Las Vegas: New technology is getting more personal. So personal, it is moving to connect and analyse our movements, our health, our brains and our everyday devices.
Welcome to the so-called Internet of Me!
One of the major themes at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) here is connecting thousands of objects that people use each day.
But the challenge facing developers is making that information useful, and the CES is increasingly seeing inventions related to digital ‘coaches’ and ways to improve health or fitness, or get better information about our cars, said Shawn DuBravac, chief economist at CEA.
Some of the new devices on display included apps to monitor and improve the quality of sleep, and a connected baby bottle to measure infant nutrition intake. Smart clothing, connected smoke detectors and dozens of new smartwatches and fitness devices are also in the mix.
He said this represents a “third phase of the Internet,” after PCs and mob-ile devices, to wearables and other objects.
Belty, a smart belt, monitors the wearer’s waistline measurements and advises when it is time to lose weight
Giroptic 360 cam uses three 185-degree cameras to capture and stitch images in real time
Tao chair looks like a normal lounging chair but it acts like an invisible gym, which strengthens the user’s core and burns calories
Tegra X1, the most powerful mobile processor ever from chipmaker Nvidia, is capable of doing trillions of calculations every second. But it isn’t needed either for phones, tablets or gaming. It is for cars!
Rollkers SAS, a transportation accessory, increases a person’s average walking rate up to 7 miles/hour
InBody is the first wearable fitness tracker and body composition analyser. It tracks sleep, heart rate, body fat percentage, total muscle mass, body fat mass and basal metabolic rate
XYZprinting 3D Food Printer can import designs of cakes, cookies from the Internet and make real decorations
Sleepphones helps people get to sleep better. It uses binaural beat technology that can put the brain in a relaxed state
Melomind Headset helps you to control stress in just 15 minutes and provides feedback for training in stress reduction
