8. Wysips Connect LiFi
Your next Internet hotspot could be a light bulb! SunPartner
Technologies unveiled Wysips Connect, a smartphone sensor
based on LiFi (a wireless networking standard that uses LED
light to send data instead of radio waves at broadband
speeds), which can be used to provide valuable indoor
services!
Though LiFi will probably not be overtaking 4G or WiFi as the go-to data sending carrier, it can be
used for many other supportive applications. Using LiFi, buildings owners will soon be able to install
overhead lights to track your location more precisely than before and to offer data feeds based on
where you stand. If LiFi becomes common in smartphones, shopping malls, airports or hospitals
could use the technology to push local map data to a user's phone, or help them find a product's
location in an oversized supermarket.
9. Intel Edison
Ever wanted a PC that could fit in your fist? Well, Intel has one for you. Last week, Intel revealed
Edison, a tiny, ultra-power-efficient development platform the size of an SD card that is small enough
to drop into just about anything.
The Intel Edison board features a low-power 22nm
400MHz Intel® Quark processor with two cores, integrated
Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, and much more. It can be designed to
work with almost any device—not just computers, phones,
or tablets, but chairs, coffeemakers, and even coffee cups.
The idea is to offer a development system for wearable devices, which can easily interact with
the surrounding. Intel showed off the capabilities in a live demonstration of the device, where the
Edison was attached to regular off-the-market sensors that monitor’s a baby’s temperature,
breathing and motion, and a automatic bottle warmer. Depending on the baby’s current state, the
bottle warmer gets activated automatically to heat the milk for the baby!
Intel hopes to provide such simple solutions to everyday problems, and the future looks bright for
Edison!
10. Oculus Rift
The Oculus Rift is an upcoming virtual reality head-mounted display, being developed by
Oculus VR Corporation. Ever wanted to be in a middle of a volcanic eruption, pilot a spacecraft or
walk on Mars in your underwear? Well, you cannot do all of that in real life (yet), but you can atleast
pretend to do it in a virtual reality, and you will soon be able to do that thanks to Oculus VR.
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