Smartphones are becoming more and more ubiquitous in this day and age. So, it is absolutely essential that you get some sweet devices and accessories to pair up with your own phone. Obviously, I’m not talking about just buying a protective case (though it is important to have one of those too). I’m talking about radical new ways to enhance your life, all controlled by your phone.
1. Environment Sensoring
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Sensordrone is a sensor computer that harvests vital information around your environment, such as air quality, gas leaks, temperature, humidity, practically anything that can be sensed!
2. Locating Lost Items
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Hone is the app designed for people who are constantly losing things. The setup is easy – just tie the device to your key and press the Find button on your iPhone. The device will light up and emit a sound to indicate its position.
3. Payments
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Square is the revolutionary way to accept payments via your phone. It takes the advantage of the smartphone’s mobility to let you accept any credit card payment anytime, anywhere. The buyer signs on the smartphone to authorize payment and avoid potential fraud, and the information is encrypted before any processing initialize.
4. Cars
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Make the Mercedes-Benz owner envy you with Viper SmartStart. SmartStart is a device that allows you to perform regular tasks your remote key can do. For example, you could lock the door, honk the car and release the trunk, all by pressing a button on your smartphone.
5. Thermostats
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Not only can you control the Nest thermostat from anywhere with your iPhone –– it connects to the Internet via wi-fi –– it also learns what temperatures you like your house to be at different times and on different days.
6. Child Tracking
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Going on a big shopping trip with the little ones? This device will send notifications to your smartphone if the person or thing (i.e., your child) wearing the gadget wanders too far away from you.
7. Credit cards and gift cards
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Geode can convert all your physical credit cards, loyalty cards, and membership cards into digital information. To use the cards, you can transfer the card information to the provided Geode card temporarily. Flick to activate the card, say a credit card, then swipe it through the terminal as normal. Boom, it’s like magic.
8. Lights
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Wemo is an app from Belkin allows you to control your lights from literally anywhere in the world. All you have to do is download the app and replace your light switches with Wemo ones. Just think of the pranks you could play on your neighbors!
9. Digi-pets
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Ever hand your phone off to a child in an effort to keep them occupied? Well, this device is built to keep your phone safe and to also entertain the children playing with it. The included app is built with both educational features and also a recording feature. You can record your own voice (say, reading bedtime stories) and the digi-pet will play it back for your child.
10. Locks
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Lockitron (great name) not only lets you unlock the door with just a touch on the smartphone, but also notifies you when someone is knocking at the door. With the right customization, you can even set your door to unlock whenever you get near the door.
11. Health
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Misfit Shine helps you track your physical activities on-the-go. Upon equipping it on your body, Shine will track your physical activities and inform you at the end of the day that if your body movements are well enough to keep you fit.
12. Pet Feeding
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Too lazy to get up and feed Fido? Pintofeed is an app that monitors your pet’s feeding schedule and dispenses food accordingly. The best thing about this device is that it allows you to feed your pet when you’re not at home.
13. Baby Monitoring
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After the installation, the Smart Baby Monitor will start sending live streaming audio and video through a secure connection. The monitor gets even more awesome with the WithBaby app that let new parents check on their baby via wireless connection.
14. Remote Controlled Devices
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The iPhly device allows you to control most remote controlled devices such as TVs, air conditioners, garage door openers, or even your toy cars/planes.
15. Cameras
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With the EOS app from Canon, you won’t have to worry about timers or who has to take that family photo again. You can just handle it all from your smartphone.
16. Crashes
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Your life will be safer with the ICEdot’s Crash Sensor. All you need to do is mount the device on your helmet before you take off to any of your extreme sports or cross-country races. The device will notify your emergency contacts and send GPS coordinates to initiate rescue attempts should an accident occurs.
17. Projections
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Instead of carrying around a heavy projector or a TV screen, you can just use this projection app to take what is on your screen and project it to any surface. The comes with a 60″ viewing area with sound-boosting effect.
These additions to your life will make it more simple, more hassle-free, and all around better. (Although, you might feel a little ridiculous tracking your child via your iPhone.) The future is now, people. Learn to live with it, no matter how strange it seems.
