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A new technology developed by Japanese tech company OMRON may have a solution to help prevent crashes caused by driver fatigue. OMRON's Onboard Driving Monitoring Sensor uses facial recognition and artificial intelligence to tell if a driver is falling asleep or texting while driving, and prompting them to pay attention and drive safely.
Japanese company Xenoma showed off its first mass produced e-skin on Wednesday, a machine washable t-shirt with electric sensors that could revolutionise health technology for the home. The e-skin is equipped with a unified monitoring sensor system that can keep checking your breathing rate, blood pressure, and body temperature, while also closely monitoring your movement, even helping play virtual reality games.
OKcupid, Tinder and Grindr might just be the dating tech of the past, as Ripple, a wearable device that lets you know when potential suitors are giving you the eye, sends waves through the streets of London. Expounding on the concept of their creation from a studio at the Royal College of Arts in London on Wednesday, the designers explained that Ripple is “kind of like your friend on your back …, amplifying your natural intuition as far as when people are interested in you." It does this by using cameras embedded in the tentacular design, recognising when people are looking, how long they look for, and the number of times they pay attention to you. Once Ripple realises you have a suitor, it will begin to send small ripples down your back. Luckily, there is a way to stop Ripple from picking up too much unwanted attention; according to one of the device’s designers Lyle Baumgarten “once you find out who made it start rippling then you have to say OK, I want to wave back at you, otherwise it just ignores them." The accessory is the creation of four art and engineering students at Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art.
Swiss watchmaker MyKronoz showed off its new hybrid smartwatch ZeTime, which combines Swiss watchmaking traditions with a digital touchscreen, at the Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona on Tuesday. The manufacturers claim that ZeTime boasts a 200 millamp hour battery capacity, meaning it can continue to function for 30 days on a single charge. The TFT display is 1.18 inches in diameter with a screen resolution of 240 x 240 pixels. It is equipped with Bluetooth, which allows the watch owner to manage calls and receive notifications. For wellness lovers, ZeTime offers a sleep and activity tracker, which calculates movements and activity time. The smartwatch is expected to hit stores in September of this year and will cost about $211.
Are you looking for a table tennis partner? Well this next level robotic human assistant may bring out the best in your game by practicing with you tirelessly for hours. Visitors of Japan's 2016 Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies, or CEATEC, got a chance to work on their own serves with Omron's latest ping-pong robot. Omron's robot is able to predict the ball's path and return it consistently, but the ping pong robot is actually being designed and modified for factory work instead of becoming the next ping-pong legend. The company is preparing their robot to assist humans at factory assembly lines, to help pick and place different parts together for assembly. CEATEC is Japan's largest IT and electronics trade show, and many manufacturers and innovators show off their latest products at the tech show.
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