Future Kitchen Concept - Aion

This may look like a command deck of a Starship Enterprise, but in real, this is a futuristic kitchen. And it not only looks like a command deck, but also shares another feature related to aerospace.

Designed by Antoin Lebrun, the Aion kitchen concept uses specialized plants developed by the aerospace industry. These plants are known for their cleaning and filtering properties. Apart from providing a renewable supply of fresh water and vegetable soap (while cleaning), they also filter smoke and fumes while cooking. 

For the cleaning purpose, simply putting the utensils in the sink and closing the hood will start the natural clean cycle. Further, the display shows the current status along with illuminated lights indicating cooking or washing etc. 

This is a very eco-friendly concept to reduce wastes and smoke, but unfortunately, it's just a concept at the moment.
                                                                                                                                                          

SmartFaucet - Tap With A Touch Screen

You may have got the most wired house in the neighbourhood, but the SmartFaucet from iHouse will surely blow your mind.

It's a water tap with built-in face recognition that automatically adjusts the water pressure, temperature and the lighting to your preferred settings (yeah, you read it right, it's a water tap).

What's more?? The touchscreen display even allows at-a-glance access to e-mails , appointments and the outside temperature while the LED illuminates the flow with temperature matching colors!!!

Google "Translate For Animals"

Do you understand the meanings of all the sounds made by your pet? Even if you are very much familiar with your pet, I bet you don't understand all the communications that he/she might want to make. It is nothing new that there is a huge, and I mean really huge communication gap between humans and animals. The gap is so huge that humans were totally clueless about the animal sounds. But thanks to Google (yeah, king of everything.right?) that the gap is going to reduce to some extent.

"Translate For Animals" is the app that I am talking about. This Android app will translate animal sounds into meaningful English sentences or words. It is a beta application aiming to narrow the communication gap between humans and animals. Google has taken the help of the world's top language synthesis teams and also of the experts in the field of animal cognitive linguistics in order to develop this app.

This app is made for the Android phones. Using it is pretty easy. Just search the Android marketplace and install this app in your Android phone. Then record your pet's sound. The record will then be sent to their cloud database for processing purpose. It will be interpreted and transcribed in English to your phone. Then just hear the translated version. Simple, isn't it?

Nothing can be said about the accuracy, but this one is surely going to be a fun experience. While trying to know about the feelings of your pets, you will come much closer to them. And this will also increase your love for your pets.

Here's a link for a demo(opens in a new tab). Translate For Animals

Oh! I am sorry that I neglected the crucial thing about this app. Thanks to Arafat for letting me know about that. Check the comments section to know it. :P
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Cravendale "Magic" Jug

There's nothing like having a glass of fresh milk in the morning, along with some cornflakes or whatever. But what if you had left the milk out in the kitchen overnight and you are wondering whether the milk is still safe to drink or not. Worse, you throw it away even it was good enough to drink, or consume it when it was not fit for drinking.

To help you out in this situation, the guys at Cravendale Research and Development have created a "magic" jug which warns when the milk poured into it is sour. Not only that, the jug has got a LCD screen that displays the state of the milk, either FRESH or SOUR.

How does it do that? Magic? Well, nah. The jug's base has got a unique pH sensor which measures the acidity of the milk. It also has a alarm system which alerts when the milk turns sour. According to the guys at Cravendale, by using this "magic" jug, a huge wastage of milk can be reduced.

SmartSwipe USB Credit Card Reader

Whether you're severely paranoid about using your credit card number online , or just fascinated by the thrill of swiping plastic, Canada's NetSecure Technologies has the answer : the SmartSwipe USB credit card reader.

Not only it is a pretty sophisticated way to save yourself the hassle of tapping in the same 16 digits every time you need to use your card online, the SmartSwipe actually encodes your credit card digits internally before transferring them to the PC, and in turn directly to the retailer. Thus, it provides completely security from the keyboard logging softwares which try to steal your typed data.

At present, it is only available for the citizens of Canada and USA. The price shown on their website is $99.95, not a bad deal if you want to feel a bit secure while shopping online.

