If you missed this week’s SmartWorld Series, here’s your chance to catch up on the exciting developments happening in the connected world.  Each week, we round up the best of apps and services for health and fitness, smart homes, smart cars and anything related to the Internet of Things.

This week’s SmartWorld Series featured an app that manages multiroom sound tripping, an app that tells you how long you last in bed, a smart key that has the potential to save lives, a program to accelerate the development of smart and connected things, and more.

New SmartHome Solutions for Multiroom Sound Tripping

On Monday, we featured the WHAALE Multiroom app that allows users to stream music to different AirPlay speakers or AirPlay-compatible speakers simultaneously, stream music from different sources, and even play different songs in different rooms at the same time.

We also discussed Belkin’s WeMo home automation solutions and the August Smart Lock that allows you to give door access to your phone’s contacts for a few hours or for eternity.

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How Long Do You Last in Bed? There’s a Self-Quantified App for That

If you’re wondering how well you’re doing in bed with your partner, such as how many thrusts you do in a session or how long you last in the sack, there’s an app for that.  We featured Spreadsheets in our Tuesday roundup, along with the revamped version of the time-tracking app Chronos 2.0 and 23andMe’s DNA kit that informs people about their roots.

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How A Smart Key Can Save Your Kid’s Life

Mercedes Benz wants to revolutionize navigation with its Door-to-Door Navigation app with the use of Google Glass, while Elon Musk wants to take public transportation to the next level with his Hyperloop design.  But it seems that Ford’s MyKey smart key has garnered much of the attention in our Thursday roundup, as it allows parents to take control of how their teens drive their cars.

The MyKey can be programmed to disable the car’s sound system if the seat belt isn’t being used, set off an alarm if the car is speeding beyond the limit, give a warning if the car is close to running low on fuel, and even enable a “Do Not Disturb” feature that puts calls and text messages on hold so teens don’t pick up their phones while driving.

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Jump Starting the New Generation of Connected Devices

As the Internet of Things space continues to bloom, R/GA launched a program to allow startups to develop more connected mobile apps, hardware, products and services.  On Thursday’s roundup we also featured theQ camera (the first social camera) and WebCurfew, a service that allows parents to control which devices can or cannot connect to the home router.

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Tune in next week for more interesting stories, discoveries, and innovation in the world of smart and connected things.