Crib monitor goes beyond sight, sound

Baby monitors have come a long way in the last decade, as manufacturers try everything from designer models to night-vision cameras to distance themselves from the crowd. But BebeSounds has an entirely different way of keeping tabs on your baby--by movement instead of only sight or sound.

The Angelcare Movement Sensor tracks movements through a wireless pad under the crib's mattress. The pad's sensors detect movement (or lack thereof) and send the data to nearby transmitters, which in turn provide audio and visual information for a remote device that parents can carry around the house.

Monitoring movement might not seem necessary at first, but Boing Boing points out that this system could help detect issues related to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, whose causes remain unknown but are believed by some to be related to lack of oxygen. Like other products such as the KickTrak, which tracks baby movement in the womb, the Angelcare monitor is designed to provide an early-warning system.

Via CNET Crave

Accelerometer shows the world how you drive

Long before before US$4 a gallon became the national average, many newer cars already included dashboard instruments that gauged fuel consumption. But it's the older gas guzzlers that arguably needed them more, to show how much money was being wasted models manufactured in the pre-hybrid era.

That's why the K.A.T. Matrix 3-Axis accelerometer may come in handy as a reminder of how much careless driving costs at the pump, depending on one's performance in horesepower, G-forces, quarter-mile speeds, and 0-60 clock time. Or, as Dvice says, it can be a badge of honor for those who simply don't care and want to display that fact for all the world to see on the windshield.

Either way it's apparently easy to install, requiring just three AA batteries for power. But remember, it has an "error compensation feature" in case you think of cheating with the stats.

Via CNET Crave

World's largest Indoor Golf Arena

Golf's often seen as a rich man's game. But this has got to be rich! An indoor golf arena that aims to tee off as the latest in the world at 14,000sqm, complete with synthetic grass, 20 state-of-the-art ProTee Golf Simulators and 28 hitting bays. That's just the golf portion. There's also going to be an upmarket restaurant, four-star hotel, sky lounges, conference rooms, kid's training area, bar, lounge, restaurant, wellness facilities and shops. This Netherlands initiative by Indoor Golf Project may aim to be a training center par excellence when it opens, but this looks more like a playground for hot shot execs who want to play ball, in a manner of speaking, with all the conveniences within rich, ah, reach.
Via Born Rich | Picture credit: Indoor Golf Project

Roller coaster meets the hamster wheel

This may be the closest thing we've seen to the Bus Ball coming to life. Even its name is similar: The Buzzball.

Evento, a New Zealand company with a passion for the absurd, is living up to its reputation once again with this spherical contraption. "At the heart of the Buzzball is a dual motor configuration, enabling the pilot to control the motion and direction of travel via left and right control triggers, which provides power to the driving wheels," its Web site says. The result, according to Slippery Brick, is a "one-man roller coaster."

If you're given to motion sickness, as are we, you might want to stay as far away from this thing as possible, especially if it advances beyond its prototype stage. If you simply must satisfy your inner calling to experience a human hamster wheel, the stationery Vitusphere might be a better bet.

Via CNET Crave

The topless umbrella

It's about time we had another post on umbrellas. Here's a concept that's not strictly one because it's missing the portion which shields you from the rain. Yes, a brolly that doesn't have a cover. The concept is for you to pick up any flat material like a plastic sheet or old newspaper, attach it to this Eco Brolly, open the frame, and it should be good enough to shield you--for a while.

It's not that bad an idea, since you can just throw away the wet part when you are done with it. Here's a suggestion to make it better. Include a wax stick in the handle which can be used to waterproof the newspaper being used for cover. This may just get you all the way across the unsheltered road instead of it blowing a hole halfway through.

Via OhGizmo!

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