Top 3 Gadgets For Every Day Ease!
Furbo, DOGGY DAY CARE (£129) – This treat tossing, two-way chat and bark alert bot allows you to watch your pet and it feed it while you’re not there. It also comes with 3D and night vision so you can keep an eye on things via the app. The Dodow (£44) – This sleep aid for those who have trouble falling asleep has been reviewed as “surprisingly effective”. Designed by a pair of insomniacs, you simply breathe in time with the blue light and drift smoothly off to sleep. ECOVACS DEEBOT Robotic Vacuum Cleaner (range of models and prices) – this robotic hoover can be easily controlled by smartphone and offers 5 different modes. With object detection, you can just leave it to roam around and it’ll happily clean up all and any food spills.
The Future Is Here
Robots – We’re not about to be overrun by misguided, free-willed robots just yet, but the technology is well underway. Robotic kitchens and hotels entirely run by personable machines already exist, and although right now this is just novelty, one day such could become the norm. Softbank Robotics have produced a series of three personable, humanoid robots called Nao, Pepper and Romeo. These were developed to entertain, aid and befriend us. Robots have already been well-received in elderly care homes across Japan to help careworkers. Very futuristic! Holograms – Holograms already exist and have been most famously used in stage per formances to resurrect dead singers for one last per formance. However, various companies are working on creating interactive holograms that per form real functions, moving us away from touch screens to touch holograms. Although it’s still a while away, scientists say the technology is possible as we currently have workable table-top holograms. Virtual Reality – This is the furthest along futuristic tech. Although it’s currently popular among video game developers, this could one day be how we watch TV, interact with the internet and could become an integral part of many workplaces. Companies are working on sleeker eye goggle design and there’s talk of one day having brain implants!