or confuse a medicine with another. The idea of this dispenser is as simple to wonder why no one thought of it before: it will only take note of our requirements, including the amount and time, and then provide us during the day all the pills at the correct time. If then we were out of the house or away from the dispenser, the device will send a notification directly on our smartphone, reminding us that we have to take medicine.
The distribution is now expected only in the US, although the price, as often happens in this area, could discourage many: starts at $ 399 for pre-order, but the final cost will be $ 999.
5) without ATM PIN, it is taken with your smartphone
the banks’ security systems are becoming more sophisticated and offer every year more and more possibilities of access to their data, making it increasingly marginal physical relationship with the bank branches. New applications are able to get us access to our bank accounts in more immediate ways, while maintaining the security guarantee that befits such a sensitive service. Some Italian banks, for example, during 2016 have introduced access via smartphones, with the use of our fingerprints: a fraud-proof system and simultaneously very immediate. If, however, we need to use the classic ATM, we are still forced to remember our pin and to expose ourselves to possible fraudsters, who with almost invisible surveillance systems are able to clone the card and point it to our code.
to overcome this problem, the United States began an experiment promoted by some major banks, which allow you to withdraw cash via your smartphone. The system called “cardless” because of the lack of a dedicated paper, will send a code directly on our smartphones, which will then be scanned at the counter to validate the levy. The code is automatically generated and is disposable, so there is no risk that someone might steal it or clone it and, according to the developers, the system is much faster and safer than those currently in use.
It expected that within 18 months, the system will be installed in 80 thousand branches across North America and soon to be adopted in other States.
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