Tech Tips 5 new gadgets to look out for in 2015

2015 promises to be the year of
advanced technological
breakthrough in the area of
wearable devices, and here are
some interesting ones you should
look out for.
So you think you've seen all the best gadgets the
world has to offer in 2014? Think again, because
there're still some cool stuff coming up next year.
Here are five cool gadgets to prove that wearable
tech is indeed poised for a breakout in 2015.
1. $7 smart watch: This $7 smart watch
is known as Fastfox, and it promises to be
the wearable for every one. Not only does it
have sleep monitoring and fitness tracking
capabilities, it also has an incredibly long-
lasting battery life of 4-6 months while in
use or 19 months on standby and is water
resistant to IP67 standards. In a news
release, Fastfox creator Liu Chao explained
the reason behind its ridiculously affordable
prices. He said, “This is new technology.
Many people just want to give it a try with
minimal risk. We wanted to make Fastfox as
affordable as buying a new workout t-shirt,
and help people take the first step towards
reaching their health goals.” Its launch on
Pozible, an Australia-based crowdfunding
site, has met with tremendous success and
already has US$72,812 pledged out of its
initial goal of US$3,256 with 13 more days
to go!
2. Cicret: Cicret is determined to throw the
limelight off all the smart watches or
bracelets that you’ve ever seen or heard of.
Wearing it turns your arm into a new touch
screen and in their words, “It’s like a tablet,
but on your skin”. Basically, you can do
whatever you want on this new touch screen –
read your emails, play your favourite games,
answer calls, check the weather or navigate
around places. Cicret is currently raising
funds on its website to develop its app and
bracelet so head over to make this a reality.
3. Uno Noteband: Again inspired by
things of the past, the Uno Noteband is what
I would dub as the new-and-very-improved
version of a pager today. And it’s pretty
awesome! Basically, the Uno Noteband will
vibrate with each new notification.
Thereafter, users can touch its screen to
display the notification one word at a time,
at approximately 250 words per minute
(wpm) and up to 400 wpm using a new
reading compression technology powered by
Spritz. As a bonus, the Uno Noteband also
functions as a fitness tracker and syncs with
Apple Health or Google Fit.
4. Spidey-awesomeness: Not the
usual Spiderman spin-web-from-suit gadget
that we’re all familiar with. This is
something way cooler. Incepted by South
Korean scientists, these “crack sensors”
utilise biomimicry that is inspired from
spiders, whose legs have cracks that make
them especially sensitive to vibrations. These
sensor pads can potentially be used in
everything as long as it involves vibrations or
sounds – speech recognition, sensing the
earliest tremors before an earthquake or as a
wearable blood-pressure sensor and other
medical monitoring applications.
5. MoodMetric: The one that promises to
change colours with our moods when it
actually changes colour according to our body
temperature? MoodMetric, the Finnish
company behind the ring you see in the
picture above, decided that the long-standing
lies that these so-called mood rings tell us
should be banished forever. They have
instead created an actual, working mood ring
that discreetly tracks how the wearer is
feeling. Basically, this high-tech mood ring
contains skin conductance sensors that are
able to detect a number of metrics that
indicate mood and emotions. Now you
definitely can’t hide your emotions.