INNOVATION OF 2020
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Starkey Livio AI – Advanced Hearing Aids
For those looking for smart hearing aids, “Starkey Livio AI” can turn out to be a boon. The hearing aids sport compact design and fit comfortably in the ears. They connect via Bluetooth to with accessories and certain smartphones. But the highlight of these hearing aids is the artificial intelligence that plays a vital role in enhancing the hearing ability. By suppressing background noise, they deliver clear sound quality. Moreover, they come with long battery life so that users can wear them for long without needing to charge them too frequently.
HTC Vive Pro Eye VR
Though HTC Vive Pro Eye VR ($1500) seems to be just any other top-notch VR, it’s one of its own kind. Equipped with advanced eye-tracking technology, it can enable people with physical disabilities, who can’t use hand controllers, to navigate and control devices comfortably. Using special software that mimics the way eyes focus, it’s designed to automatically increase resolutions of the objects you are looking at. Aside from being a great tool for differently-abled people, Vive Pro Eye also promises to be highly user-friendly for businesses and professionals in helping them figure out how users naturally interact with their products.
FLYTE Levitating Light Bulb
Designed in Sweden, FLYTE is a unique levitating light bulb. What makes it one of a kind product is the ability to hover by magnetic levitation and is powered through the air. Another notable thing about this levitating light bulb is the build quality. Made of oak, ash, and walnut, it’s quite durable. In terms of energy efficiency, FLYTE uses highly efficient LEDs that are rated at around 50, 000 hours, which translates into 12 hours of usage a day for a long 11 years.
Water Walker & Spa
Whether you are a fitness freak or a health-conscious person (like me), you are going to love this aqua treadmill. Water Walker & Spa has a striking similarity with a modern bathtub and comes with a moving surface at the bottom for walking or even running. Probably the best part about this aqua treadmill is the ability to let you carry your workout at your own pace. For instance, you can fine-tune the speed and go about doing your workout. What’s more, it also works admirably as a spa bath so that you can relax after a rigorous workout.
Sidewinding Circular Skates
Whether you are a playful kid or someone who has a huge penchant for skateboards, Sidewinding Circular Skates can really appeal to your fancy. What makes these annular skates so exciting is the ability to let you control your legs and turn freely. You can simply place your feet on the two platforms and lean side-to-side to rotate the rubber wheels as desired. As the wheels aren’t connected, you will be able to perform 720° spins and turn with more flexibility. Moreover, the wheels are 10″ in diameter so that you can traverse short grass and dirt surfaces effortlessly.
Snore Circle
Snoring is caused due to restricted airflow in the throat while sleeping and besides being a major annoyance, can be a cause of many diseases. So if you want to break the snoring habits you or someone in the family might have, Snore Circle is a great gadget. It uses a combination of audio and bone conduction to sense when you’re snoring and in turn, sends micro signals to the brain to reduce – and completely eliminate – snoring. Besides helping you give up snoring, the compatible app will monitor the quality of your sleep and with the latest iteration, you can wear your accomplishments of giving up snoring as a badge of pride.
ATOMIC Pi – A high power alternative to RPi
If you’re enthusiastic about tiny computers but want to avoid Raspberry Pi for its low power, ATOMIC Pi can be a great aide. It comes with an Intel Atom CPU clocked at 1.92GHz, features full-sized HDMI, audio, Ethernet, USB 3.0 ports, and a heat sink – all laid out on a 10cm x 13cm logic board. ATOMIC Pi is inbuilt with dual-band Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 5.0 and costs less than $35. While it comes pre-loaded with Linux, you can boot it up with Windows for a genuine desktop experience.
Solar Roadways
Solar Roadways is exactly what you’re thinking after reading the name. These are solar panels that can be used to pave roads, driveways, sidewalks, or any surface meant for walking. Solar wafers protected under thick layers of shatter-proof Gorilla Glass can be used to generate electricity from any surface. These modules come in hexagonal panels which makes replacement super easy. Additionally, Solar Roadways panels can be programmed electronically to show specific markings on the road. The panels can generate enough heat to melt the snow and thus ensure easy walking or driving over them during winters. All of this while saving the Earth and Earth-dwellers from succumbing to the damage caused by greenhouse gases.
