Iron, clean and even put the most stubborn baby to sleep. All of them are necessary tasks but that more than one would prefer not to have to do. And for that, to simplify our lives, come these inventions that seem taken from a futuristic movie, the fruit of the most ingenious minds and willing to carry out all kinds of activities for us. Do you want to know what technology has for you?
Effie, the robot that irons for you
Irony is one of the most tedious and thankless tasks in the
house, but thanks to Effie, ironing garment by garment has its days numbered
(or so we hope).
Effie is actually a kind of plastic wardrobe with a bar
inside that can hold up to twelve hangers. On the other hand, it has a
container that we must fill with water so that the wonderful robot works and
generates steam. Then, thanks to an arm that goes up and down, that steam is
distributed from top to bottom through the clothes we have on the hangers,
allowing us to rest comfortably on the armchair. It's not a dream?
The robot is capable of ironing almost all kinds of simple
garments, such as shirts, t-shirts, pants, skirts ... and it works with most
fabrics.
But the best of all is that this robot, which for now is
just a prototype, can begin to be reserved from March of this year. The price
remains to be fixed, but given the benefits it offers and the simplicity of the
materials that make it up, it will surely be more than reasonable.
The electric toothbrush that recharges when you move it
Who has not ever been brushing their teeth and suddenly the
battery runs out? Then you have to leave it charging and, in the meantime, use
a traditional brush. But this will no longer happen thank to this curious and
useful project: the brush recharges the battery with the movement of our hand,
which is also a commitment to the environment.
Kickstarter, the platform that finances all kinds of
creative projects, is the one behind this idea. Unlike other brushes, this one
uses kinetic energy maintaining the same speed as conventional electric models,
or at least its creators ensure. It is enough to make a couple of turns in its
lower part to make it last for a complete brushing.
The idea could not be more successful, except for one
detail: and that is that the heads are not universal, so we will always have to
buy them from the manufacturer. The projects is in the financing phase, but it
is expected to be on sale by the end of the year for no more than fifty
dollars.
Smartduvet, the bed
that makes itself
Yes, it is true that making the bed does not take long and
does not involve a great effort, but, let's face it: just waking up in the
morning is what you least want to do.
And that is what the creators of our next invention that
comes to make life easier for us must have weighed: Smartduvet, a project also
funded by Kickstarter and that promises to help us in such an arduous mission.
The idea is simple, but very ingenious: it is a quilt inside
which a kind of tubes is placed forming a grid. Then you just have to connect a
compressor and operate it to pump compressed air and circulate through the
tubes. In this way, the bed regains its tidy and extended appearance.
In addition, the mechanism can be activated via mobile
phone. Since mid-2018, it can be ordered on the Kickstarter page for around
three hundred dollars.
Max Motor Dreams, the cradle that imitates the movement of
the car
Those who are parents know what it is like to try to put a
child to sleep who refuses to do so. The situation can become very desperate,
forcing parents to contrive to carry out all kinds of the most bizarre
activities to achieve their goal . One of them, and the one that has the most
followers, is giving the child a ride in the car. Perhaps it is because of the
engine noise, the swaying in the curves or the dim lights at night, but the
truth is that this trick has magical results.
What if they invented the crib to imitate the movements and
noises of the car? Well they have. And who is behind it is none other than the
car manufacturer Ford, with the collaboration of the Spanish design studio
Espada and Santa Cruz. Both have designed a prototype capable of reproducing
the same sensations that the baby would have if he were traveling in a car: the
movement, the sounds, the lights ... everything calculated down to the last
detail. In addition, it includes an option that works through an app on the
mobile with which we can save the movements and lights that are, for example,
at the grandparents' house, and then reproduce the sensations of that journey
in the baby's crib .
In addition to the features, the design of the crib is
impeccable: it recalls the lines and shapes of the fifties but with a new and
modern air, although what is truly wonderful is what it is capable of doing.
There will be more than one father who is crying with emotion when reading
these lines, but the bad news is that at the moment only one Max Motor Dreams
has been made (this is what the crib is called) and its manufacture is not
contemplated in large quantities. scale, although it is not something that has
been ruled out either. Touch cross your fingers and wait.
Meanwhile, we have to dream about the inventions that are
yet to come and whose mission is to make our lives more comfortable. As the
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