Watching your weight or need something to help you monitor your dietary needs? Want to know if you’re good to drive even after you have consumed alcohol? What about replacing access key cards with your phone? These are just some of the smart devices that we discussed in SiliconANGLE’s Smart World series this past week.

Every week we round up the latest developments in the Smart World, from new developer platforms to smart city initiatives around the world. Here’s what you missed :

The alarm who cried wolf

Intel Corp. and the National Science Foundation has granted Insup Lee, the Cecilia Fitler Moore Professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science and Director of PRECISE Center at the University of Pennsylvania, $6 million to help fund its Smart Alarm endeavor. The Smart Alarm system utilizes machine learning to determine whether a medical device’s alarm is for real or not to prevent alarm fatigue in the medical staff.

Read more about this investment and project here.

Replacing access key cards with mobile apps

Brivo, Inc. has released the Brivo Mobile Pass, an enhancement to the Brivo OnAir access control system which will allow users to gain access to rooms or facilities that uses the Brivo system with the use of their smartphone. Brivo aims to make access key cards obsolete and deliver a faster and easier way to enter rooms or facilities.

Read more about this update here.

Drunk nerds

Ever wonder if knowing your blood alcohol concentration will change your drinking behavior? Wonder no more as SiliconANGLE’s Kristen Nicole-Martin and her band of misfits tests one of the latest trends in the self-quantified movement. What effect will self-measured breathalyzer have on consumption?

Read how having a handy breathalyzer influenced these drunk nerds’ nights of drinking here.

Wink will survive Quirky bankruptcy

Quirky, Inc. has filed for bankruptcy and has put its assets up for sale, including its home automation spinoff Wink, Inc. Though the announcement states that the bankruptcy filing will not affect Wink’s operations, one cannot help but wonder if this spells trouble for the smart home hub market.

Read more about the bankruptcy filing here.

Olympian joins smart plate company

SmartPlate maker Fitly, Inc. announced that six-time Olympic medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee has joined the company as Co-Founder and Head of Wellness. SmartPlate allows users to monitor food intake effortlessly and could help them achieve health goals. It seems a good fit for the olympian, who says this smart plate could’ve helped her win more medals.

Read more about it here.

Sexy, new Pebble Time Round

Samsung, Apple and LG may have the best looking smartwatch these days, but Pebble Technology Corp. may have started the hype with its e-paper display smartwatches and now has announced its sexiest device called the Time Round. The device is thin and sleek, and is price lower than what the tech giants offer.

Read more about what the Time Round offers here.

21 Inc.: Changing the way we pay and play

21 Inc. has recently announced that its 21 Bitcoin Computer will soon be available on Amazon.com. Though some might see this as just a small computer “that enables a developer to expose a software-as-a-service API to a marketplace that can exchange value with bitcoin transactions,” there is more than meets the eye.

Read about how this computer will change how we interact with the virtual world here.

Smart car seat detects road rage, sleepy drivers

We know the dangers of driving while sleepy or even enraged, and in a few years, our cars may be fitted with a special seat that would ensure we are always in the right state to prevent accidents. Called the Active WellnessTM, the seat will adopt to your ever changing needs to ensure you won’t suddenly doze off while behind the wheel.

Read more about the smart seat here.

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

Photo by New York DUI Lawyers