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CrowdGadget: Top 5 start-up gadgets
From heads-up display car assistants to smart mugs, BRYAN TURNER wraps the coolest gadgets to back on several start-up platforms.
4. Heyo Smart Thermos – The mug that keeps one hydrated
From water temperature to water quality, Heyo’s Smart Thermos can keep its users in the loop about what’s in their water and when they should drink it.
Featuring a colour screen on the lid, it notifies users about the attributes of the water in the bottle. It reports water quality in parts per million, analysing salts and minerals in the water and advising users on whether the contained water is over a certain defined limit.
Tapping on the lid will switch the display into temperature, which measures the temperature of the water in the bottle. It shows also shows if the water is at optimal drinking temperature. It can also be adjusted for other liquids, such as milk, tea, or coffee.
It features a built-in speaker, which plays a notification tone when users need to drink more water.
Thermos quality was not compromised with this device. The startup claims that it can retain heat/cool for six hours within a Celsius degree.
The smart thermos is available to back on Kickstarter here.
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