Gadgets :: January 17, 2017
By Gregg Ellman
(@Greggellman)
The 2017 Consumer Electronics Show is a few weeks behind us but it all take me months to dig through all the information sent my way about new products.
Here are few useful items whose live demonstrations caught my attention and hopefully now yours.
If you want a smartwatch but just can’t part with your analog watch, take a look at the CT Band, which turns your existing, standard, ordinary watch face into a smartwatch.
The CT Band incorporates a wide range of sensors, which provide a wealth of data on physical fitness, well-being and the environment around you.
The free accompanying app for smartphones and tablets displays the CT Band’s data on a user-friendly interface for each category. The app lets you find others in your area to challenge and share your results with. You can set up notifications to the band to receive a variety of subjects including stock market alerts.
Some of the straps feature recording data from daily activities, sports activities, blood oxygen rate, steps and heart rate.
It’s expected out by the end of April in seven colors in leather and 11 colors in silicone. Prices will vary from $170 to $200. Strap width’s are available in 18, 20 and 22 mm.
Benjilock is marketed as the world’s first traditional rechargeable padlock with fingerprint technology, so if you can’t find the lock’s key, a touch of the lock will do the trick.
Once your fingerprint is set, just touch an outside fingerprint sensor, which has an ambient LED light. The lock can store up to four fingerprints.
If non-stored fingerprints attempt to open the lock, the fingerprint system will lock up so only a key can be used.
The stainless steel Benjilock measures 4-by-1-by-2.8-inches and a rechargeable lithium-ion battery, which only has to be charged once a year
www.benjilock.com $79.99, expected out in September
Sleep Number showed off the upcoming launch the Sleep Number 360 smart bed, which is touted as a first-of-its-kind bed that intuitively senses and automatically adjusts all night, forever transforming the way people sleep.
Basically it’s a bed that works while you sleep. The Sleep Number 360 smart bed redefines what people should expect from their bed.
Features include self-adjusting sleep positions for comfort throughout the night, automatic snore detection and adjustment with sensing sleepIQ biometrics, foot-warming to fall asleep faster and a smart alarm to awaken you at the optimal moment.
Sleep Number 360 smart beds and bases will be priced similar to Sleep Number’s current mattresses and adjustable bases.
InspEar, by startup Cotral Group, says it will revolutionize both hearing and speaking with augmented and connected earbuds with the InspEar, which the company states is the first custom-fitted hearable device.
InspEars use cutting-edge technology to filter, decrease, and select surrounding noise, as well as provide voice control capabilities for smartphones and connected objects enabling your ears to become a smart technology platform.
The earbuds will access a variety of services by controlling connected objects with your voice, transform your music by blocking all outside noise so you can completely immerse yourself in your music.
They have active noise reduction technology, which removes select sounds from the outside world to you hear your selected audio crystal clear. Your ears are also protected from loud sounds and noises with the decreased sounds by 30 decibels
www.inspear.com $700 for the pair and includes custom plugs for sleeping that offers noise cancelling capabilities
