4 handy gadgets of tomorrow that you can order now (week 14)
The greatest technological innovations do not come from ‘big tech’ companies, but from smaller start-ups chasing their dreams. Thanks to crowdfunding sites, you will be the first to get your hands on the best new products. We found four cool gadgets for you: from a very relaxing mat to a transparent speaker.
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4 coolest gadgets
Not everyone is already familiar with the principle of crowdfunding, and that is also normal. It’s still a relatively new concept, but one that can help creative people make a difference. You first support a great idea for a product and then you can follow the progress until the package arrives at your door. These are the four coolest gadgets on crowdfunding websites.
1. Focusound: a transparent speaker
For who is it?
For people who love striking (audio) gadgets
What is it?
It is a translucent speaker that can play stereo sound and spatial audio. You can also use it as a kind of photo frame instead of transparent, but transparent is just a bit cooler. The advantage of this speaker, in addition to its special appearance, is that the sound can be directed in such a way that you hear it, but other people cannot, although 360-degree surround sound is also possible.
- Focusound – Kickstarter – 302 euros incl. shipping – expected in June 2023
2. Feel Good Mat: soft mat to calm down
For who is it?
Someone who doesn’t have much leisure time and still wants to relax sometimes
What is it?
Feel Good Mat is a kind of very soft yoga mat that is equipped with vibrating motors. This allows the mat to relax you to the ultimate. Get yourself back on track and clear your mind during a stressful day. The combination with an app ensures that you receive sound therapy while the vibrations of the mat do their job. It is a very soft mat that manages to influence the nervous system to enter the resting state. Your brain gets the signal through the vibrations that feel like touch that everything is okay and you can relax.
- Feel Good Mat – Kickstarter – 274 euros incl. shipping – expected in August 2023
3. Move Plus – laser therapy for your joints
For who is it?
People who often suffer from their joints and could use some help.
What is it?
We do not give medical advice and do not know whether this invention really works, but on the other hand many people have faith in it: more than 1 million euros have already been raised for Move Plus. It is a device that provides you with a kind of therapy on your joints by means of LED, laser and infrared. It is a portable device that you tie around your ankle, for example, and not only helps your joints, but can also speed up the recovery of broken blood vessels.
- Move Plus – Indiegogo – 366 euros incl. shipping – expected in June 2023
4. Sleepmi Z3 – modern snoring device for better sleep
For who is it?
For people who suffer from snoring partners, or who snore in their sleep themselves.
What is it?
Sleepmi Z3 is a device that can help you stop snoring. The device analyzes your breathing and corrects it, so that your sleep and that of your bed partner. It is very annoying when someone snores: it can even be embarrassing, but this device helps to reduce it. In Sleepmi, which you attach under your chin, there is AI that analyzes your snoring and tries to counteract it by pulsing to make your throat muscles more elastic. In the app you can also get insights about your snoring.
- Sleepmi Z3 – Indiegogo – 91 euros incl. shipping – expected in May 2023
Think of this with crowdfunding
Keep in mind that crowdfunding is always primarily supporting an idea, with no real guarantee that the actual product will meet your expectations. So choose the projects and start-ups that you really believe in and follow the regular development and shipping updates that the start-ups communicate. Supporting projects through crowdfunding is therefore not the same as shopping.
