Trio-tracking golf simulator
BallFlight™ from OptiShot® Golf is said to be the industry’s first “trio-tracking” simulator, offering detailed data on ball spin, ball and club speed, and launch angle. The $5,995 BallFlight package includes game software, driving range, full video data display, free software upgrades, carrying case, USB connection cable, one-year warranty and customer care.
See-through smartphone
DOOGEE TT is said to be an eye-catching smartphone in a see-through body. It looks like a piece of transparent glass, according to DOOGEE. No circuit or component is visible while the user is able to proceed with operation by touching both the front and rear screen. Once the liquid crystal molecules inside the transparent touchscreen are stimulated by electric current, they are rearranged to form text, icons and images. The whole view of the background can protect users from tripping and falling on unseen obstacles while walking.
World’s smartest toothbrush
The world’s “first truly hygienic toothbrush” collects data providing feedback for better technique and connects users to their dentists, according to United Kingdom-based Dentii. A smartphone app connects to the electric toothbrush and maps the geometry of a patient’s mouth, noting the brushing paths and pressure. Via the app, the data is sent to the user’s dental professional for analysis and then, if necessary, they will inform the patient on how to improve their dental routine. Dentii is being developed as the world’s first toothbrush that can prompt an individual to go to the dentist at early signs of problems, such as oral cancer. But all this is in the future. The company launched on Kickstarter in February.
Hands-free smartphone mount
As smartphones have become society’s primary way of taking and storing pictures, things can get tricky when someone wants to take a family photo or a solo shot that requires them to put the camera down or find someone else to take the picture, according to Fromm Works. Selfie Stick-It™ is a hands-free smartphone mount with Bluetooth remote that can stick anywhere. The remote works with both iOS and Android platforms. Selfie Stick-It™ fits any smartphone even when in a case, can be used in portrait or landscape mode, is fully reusable (washable gel can be used over and over again), and works on almost any sealed or painted surface, including wood, glass and marble, according to the firm. Weighing less than 1 ounce, the product is said to have a strong yet temporary hold that won’t damage the attached surface when mounted properly.
World’s smartest pillow
ZEEQ is a smart pillow that can stream music to help users fall asleep, monitor and react to snoring, analyze sleep and intelligently wake the user up, according to the manufacturer, REM-Fit. The UK-based company also offers various sleep tech gadgets and three varied tension hybrid cool-gel mattresses, which are designed to keep the sleeper cooler and thus enabling deeper, longer and more regenerative sleep.
Dictation software with style
Dictation software that transforms spoken words into text formatted with different type styles, subheads and alignments is readily available, reports The New York Times. With some programs, you can even add bullet lists, adjust line spacing and apply highlight colors to text, all through spoken commands. In fact, you may find that programs you already use can handle basic formatting by dictation – as long as you use the right commands. For example, when used with the Chrome browser and Google’s system of “voice typing,” Google Docs can add quite a bit of text formatting when you tell the program what to do. To compose and edit text this way, you need a microphone connected to your computer; headset microphones from a smartphone may work if the connector is compatible.