Enomad Uno – Portable Water Power Generator
Hydel power is nature’s blessing to humans and still ranks among the top sources of renewable energy. What if you could make personal use of hydel power for minor power requirements? With Enomad Uno you can, as it is a portable hydel power generator with a small propeller that converts the kinetic energy of moving water into micro-electricity. On the other side of the propeller are a small LED light and a USB port that can
Eyelights – The First Holographic Car Assistant
The days of getting distracted from the road while interacting with your car’s infotainment system will soon be over, thanks to systems like Eyelights. Eyelights is a concept technology that uses a holograph instead of a real screen to display information like maps, vital stats related to the car, speed, etc. This allows you to keep an eye on the road even while interacting with the system. Further, since there is no physical screen, you can simply wave your hand in the air to control the system which makes it super handy (pun intended). Eyelights is definitely designed to improve and revolutionize how we interact with our cars and is capable of replacing touch interfaces completely. help you charge your smartphone or other electronic devices, especially when you’re off the grid.
Padrone Ring – Coolest Mouse Ever
No matter how sophisticated the trackpads on our laptops get, mice are still irreplaceable because of the high freedom of movement and speed they offer. Padrone Ring is a small and nimble finger ring which can be used as a computer mouse. This ring mouse connects to any device over low-energy Bluetooth and supports a variety of clicking and scrolling gestures. More importantly, it comes in 12 different sizes and is waterproof, which means you can continue wearing it anywhere you go without worrying about breaking it or frying the internals.
Hoversurf
Sure, we’re close to seeing flying cars and other levitating transport models, but Hoversurf is transforming personal transport while keeping it super cool. Hoversurf’s S3 is quadcopter superbike which can not only take off and land at any concrete surface but also hovers above the ground at 60 miles per hour. The body of the flying bike is made of carbon fiber which makes it super light and agile, giving it a weight of only 250 pounds. The vehicle has already been adopted as part of Dubai Police’s fleet of supercars and superbikes which criminals cannot evade very easily. Riders are recommended to fly the hoverbike at a height of 5 feet, which can also be adjusted as per requirements. While this is an early concept we’re seeing, we expect to see an evolution into actually flying bikes in future.
Nybble – World’s Cutest Open Source Robotic Kitten
Boston Dynamics’ Spot Mini, which looks like a dog, may have left us with the impression that robots of the future will be scary but Nybble might change this opinion. Nybble is a small and cute cat-shaped robot that sits, walks, stands on its hind limbs, and can learn to perform many more new tricks. Nybble is not meant to be a full-fledged robot but a STEM toy based on Raspberry Pi designed to teach kids about how to assemble, program, and even hack robots. So whether it is to watch a cute robot kitten learn tricks or fight out with others of its form, Nybble is surely one of the cutes
Hover 2 – The 4K Drone that Flies Itself
Drones have helped us capture important moments of our lives with greater flexibility than a hand-held digital camera or camcorder. Hover 2 is designed to do that and a lot more, without much human intervention. The drone comes with an AI onboard which not only guides it while flying but also helps capture 4K videos from the best possible angles. The AI is capable of detecting obstacles and dodging them in real time, allowing you to focus on enjoying nature while Hover 2 takes care of the rest. Moreover, it comes in a lightweight and foldable design, and advanced subject mapping that ensures a cinematic quality while the inbuilt gimbal ensures a great amount of stability. All of these features ensure that Hover 2 enjoys a comfortable position in our list of some of the coolest and most awesome inventions of contemporary times. t and most awesome inventions one can think of.
Levia – Unique Levitating Marble Lamp
Anything contactless and levitating is instantly pleasing and delightful so our last entry in the list of superb and awesome inventions is Levia, a levitating lightbulb that works through electromagnetic induction. Levia’s aesthetics aren’t its only charming factor as the developers have carefully designed the levitating mechanism ensuring that you don’t accidentally knock the bulb off. The lamp looks beautiful because its base is made up of genuine Italian Marquina or Carrara marbles, which is hand-polished after hydraulic cutting for an appealing appearance. Levia’s beguiling looks and its ease of use is what lets it into our list of awesome inventions.
BATTERIES POWERED BY BLOOD
Batteries powered by blood or salt instead of lithium? Alternative energy production modeled on the cells of giant clams? Science to determine how soil can be used to fight climate change? This isn’t science fiction or even wishful thinking, it’s the ongoing and applied work of The Nature Conservancy’s NatureNet Science Fellows.
The fellows work on the future-forward science the world needs to mitigate climate change, including nanotechnology research and development for viable large-scale clean energy production and storage.
The program is a partnership between the Conservancy and leading research universities (including Penn, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, UCLA, Stanford, Cornell and others), and “signals to the world that conservation needs to base its work not just in ecology and biology, but in an interdisciplinary approach to science and evidence,” says Roy Vagelos, a founding funder of the NatureNet Science Fellows program, member of the Conservancy’s board of directors and former president, CEO and chairman of Merck & Co.
Vagelos sees the program as a way to “push the Conservancy and the world in new and necessary directions as we work to solve global sustainability challenges around energy, water and agriculture.”
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