Techmunki’s Best Bits 2015

Following on from Admunki’s round-up, here’s a summary of some of the stuff that’s made an appearence on Techmunki during 2015.

Skype’s real time translation

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Curate your hearing

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Date rape drug detector

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Glass that also acts as a solar panel

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3D printing came to the aid of the heart surgeons so they could better prepare for life saving heart operation on a 2 year old girl.

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Interactive Mirror

Been a while in the making but it’s finally here. Presented this idea to L’Oreal six years ago, but tech at the time just shrugged their shoulders and hoped we’d go away and leave them alone to build useless websites.

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Evan Cohen built his own smart mirror in just one weekend, and it looks incredibly futuristic. It displays maps, searches images, and it can even control the lights in your house. He was inspired by two other smart mirror creators named Michael Teeuw and Hannah Mitt. You can check out all of the open source documentation on GitHub.

Our vision was all about using it in salons, so people could make more of their time while sat for how ever long in front of a mirror.

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