Can you imagine a situation where you get paid to view an ad? Probably yes, in my dreams. Well, the Slovenian mobile app Venxly, invented by Miha J. Mulec, turns this into reality, so you can pinch yourself peacefully without waking up to a harsh reality where ads are only a necessary evil. Namely, the application sets new trends in advertising, as it will stimulate the visitor to visit the ad, for which he will be suitably rewarded.
Creators, innovators and designers of the world impress us every year with innovative concepts, inventions and ideas that make our daily lives easier. We present those technological concepts that literally took our breath away in 2014.
The freshest trend in cycling is smart bikes. We already wrote about DuBik recently, but there are also Valour, Rogue C6,... Even a start-up company from Germany, iCradle, jumped on this train, but came up with a different approach - to turn classic bikes into smart ones. They managed to do this with a "gadget", a COBI mount that attaches to the handlebar, and its spiritus agens is a smartphone (iOS or Android).
The Cicret bracelet is the best example of how we will feel the progress of technology on our own skin. Literally, the Cicret, which from a distance resembles another silicone bracelet, projects the smartphone screen onto the hand and turns it into a touch screen. The system is based on the Android operating system and rubs the digital world into our skin like a cream.
Industrial designer Chan Yeop Jeong developed the innovative Pecera - a washing machine that uses robotic fish to gently wash our clothes without detergent, based on the model of pedicure fish pools.
We are all impatiently counting down the days until Christmas and the moment when the presents will shine under the Christmas tree, which the elves are already diligently wrapping somewhere in Lapland. If you want to track Santa's delivery and spice up the wait, you can help yourself with apps and websites that follow the benefactor from the North Pole every step of the way.
Foldio 2 is the successor to the first desktop folding studio for product photography and is 200% larger than its predecessor. It is intended for everyone who wants the level of quality of studio photography, but which is automatically associated with expensive equipment and specific knowledge. With the second generation of Foldia, you can have the same ambitions as the "big ones", because you can achieve the level of professional photography with a mobile phone and without any knowledge.
The A'Design Awards-winning iLoop is an exciting, fun and extremely useful smartphone stand that is fighting for its bright future on the popular platform for funding creative projects, Kickstarter.
A Wi-Fi access password is a necessary evil for most. It's a safeguard that doesn't allow strangers to connect to our network and steal bandwidth. But every password has an Achilles' heel, no matter how sophisticated, which makes most routers or "routers" vulnerable. But not the Keewifi router, which uses device proximity rather than a code as a form of authentication.
People simply forget how important it is to walk correctly and have a straight spine. The Arki bracelet, designed by the company Zikto, analyzes our gait and helps keep it healthy, provides data on body balance and records our activities.
The line between digital cameras and mobile phone cameras is almost blurred. Although this fact is probably hard to swallow for all sworn (D)SLR users, let us remind them that a good photo is made by the person, not the camera, and that a DSLR does not automatically make you a better photographer. A pinch of creativity and we can be more than competitive with a mobile phone. This is today's reality. So follow the tips on how to take a great photo with your mobile phone.
Baidu, which is also affectionately called the Chinese Google, together with the Industrial Design Department of China's Tsinghua University in Beijing, designed a prototype of a self-sufficient smart mountain bike DuBike, which measures your physical activity while riding, like various sports meters, performs the functions of a bicycle counter and still produces its own electricity.