Remember Google's iconic product, Google Glass? Built-in GPS, motion sensor, camera, etc. , you can show the way, interact with friends, take photos and take videos. It is closely integrated with other Google services, increasing the sense of real experience. For details about what it can do, you can look here. The fly in the ointment is that there seems to be no App that shows combat effectiveness.
Now Google officially opens the experience purchase application of this pair of glasses to the public, but this application seems to be quite special. You need to write an application on Google+ or Twitter to tell you what you want to do with Google Glass (at least 50 English words, you must add #ifihadglass, you can upload pictures/videos, but it can't take more than 5/15 seconds), and the applicant must be at least 65438+. If you are selected by Google as an experiencer of Google Glass, you need to pay $65,438+0,500 (excluding tax), and you will also be invited to have personal experience activities in new york, San Francisco or Los Angeles (which is why the applicant needs to live in the United States).
For such high-tech products, cost performance is by no means the primary factor to consider, not to mention that for most children in China, the threshold for getting their hands is really not low, just look at it.
Second, the jawbone is upward.
Jawbone UP 2 is an intelligent fitness wristband product launched by Jawbone. Using an iPhone or Android smartphone, this product can record your daily activities, sleep and diet data to help you understand and improve your health.
In fact, products similar to Jawbone UP 2 on the market include Nike's FuelBand wristband, Fitbit and domestic fullness and barley health. Jawbone UP 2 is cheaper than Nike FuelBand, and it also has a sleep wake-up function. As for Fitbit, Glug and barley health, they are all designed with small clips, which are not as convenient as wristbands.
The working principle of this wristband is that the wristband has a built-in vibration motor, which can vibrate when you sleep to remind you to get up at a preset time, and can also remind you to rest and exercise after you work for a certain period of time. There is also a motion sensor accelerator in the wristband, which can record the number of steps you take every day, and then calculate the calories you burn every day according to your body data.
The system suggests that you synchronize this wristband twice a day to make the data more accurate, and the system can provide suggestions that are more in line with your physical condition. However, wristbands do not support wireless synchronization like Fitbit. Every time you need to take off your wristband, take off your protective cap and insert it into the headphone jack of your mobile phone, you can open the application. In the long run, you may feel bored and inconvenient.
Third, MYO
With the popularity of Google Glass, more and more wearable computing devices came into being. Thalmic laboratory in Canada has developed a new product called MYO, which can be worn on the armband of forearm. MYO armband can be connected to other devices, such as computers and mobile phones. So that users can control these devices by moving their fingers or palms without touching them directly.
In principle, we use the source power of forearm muscles, hands and fingers to measure the electrical pulses generated by muscles when moving their arms. Using electromyography technology, MYO's sensors can detect your gestures, convert them into digital commands and send them to computers, mobile devices or remote control tools. Similar technology is also applied to high-tech arms and prostheses. The ARM band has built-in muscle motion sensors (three-axis acceleration sensor and three-axis gyroscope), and uses ARM processor and rechargeable lithium battery to transmit data through Bluetooth 4.0.
Just thinking about it makes me very excited. In the near future, it will become a very common thing to look up information with Google glasses and operate computers remotely with your arms. If there is brainwave control, human-computer interaction will realize the unity of man and nature.
In terms of price, official website has started to book US$ 65,438+049, but the goods will not be delivered until the end of this year.
Fourth, the leap movement.
The leap movement finally arrived. Is this a somatosensory artifact that will change the future? Is it the mouse and keyboard terminator? Or the key to connecting virtual and reality? But this product is only $66.99, so tremble, it's cheaper than just buying a Kinect accessory! How to play this product? Watch the video below ~
Since the success of the three major host manufacturers' somatosensory devices Wii, PlayStation Move and Kinect, more and more companies have turned their attention to the emerging somatosensory field. However, a company called Leap Motion gradually rose with Leap's innovative design concept and the price of $69.99. Maybe Leap will be a product that can change the future. Under the general trend of somatosensory rise, in the future, you don't need a mouse, keyboard or even a touch screen to operate a computer, just make a few gestures easily. Think about the changes brought about by the touch of iPad. No matter old people or children, there is no need to teach elderly parents how to use keyboards and mice, but Leap Motion's somatosensory technology has the same effect.
