Futuristic Technology
Madison Henry
Solar Power Socket
Description: The socket attaches to a window and uses solar energy to create the power that allows you to charge your phone or tablets.
Price: $35
You can buy this product on Amazon.
Purpose: The purpose of this product is so you don’t have to run around the house looking for a socket.
Home use
Advantages: You don’t have to look for a socket and you can charge your phone virtually anywhere with a window.
Disadvantages: You can’t charge your phone at night and it takes 5-8 hours to charge the device completely.
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More Futuristic Gadgets
Tunnel Toaster
Description: This unique toaster lets you toast bread and bagels while avoiding getting burnt, burning your toast or making a mess.
Price: $72
Where you can buy it: N/A
Purpose: Toasting bagels, bread and croissants.
Home use
Advantages: It saves your fingers from getting burnt, you can monitor your food from the open sides and it prevents crumbs from accumulating at the bottom of the toaster.
Disadvantages: Not very affordable
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Pyrant
Description: Lets you print pictures instantly from your phone rather it’s a photo you just took or one you have saved.
Price: $139
You can buy this product on pyrant.com
Purpose: To print pictures quickly and change how digital content can be shared.
Home use
Advantages: Prints pictures anywhere and allows you to have an actual photograph instead of just having the memory on your phone.
Disadvantages: The case must be charged before use.
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Prosthetic With a Sense of Touch
Description: Denis Sorensen is testing a new type of prosthetics hand that will allow people to have a sense of touch and control their hand.
Price: N/A
Where you can buy it: N/A
Purpose: To allow people who have lost a hand or arm to be able to hold, touch and work with the objects around them.
Home use
Advantages: People without an arm or hand will be able to have a sense of touch again.
Disadvantages: The prosthesis connects strait to the nerve which could be dangerous and is why tests on the product are still being conducted.
Will be used in the future.
Wireless Stereo Headset
Description: The device has 20 GB of storage for music, has no wires and has extra slim and soft surfaces make it more user-friendly.
Price: N/A
Place to buy it: N/A
Purpose: You can listen to music anywhere without the inconvenience of tangled wires.
Home use
Advantages: No wires
Disadvantages: Still developing and wouldn’t be on your phone. It would be a separate device.
This will be used in the future.
Robot Lawn Mower
Description: The robot is operated on a set schedule and in set boundaries to mow your lawn.
Price: $999
Place to buy it: Amazon
Purpose: You no longer have to spend hours mowing your lawn and it covers your entire yard without leaving mowing paths.
Home use
Advantages: It is quiet, automated and scheduled so very little work is required.
Disadvantages: It is very expensive.
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Underwater Jet Ski
Description: This is a design by Mathias Koehler for a watercraft that would allow you to travel on water and dive into the water for short periods of time.
Price: N/A
Place to buy it: N/A
Purpose: To be able to travel at higher speeds and go underwater when riding a jet ski.
Home use
Advantages: You would be able to travel underwater and ride at a faster rate as well as experience the thrill of riding this new Jet Ski.
Disadvantages: It could be dangerous and there are many controls you must learn to use so you can ride safely.
This will be used in the future.
Foreign Language Translator Necklace
Description: The user can simply hold down a button, speak into the device and it will automatically translates into any language such as English, Spanish or French.
Price: N/A
Place to buy it: N/A
Purpose: To be able to communicate effectively and quickly with people around the world.
Business or home use
Advantages: Uses voice not text so literacy and familiarity with the language you are trying to translate to is not required.
Disadvantages: The product is still being developed.
This will be used in the future.
Refrigerator that can order groceries
Description: In the refrigerator, three high quality cameras capture an image every time the door closes and sends the pictures to your phone so you can see what food and drinks you out of anywhere.
Price: N/A
Where to buy it: N/A
Purpose: To make grocery shopping and identifying what you have and need easier.
Home use
Advantages: If you forget your list at home you can simply look at the pictures of your fridge to see what you are out of and you can even use the refrigerator to do online grocery shopping lists.
Disadvantages: You have to have the Samsung Smart Home App and must have access to Wi-Fi.
This will be used in the future.
GLOOO
Description: GLOOO is a globe shaped, wireless world browser and communicator that's allows you to see the weather, news and even video chat anywhere in the world.
Price: N/A
Where to buy it: N/A
Purpose: To improve communication and be able to see what is going on all over the world in seconds.
Business and home use
Advantages: You can know the weather in China or talk to someone in Turkey in minutes.
Disadvantages: It is still being developed.
This will be used in the future.