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High-tech sewing machine

Brother has produced a high-tech sewing machine, Quattro 6000D, which makes use of various technologies to help users to make the most precise sewing.

Apparently, as shown in the picture, the sewing machine comes equipped with a 4.5 x 7-inch Sharp HD LCD display, which allows the users to take every possible angle and to have a closer zoom and view of the piece under the needle.

The Quattro 6000D employs the Brother’s “InnovEye” and “Up-Close Viewer” technology, which has a camera placed next to the needle to give the user a bird-eye view on the LCD to allow perfect placement of stitching. Also equipped with runway lighting, making it highly usable even under a dim environment. Some more it has three USB ports, which I’m not too sure what the main purpose is. Perhaps, they’re useful for loading some tutorials or sewing programme onto this sewing machine.

If your granny is tech-savvy enough, then this sewing machine will definitely come in handy to help her to make the perfect stitching. But the elderly will have problems to pick up on how to make use of the LCD, the USB drives, which sounds rather complex to them.

High-tech WASHUP

"Wasup" is a conceptual design integrating washing machine with toilette-flush. It suggests a sustainable water consumption by storing the wasted water in toilette-flush tank and reuse it with flushing. Moreover, "washup" brings a solution for the problem of location of washing machines in small bathrooms, overlapping washing machine usage space with toilette usage space. It is fixed on wall upwards toilette, so that loading of clothes would be easier for the user without bending or crouching. A special interface including three semi-sphere control units & two flushing buttons is designed for a practical usage of the product. "Washup" is a green product offering solutions for the problems of standard washing machines.

Smart refrigerator

Loathe writing grocery lists and deciding what to make for dinner? Be sure to put this refrigerator on your “must have” list. This smart appliance comes with a built-in 15” HD-ready LCD screen and message center. Watch TV or surf the Internet for your favorite recipes, right in your kitchen. Say goodbye to fridge magnets and wall calendars. The LCD screen also functions as a digital tablet, enabling you to leave hand-written messages for your family or set reminders for yourself. Some models even give you the option to leave voice messages. Depending on the brand and model you choose, the refrigerator will inventory what’s inside, and based on what you normally stock, create a grocery list for you and send it to the grocery store.

High-tech suit

In Finland, the leisurewear manufacturer Reima has launched a range of high-tech clothes that navigate, carry out health checks and send emergency signals.

Reima says its Cyberia technology-packed clothing is for use in Arctic conditions.

The Cyberia jump suits monitor the user's heart rate, body temperature and movement, and in an emergency it can send a message over mobile phone networks and then concentrate remaining energy on keeping the user warm.

A hand-held module connected to the suit with a cable provides weather forecasts and information on light conditions, and uses the Global Positioning System to help in navigation and in locating the user in an emergency.

It even includes a water and fire-proof pocket for melting snow for drinking water.