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Friday, April 3, 2015
The smart toothbrush that nags you if you miss a spot while brushing
A £60 ($100) smart toothbrush that can tell you if you’ve missed a spot when you brush is set to go on sale this year.
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The Kolibree toothbrush is filled with sensors, and uses an app to show people exactly where they have brushed and if they’ve missed a spot.
Its makers boast it will tell you whether you brushed long enough and reached the hard-to-reach but important parts of your teeth and gums.
It connects to your smartphone, and you’ll have an app that tracks the time, and the effectiveness of how you brush - the motion - and how far back in your mouth you get, Amy Forrester of Kolibree told MailOnline.
It’s like having a dentist inside your phone.
The device was unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where the world’s electronic manufacturers are meeting this week to unveil their products for the year ahead.
The smart toothbrush sits on a small white charging stand so users dont run out of power, and uses Bluetooth to communicate with a phone.
The app - available on both Android and iOS - is able to show a dentist if the user has been brushing properly, and owners can even share their daily dental routine with friends.
Each brush is given a star rating out of five.
It’s a really interesting idea - I use a Sonicare brush at the moment, and I presume it’s working, but with this I’d know for sure, said Stuart Miles of gadget website PocketLint.
I could even show my dentist my data to see if I’m brushing correctly. The question is whether there’s a big enough market for it.
Mr Miles predicts 2014 could be the year of the connected gadget.
I think this year we are going to see more things around the home than ever before get connected online, he said.
The toothbrush is due to go on sale after April this year.
KOLIBREE BRUSH: HOW IT WORKS
Users load a special Kolibree app on their phone.
Sensors in the toothbrush can monitor exactly where in the mouth it is, and how much pressure is being used.
The toothbrush sends the data to the app after each brushing, and can tell them if they have missed a spot or not brushed for long enough.
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Samsung Galaxy S4 catches fire while charging overnight
A Samsung Galaxy S4 has reportedly burst into flames whilst set to charge, an incident that rises potential safety concerns around the Android 4.2.2 handset.
Something of an isolated incident more than a widespread issue, a Samsung Galaxy S4 owner based in Abu Dhabi has claimed that her iPhone 5 and HTC One rivalling handset caught fire without warning whilst plugged in to charge overnight.
“I cannot explain to you my extreme frustration, disappointment and extreme fear when I found my brand new Samsung Galaxy S4 burning at the charger connection to the phone,” phone owner Sarah Shurrub said in a correspondence to Samsung following the incident.
Describing the incident which took place late last month, less than a month after the S4 in question had been purchased, Shurrub added: “The phone was found burning, while charging. It’s only thanks to God that I woke up in the middle of the night and controlled the burning before it could cause damage to my home and family.”
Not quite a case of negligence on the owner’s part, the dangerous S4 had reportedly only been charging for a matter of hours when it combusted. “I woke up in the middle of the night to [attend to] my toddler, and it was about 2am at night. I think it was charging for about 3 hours by then,” the phone’s owner said.
While it is unclear as to the cause of the S4 started fire, Shurrub has suggested that Samsung has looked to amend the issue with the promise of free phones.
“It was agreed that they would replace [my burnt Galaxy S4] with a new phone, the flip cover that got burnt and as compensation, they will give me another brand new Samsung S4, though they don’t have a compensation policy and this is purely as an exception,” she wrote.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is one of the most popular smartphones on the market right now, with more than 20 million units of the 1.9GHz quad-core brimmed device shipping globally during the phones first two months on sale.
It runs a 13-megapixel rear-mounted camera and pairs a raft of premium hardware features with a collection of innovative software additions, including the eye-tracking Smart Pause and Smart Scroll.
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Something of an isolated incident more than a widespread issue, a Samsung Galaxy S4 owner based in Abu Dhabi has claimed that her iPhone 5 and HTC One rivalling handset caught fire without warning whilst plugged in to charge overnight.
“I cannot explain to you my extreme frustration, disappointment and extreme fear when I found my brand new Samsung Galaxy S4 burning at the charger connection to the phone,” phone owner Sarah Shurrub said in a correspondence to Samsung following the incident.
Describing the incident which took place late last month, less than a month after the S4 in question had been purchased, Shurrub added: “The phone was found burning, while charging. It’s only thanks to God that I woke up in the middle of the night and controlled the burning before it could cause damage to my home and family.”
Not quite a case of negligence on the owner’s part, the dangerous S4 had reportedly only been charging for a matter of hours when it combusted. “I woke up in the middle of the night to [attend to] my toddler, and it was about 2am at night. I think it was charging for about 3 hours by then,” the phone’s owner said.
While it is unclear as to the cause of the S4 started fire, Shurrub has suggested that Samsung has looked to amend the issue with the promise of free phones.
“It was agreed that they would replace [my burnt Galaxy S4] with a new phone, the flip cover that got burnt and as compensation, they will give me another brand new Samsung S4, though they don’t have a compensation policy and this is purely as an exception,” she wrote.
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is one of the most popular smartphones on the market right now, with more than 20 million units of the 1.9GHz quad-core brimmed device shipping globally during the phones first two months on sale.
It runs a 13-megapixel rear-mounted camera and pairs a raft of premium hardware features with a collection of innovative software additions, including the eye-tracking Smart Pause and Smart Scroll.
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