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A smart shower head that flashes red when someone uses too much water is aiming to make people think seriously about water conservation.Developed by French firm Start & Blue, Hydrao has built-in LED lights that change colour as more and more water is used. Once a 50 litre limit has passed it flashes red to suggest it might be time to get out of the shower.

Tom Carter creates sounds you can touch. As the co-founder of Bristol-basedUltrahaptics, Carter has developed atechnologythat uses arrays of speakers, similar to a car's parking sensors, to produce ultrasounds that create tactile sensations. These sonic objects can be "touched" from up to two metres away.

FTDI Chip has introduced its latest product, NerO, being introduced on KickStarter. The objective of NerO is to deal with the fundamental drawbacks of the widely used Arduino UNO R3 and, by utilising a crowdfunding platform, get the engineering community involved right from the very beginning.

A new partnership between Device Solutions and FokusLabs has led to the launch of the RE-vibe - the world’s first anti-distraction wearables for children and adults, including those with autism and ADHD. Using a proprietary algorithm developed by Rich Brancaccio, founder and CEO of FokusLabs, the RE-vibe optimally reminds users to stay on task (or to get back on task) using different levels of vibrations on the wrist.

Emmvee Photovoltaic Power, the Indian module manufacturer based in Bangalore, has placed an order for two high performance 'Kubus' stringers from the German Freiburg-based company M10 Industries AG in December this year. “This means that our soldering machines from the new stringer generation will be delivered to India the very first time”, explains Gregor Reddemann, CEO and co-founder, M10 AG.

One of the biggest European investments in ocean energy, the first commercial scale underwater “kite” power plant is being built off the coast of Holyhead, Wales. "Tidal energy is sort of an underwater version of wind energy", explains Stefan Björklund, an assistant professor inmachine designat KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.

BIOSTAR is proud to bring gamers the best in performance and value and brings both to gamers with its GeForce GTX 750 Ti graphics card for mainstream gaming. Powered by the high-efficiency Maxwell architechture, the BIOSTAR GeForce GAMING GTX 750 Ti OC delivers stunning visuals with low power draw.

Following success in the French market, HDSN (Home Detection Sensor Network) has announced the launch of e-sylife, a smart home monitoring solution, in the UK. e-sylife is an interactive all-in-one solution that allows users to remotely monitor key parameters of their environments (homes, shops, offices etc.) and be alerted in real time - helping them address security, pollution and energy consumption concerns.

Imagination Technologies has launched a new development kit called Creator Ci40 on Kickstarter. The Ci40 microcomputer has been specifically designed for smart home, IoT and other connected devices (drones, robots, etc.) – but it also has the hardware requirements (802.11ac 2x2 Wi-Fi, an Ethernet port, SD and USB storage) needed to be used as a high-speed wireless router.

The recent SC15 conference held in Austin, Texas, saw a new collaboration launched between board supplier, BittWare, and Xilinx, plus the availability of the first Xilinx-based board.