SmartWorld Weekly: Amazon’s Home Automation Store, Cars that Wirelessly Charge Smartphones + More
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 features Amazon’s home automation shop, quantified self apps to help you sleep, cars that wirelessly charge smartphones, and smart jewelry for commuters.
Amazon’s Specialty Shop for Home Automation + Money Saving Solutions
SmartHome Monday featured a new cloud security platform from GEO Semiconductor Inc., Shaspa, and Tatung that launched at the IFA 103, Amazon’s new Home Automation store that helps you pick out the best home automation solution as well as help you get started if you have no clue, and Nest and Sunrun’s partnership to deliver affordable solar energy solutions as well as help people save up on home energy consumption.
Quantified Self Apps + Gadgets for Real Life : Sleep and Eat Better
Quantified Self Tuesday delivered news regarding the Human app that records your activities without having to rely on other external tracking devices as it relies on the sensors of your smartphone, the Beddit sleep and wellness tracker that users put under their bed cover and sleep on it, and Larlife, the app that not only tracks your activities but also help you get healthy by helping you to eat healthy foods.
Cars that Wirelessly Charge Smartphones + More
On SmartCar Wednesday we featured the Nismo Concept Watch, a smartwatch developed by Nissan to be used by Nismo drivers that connects the driver directly to the car, GM’s plan to equip all its 2014 vehicles with Powermats so drivers and passengers can wirelessly charge their smartphones while on the go, and the Cobra iRadar ATOM that helps driver avoid speed traps.
Smart Jewelry for Commuters + Unlock Doors with your Heartbeat
SmartDevice Thursday featured the Sesame Ring which lets commuters get on the train without any fuss, the Nymi bracelet that uses a person’s ECG to unlock phones, doors, cars, control connected devices with a flick of your wrist or just by approaching it, and the ParaShoot, a palm-sized camera that lets you capture all the magical moments happening around you either by videos or snapshots.
Tune in next week for more interesting stories, discoveries, and innovation in the world of smart and connected things.
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