Pet Pampering

Love your pets, but wish you could keep an eye on them while on vacation? Better still, feed then as well?

With the Remote Pet Feeding & Viewing Camera Kit Large Feeder, you can view your pet from anywherein the world, as long as you have the Internet and remote access to your home computer.

The product includes a large auto-feeder, dishwasher safe bowl, 24-hour programmable timer and a non-chewable cord. It also includes all the necessary softwares and the webcam. Enjoy your vacation while your pet enjoys the food at home.

X-mini Capsule Speakers

Wouldn’t blame you if you too did a double flip when you saw this baby (not the picture, but the real stuff). The pocket-size X-mini Capsule Speaker starts off looking like an innocuous block yo-yo, but one sideways twist and the X-mini extended upwards, accordion-style , to give you surprisingly boomy and full-bodied volume.

Mimicking a sub-woofer, the X-mini hooks up to any music player via a 3.5 mm audio jack and recharges over a retractable cable-USB plug. At about 50 grams and costing about $25, this little David will teach the big Goliath-esque boomboxes a thing or two about making sizes count.

Nio - Smart Search

Do you forget stuff everywhere you go ?? Do your things slip behind something and you waste your valuable time to locate it ??? Well, quit blaming yourself and try the Nio. It’s a Bluetooth security tag that links up your mobile and practically anything else you would like ----- may be your briefcase, a set of keys , or another mobile phone even!!!!

With the Nio, you then have the ability to be buzzed if your tracked belongings move out of the range with your cellphone. The software is pretty smart ---- you can set up specific times of the day you want to enable the alarm, say if you want protection during a long metro commute….

In addition, the software can keep track of multiple tags, and can activate a “find me” function on the tag , to help you locate the said item when it conveniently slips behind somewhere…(say , the sofa-cushion)!!!!

Violet RFID Mirror

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) was meant for factories and warehouses. But if you think that they are only meant for those purposes, then think again.The Violet RFID Mirror is a little USB-enabled platter that can read RFID tags and launch any assigned application on the computer when it spots a tag it knows.Take these for examples -----

i)  tagged umbrellas could launch weather forecast.

ii)  tagged wallet could pull up your bank account statement.

iii)  waving your car keys over the Mirror could be programmed to send an e-mail to your spouse telling her you’re on your way home.

Now think about this, the possibilities are endless.

Blessing For iPhone Owners

Forget the recent iPhone OS upgrade, this third party add-on fixes three with your iPhone in one shot.And all these with Apple's blessings, no less!!!

FastMac's iV is an extended battery for the iPhone, claimed to give 24 hours of talktime, 72/21 hours of audio/video playback, and an incredible 750 hours of standby time.If that's not enough, FastMac threw in a standard USB socket to charge any of your other gadgets, and added an LED lamp for the times you wishe the iPhone had a flash (or a flashlight, for that matter). it even fits into a standard Apple dock.

And all these at the price of $79.95.Cool, isn't it???

Hammacher Schlemmer's Infrared Flashlight Video Recorder

Could the humble flashlight be innovated on any further?

Apparently it can, if you see the Hammacher Schlemmer's nfrared Flashlight Video Recorder.Under that heavy duty flasglight garb, hides 17 infrared infrared LEDS and a video camera capable of capturing VGA (640x480) quality footage with audio!!!And that to during the night time with the help of the 17 LEDs.Stunning, isn't it??

While only 15 seconds of video can be recorded on the 128 MB of built in memory, you can add your own miniSD card.The whole thing comes at a price of $399.95.

THE iCAP

Caps were meant for protecting the head from the glaring sun or from the rain.But this theory no longer holds good.Now, you can listen your favourite music or tune ion the radio using your cap.

Ya, you read it right, music with the help of the cap.

GESTEN Technologies have launched the iCap which has a mp3 player along with 1GB memory, micro SD slot to carry more music, radio tuner and a voice recorder.It also has external loud speakers in case you want to make your music public.

All these comes at a price of $119.95.