You know the one. Someone offers you a bulky orange life jacket and you politely decline it. I can swim, you think, and besides, you'd look ridiculous. But in the USA alone, 83 percent of the people who drowned in 2013 were not wearing it, and as many as 370,000 people drown in the world every year! Handy wearable device Kingii aims to reduce this bleak statistic by reinventing lifelines. It is a wrist device that uses a CO2 bomb. In case of danger, it inflates a hidden cushion that keeps a person afloat for up to 48 hours.
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We can never do too much for the safety of cyclists when they share space with cars, so there is a welcome innovation called Cyclee, a bicycle projector that is mounted on the seat post and projects light signs on the back of the cyclist to alert drivers to actions cyclist. The possibility of an accident for a cyclist is 26 to 48 times higher than for a driver of a personal vehicle, so cyclists must be even more careful. Cyclee is a big step towards keeping black stats pretty much empty.
In Maslow's hierarchy of needs, security is one of the basic requirements that a person must fulfill. Whatever we do, we always want to be safe. Likewise, safety should not be neglected when traveling. And we are not only talking about the insurance that we can get when booking a flight, but also about the weaknesses of our destination and the things that we need to consider in order to be as safe as possible on our trip. Here are tips on how to stay safe while traveling.
Keeping our home safe shouldn't be scary, frustrating or complicated. So meet Canary, a home security system packed into a single cute smart device that you can control from your smartphone. It has a built-in HD camera, microphone, motion sensor, alarm (with a sound intensity of more than 90 dB), night view, temperature, air quality and humidity meter, and Wi-Fi technology. With this in the apartment, you can be completely calm when you are away.
The arrival of the Nest Cam device was somewhat expected, if we remember that Nest, which was founded by two former Apple people, recently bought the company DropCam. Nest has already controlled your home heating thermostat and detected smoke and carbon monoxide, and the Nest Cam also keeps an eye on the house like a watchdog. It is a direct descendant of the DropCam Pro camera, but slimmer, with a resolution of 1080p (the predecessor was capable of 720p), with a night view and an online service that allows you to follow the action anywhere in the world.
If you want to learn secrets from someone, there's no need for alcohol vapor to be involved anymore, just comb through their Google search history. This one, especially since it includes Google services like Gmail, Google+, Google Maps and YouTube, is pretty telling and not something you want your parents or potential partners to see. So it's a bit surprising that Google has offered the option to download your entire search history.
The smart lock may not be a completely new coinage, namely fingerprint (biometric technology) and contactless card locks could already be called smart locks, but the only real ones are those like Sesame from Kickstarter, which work in connection with a smartphone. But the big advantage of the Sesame lock compared to the others is that the use, and above all the installation, is a task for a child.
The first thing you notice about the Scout security system and home alarm is its clean, modern design. The motion sensors, central base and door and window sensors are simple and visually unobtrusive. The security alarm system for the home works via the Scout iOS application, and its connection across rooms ensures quality protection. With this kind of alarm, you will not only be safe, but also quite "geeky".
Norton, a company known for the production of security software, got "into the pants". Together with the company Betabrand, they made a pair of jeans and a jacket with radio frequency identification (RFID), which will block fabrics in the pockets. This should prevent thieves from stealing personal information from identification or bank cards.
With the "Whatareyoufor" campaign, Smart set out to find creative solutions that would increase road safety in cities.
Smartphones are powerful devices and masters of countless skills, but while they benefit us in many areas, they also make us a target for thieves and other miscreants. And since they don't have martial arts knowledge in their repertoire, as most of its owners don't, we are easy prey. But no more! Namely, The Defender is coming, a pocket-sized device, the fear and trembling of all small-minded people.
Optical quality, forward-thinking design and classic chic are the hallmarks of Sons + Daughters Eyewear. Style and safety come together in sunglasses that are intended only for children.