Leap looks the size of a pack of chewing gum and consists of only two parts: a sensor and a camera. Leap doesn't have the high price of Kinect, and it doesn't need to buy an extra XBOX or enough indoor space, but the people of Leap Motion claim that the accuracy is 200 times that of Kinect, which shows their confidence in the product. Leap's operation is simple. After USB is connected to the computer, there will be a space of 4 cubic feet above the sensor, and then various gestures can be made. Obviously, this way of cutting fruit is more interesting than playing on the touch screen. In addition, Leap Motion also provides SDK for developers, so that there will be more applicable apps in the future.
Leap Motion official website is currently accepting reservations for $69.99, which can be sent directly to China. The international freight is $65,438 +04.99, totaling $84.98, which is about 540 yuan RMB. In addition to Mac OS X system, Leap also supports Windows, which is convenient for domestic netizens to use. What's worth buying? Netizen "fan_buy" recommended reason "After this product is booked now, it will be delivered in the scheduled order from February. In terms of physical stores, it will cooperate with Best Buy to sell (or it may take the mode of booking first and then picking up the goods). With Win8, this thing should still be very playable on a desktop computer. Dear Haitao people, you can come first! " .
Verb (abbreviation for verb) 3D display screen
When all eyes of 3D technology are focused on the printer, this handheld 3D display of Tom Nagae/DIRECTIONS Company in Japan returns to the most primitive optical principle, turning the iPhone into a portable 3D cinema. When folded, the Pal Top Theater looks like an ordinary phone case. There are three shots in it: a big shot and two small shots at a certain angle. It looks simple, but it works well. Pocket Cinema has a free application for users to download. This device does not support all movies on the iPhone, but a special format that divides the movie screen into three layers. At present, the iPhone version of Palm Top Theater costs $33, and Tom Nagae/DIRECTIONS has also produced an iPad version of the monitor, but it has not yet been sold publicly.
Six, 3D printer
At present, 3D printing has gradually become a trend, and it has been widely used in the design field, especially in industrial design and digital product mold opening, which can save the development time of many products going to market. The principle of printing is to establish a digital model first, then process it layer by layer, superpose it and form it, and finally finish printing. It not only reduces the cost of three-dimensional objects, but also stimulates people's imagination, and can "print" solid objects of various shapes to meet the interests and even industrial application requirements.
MakerBot is a company from Brooklyn, USA, which mainly produces 3D printers and other products. In 20110, MakerBot was rated as one of the "20 most innovative technology companies" by the well-known technology media SAI, and official website is here. Makerbot Replicator 2, a 3D printer recommended today, was rated as one of the best inventions in 20 12 by Time magazine. Makerbot Replicator 2 adopts Dualstrusion technology, which can print two colors at the same time, support printing, print almost all three-dimensional shapes, and the printed model has a good sense of hierarchy. Compared with the previous generation, the printing space of Makerbot Replicator 2 is 37% larger than that of the previous generation, reaching 465,438+00 cubic inches (28.5 * 65,438+05.3 * 65,438+05.5 cm), and more parts can be printed at a time. In addition, this generation of products has also optimized the PLA material needed for printing, which has stronger adhesion and is helpful for final molding. Of course, it is not easy to use this machine well. Before printing, you should go to official website to download the 3D model, or you should model it yourself.
Seven, smart home remote control
BELKIN Belgin WeMo switch+motion smart home controller, Amazon currently sells for $83.8, and Amazon China currently sells for ￥728. With this Dongdong, even if you are not at home, you can remotely switch on and off all kinds of electrical appliances at home anytime and anywhere, and set the automatic running time of the equipment.
