The Angel health monitor team released a video demonstrating a prototype this week, but we’re not exactly impressed.
TellSpec food analyzer
So what’s in that Twinkie? Sure, there’s the familiar fat and sugar, but what about the thiamine mononitrate? riboflavin? anything else? Most people choose to rely on the food labels mandated by the FDA to find out what’s in their food, but the folks at TellSpec claim that they have a better solution.
Split – Tunes in your buds
Split is a completely standalone music player in just a couple of earbuds. All of their claims are feasible on paper, but an aggressive schedule and no evidence that their form-factor prototype works as advertised raises doubts.
Angel wearable health sensor
Of the many fitness trackers we’ve seen on crowdfunding sites such as the Misfit Shine, and …FitBark, none have offered concrete health benefits beyond the general data logging that gives you some idea of how active you’ve been and if it’s okay to get the Value Size fries.
In addition to fitness and performance tracking, the new “Angel” project plans to actually save lives.
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SHADOW: An impassioned plea from the creator
Maybe it’s me, but the spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination pervading the marketing for this product screams scam. Needless to say, the following email did not help:
Zendure battery copied on Indiegogo
If you took a look at some of the new campaigns on Indiegogo recently, you might have noticed a familiar project:
We’ve talked about Zendure before, but these aren’t the same guys.
i-Lusio iPad Hologram
Since even long before the Holodeck, humans has been hankering for a way to handle holograms. i-Lusio claims to do that with their new iPad accessory, but it prompts the question “what exactly is a hologram?”
SHADOW – An alarm clock with dreams of grandeur
SHADOW – it’s dark, formless, and a lot less interesting when you shine some light on it.
