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Get a Leg Up on Any Fitness Training with LEO

Serious workouts need serious analytics with real-time feedback for improvement in any activity. LEO can give you a leg up on your competition as an activity tracker with a complete array of body monitoring to optimize your exercises. LEO is a wearable monitor using electromyography sensors that track muscle signatures to determine different activities and proper technique. The sensors are made of fabric and woven into a cuff that is worn on one or both legs. The sensors can measure muscle activity, including fatigue, targeting, coordination and intensity, biometrics including heart rate, hydration and calories and motion tracking. The complete set of collected data is sent through Bluetooth to a [...]

Smart-me Monitors Energy Usage and Production

Knowing how much power the appliances in your home use can help conserve power and save money. Smart-me is a smart plug power monitor that can do much more than trend energy usage. Smart-me plugs into a standard outlet and gives owners the ability to monitor consumption of any device that uses the outlet for power. Setup is as easy as plugging it in and tethering it to a smart device application using your home wireless connection. With the app, owners can monitor power consumption, turn appliances on or off, set timers to power appliances and even monitor temperature from anywhere. Smart-me displays this information in easy to read graphs [...]

Customize Bicycle Bell Sound and Light with MyBell

The last thing most of us expect to hear on a bike trial is a truck or ship horn behind us. Riders using a MyBell could use these or any sound they can think of, as a horn option. MyBell is a handlebar-mounted digital bicycle bell and light that gives riders the ability to customize with their favorite sound, song and light pattern. The system uses a water resistant USB port allowing drag and drop file transfer of up to two sound files in popular formats like MP3 and WAV, light patterns in a MIDI format and for charging the device. Once loaded and installed on the bicycle, a one-button [...]

Go Kin Packs Have Redefined the Power Walk

Going for a power walk usually means heading out for a fitness speed walk. With Go Kin Packs, going for a power walk is literally going for a power walk. Go Kin Packs carry more than just your stuff; they contain a complete power generating and storage system. The packs work by using an internal generator that utilizes two cables attached to the wearer's ankles or shoes producing power as they walk. Generated power is then stored to a lithium-ion battery inside the module. During testing of the system, after just a brisk five-minute walk, the pack contained enough juice for a ten to twenty-five minute phone call. The pack [...]

Centralize Connected Home Notifications with LaMetric

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) Unless you are expecting an important call or email, chances are you are not walking around your house with your smart device. LaMetric is a small light display system that will do much more than alert you of an incoming email; it will centralize notifications for your connected home. LaMetric is a stand-alone light display that pairs with WigWag, SmartThings and Ninja Blocks to provide at-a-glance notifications. It uses one-touch buttons to interact with and respond to notifications, allowing the user to simply press a button when a notification is received to take action, like [...]

Caseboards’ Skateboard Looks Good in the Boardroom

Electric longboards are becoming increasingly popular for getting around, but carrying them around once you reach your destination is a real pain. If only there was a board that turned into its own case. Caseboards is an electrically powered skateboard that folds into a briefcase, making it easy to carry around. The board uses a powerful 500-watt brushless electric motor powered by a lithium-ion battery that gives the skater a range of up to 18 miles depending on load, surface and grade. The board also uses regenerative braking that will charge the battery when slowing down or going down steep hills, potentially extending the ride. Riders control the board with [...]

Squizmo Easily Flattens Toothpaste and Other Tubes

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) We use products sold in tubes every day from toothpaste to creams and ointments and when the product inside gets low, so do the creative ways of getting the last contents out. Squizmo is a simple innovation that is long overdue. Squizmo, short for, "Squeezing Gizmo" is a device that attaches to the end of most tubes and as the knob is turned, every bit of the contents inside is pushed out. Squizmo may look like a simple device, but the tool is actually engineered and tested to be durable and functional for many years [...]

Complete Home Connectivity with the Oort System

Check It Out or Buy on Amazon (Paid Link) Imagine one connectivity system that can help find keys, track people and pets, turn appliances on and off at your home or office, from anywhere in the world. Oort is a new remote control system that will go beyond what people have come to think of remote home connectivity. Oort is a collection of Bluetooth Low Energy devices that use a central hub to monitor just about everything in your life. The hub can be placed in a home or office and uses Wi-Fi to communicate to the Oort cloud (not that Oort cloud) enabling [...]

Peres Electronically Sniffs Food Detecting Nasty Bacteria

Smelling food to see if it has gone bad is great if something has really turned, however, most contaminated food will pass this test. Instead of taking a chance with your health, let Peres have a sniff. Peres is an electronic nose that takes a sample of the air near beef, pork, poultry and fish food products and then tests that air for gases produced by harmful bacteria. The device uses four sensors to ensure an accurate test of the sample including temperature, humidity, ammonia and volatile organic compound sensors. Using Bluetooth, the results of the test are sent to a smart device application and presented in easy-to-read graphs with [...]