Eight, laser projection keyboard
Celluon Rubik's Cube is a virtual keyboard and mouse, which is reflected on the desktop by laser. It has a simple QWERTY layout, no numeric keyboard, and can support 350 characters per minute. The projection chip will track the movement of human fingers and distinguish between the input text or the operation of sliding the mouse. Charging requires Micro USB wiring and supports Bluetooth 2.0 HID pairing. We can connect it to desktop, laptop, iPad, iPhone and Android devices, with Bluetooth HID function, plug and play, compact size is very convenient to carry, and can be taken away in your pocket.
At present, the price of Amazon in the United States is $65,438 +025. You can use your credit card to purchase RMB equivalent to 790 yuan through a freight forwarding company (excluding customs duties, 50 yuan will be exempted if the customs duties are insufficient). Please refer to this Haitao Raiders for specific purchase methods. If you take it out on the train and during the journey, it is also an eye-catching weapon and high-tech equipment.
Nine, smart pen
With the development of mobile Internet and the popularity of smart handheld devices, people can record every bit of life anytime and anywhere and upload it to the cloud easily. In theory, just one smart phone is enough to take everything away and keep you away from traditional paper and pens. The premise is that you should be patient and resilient. You may need enough time to enter notes on the tablet, write an article on paper with a pen and draw a small illustration. Livescribe is trying to do something about it. The company released a new digital pen, Sky WiFi smart pen. The biggest feature of this pen is to upload data to the network while writing on paper. It is equipped with a specially designed notebook and has at least 2G storage space for storing handwritten notes and corresponding linked audio files. When you write, these contents will be directly synchronized to Evernote via WiFi, and then can be viewed on almost any PC, tablet and smartphone.
Sky WiFi smartpen will provide more services next year, when the content can be uploaded to Google Drive, Dropbox and Facebook. Maybe you are thinking, how to choose the right network and enter the password? The matching notebook is printed with link buttons, and the smart pen also has an organic light-emitting diode display screen, which can solve the problem with simple operation. At the same time, you can set a password for this pen to protect your privacy. Sky WiFi smart pen can also record while writing. When you click on the text, it will play the recording of the corresponding time of the text, which is convenient for querying audio data.
Pebble watch
Pebble is the first smart watch that fully supports iOS functions. It has a 1.26 inch black and white backlight screen with a resolution of 144 x 168. E-paper electronic paper technology can be used to connect with other devices through Bluetooth 2. 1+EDR. There are 4 buttons on the watch body, built-in vibration motor and three-axis accelerometer, and the battery life can reach 7 days.
After connecting Pebble to iOS or Android devices via Bluetooth, you can use it to complete calls, send and receive emails, text messages and other operations. You can also change its desktop theme or install programs specially designed for various sports (including running, golf, cycling, etc.). ) by downloading. In addition, Allerta has cooperated with Freecaddie to create a ranging program, which contains information of more than 25,000 golf courses around the world, so that you can easily know the distance from the hole just by raising your wrist when playing golf. All programs can be installed through iOS or Android (version at least 2.3) devices, and multiple programs can be run on Pebble at the same time.
The times are developing faster than expected. The 3D printing seen in the lab yesterday has been commercialized, and the remote operation seen in the sci-fi movie yesterday is already very cheap. The development of wearable computing and smart home must be a new era. Human-computer interaction will also sound a new round of shuffling. The most interesting interaction will no longer be between people and computers or any smart phones, but between people and any smart devices. It may be TV, ATM, watch, eyes or a pen ... a single form of interaction is no longer applicable. You think gesture interaction is the most intuitive and efficient interaction, but new forms of interaction such as voice interaction and eye interaction are constantly refreshing your cognition. The combination of various forms of interaction is the future trend. Grasp the present and look forward to the future.