A recent article in Reader's Digest has some things getting smart(er).
Rollbot can deliver a roll of toilet paper to the proximity of the user's smart phone with the app loaded. The Rollbot must be pre-loaded with the toilet paper roll which now has two problems. Loading the Rollbot and finding the toilet paper in stores.
Socks & Shoes. Sensoria Smart Socks are fitted with microelectronic chips that relays data on heart rate, pace, cadence, etc. to a smart phone app. Nike has self lacing shoes. After Back to the Future had self lacing shoes (they also flew?) for $400 you can have the latest in self lacing shoes to pair with your smart socks. Some wearable fabric changes color and pattern via microelectronics.
Have pets? iFetch launches a tennis ball for the dog(s) to fetch and drop back into the device. For the felines ProFlight Panthers Cat Toy Drone flies around the room with the toy for the cat to chase.
You can watch the cat via video camera on drone, have the drone adjust altitude and do collision avoidance built into the drone. No user interaction required.
News stories show how much pollution has lessened during the global virus measures. Air-Ink is a prototype pen you load up from car exhaust to make the ink.
When we can travel again, Ovis Suitcase. A self propelled suitcase with facial recognition, collision avoidance, tracking to lessen the hassle we endure. Wondering how the device will track with owners with most everyone else wearing facial covering? While travelling again Ambassador earpieces. Like air-pods but with microphones and translation software. You use one, the other party uses the other. Good for translating AND Covid-19 transmission. Smart headphones that can differentiate car sounds from background sounds to warn of potential car-pedestrian contact. Not so good with electric cars i'd imagine.
Recall Get Smart? The cone of silence? Bracelet of Silence is a wearable that jams Echos and similar smart speakers and other microphones. We have a device that responds with barking dogs by emitting a high frequency burst when a dog barks. It works.
Ruggie is alarm clock that gets increasingly annoying and only shuts off when a floor mat is stood on for a period of 30 seconds.
Motion Pillow - for the people who snore and those who love them. The device has microphones on the bedside table. When these detect snoring noise, the pillow with inflatable airbags adjusts the snoring person's head to stop the snoring. In the Helpful <> Harmful vain a report of the spouse imitating snoring sounds to give the sleeping partner a head roller coaster ride.
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