The world has taught and led many people to live in this modern age without leaving any trails on-net or off-net. This kind of life style is referred to “Living Off The Grid.” However, today we are going to introduce you with two peoples who are willingly “Living Off The Grid”.
Batteries play a very important role in electronic devices. Researchers are trying to make an affordable and environmentally friendly battery out of sand. It is being touted that such sand-based lithium ion batteries will outperform standard by up to 300%.
We often use network devices to connect multiple electronic devices at a time for different purposes. But lately, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has revealed that the networked devices waste 400 terawatt-hours of energy annually.
It’s really hard to wake up a sleepy head person. The alarm clock keeps ringing and instead of waking up, some people snooze or stop it and go to sleep again. But the scenario is going to be obsolete. Maneesh Sethi has created a wristband named Pavlok which will give a small shock to these types of obstinate person to change their habit.
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In office, many people often need to scan. Just imagine, you put something on a thing and that thing instantly got scanned – isn’t that great? Well, that ‘something’ is not very far away. Swiss startup Dacuda claims it has created the world’s first and the smallest wireless scanner called PocketScan.
Each year at I/O, Google gives all of the developers in the audience a gift. Some years it’s a tablet while some years, it’s a laptop. But this year at I/O, Google has given the attendees a piece of cardboard! Actually it’s an app that lets Android users transform their phones into Virtual Reality headsets.
You might have seen such remote-controlled cars that can even move on any jagged terrain. But I am quite sure you haven’t seen such types of remote-controlled car. Takara Tomy has created such a remote-controlled car that can not only move on land and sea, but also can fly in the air.
Flavor plays a great role in food. UK inventor group Lick Me I’m Delicious has invented the Edible Mist Machine, a strange orb-like device that lets dieters sample the flavors of some of their favorite foods without actually eating them.