Daily Archives: June 13, 2018

Consumer Electronics, Electronics, Home Automation

Tokyo robotics startup Yukai Engineering to showcase robotic pillow and family messenger robot at CEBIT in Hannover, Germany

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Yukai Engineering, a Tokyo robotics startup, to showcase its latest technology

TOKYO, Japan, 11-Jun-2018 — /EPR ELECTRONICS NEWS/ — Yukai Engineering Inc., a Tokyo-based startup known for creating robots that bring joy to life, will demonstrate Qoobo, a robotic pillow with a cat-like tail that makes realistic moves in response to the user’s stroking and rubbing, from June 12 to 15 at CEBIT in Hannover, Germany. Yukai will also showcase the latest version of BOCCO, an award-winning family messenger robot that has enjoyed commercial success in Japan.

Designed to provide comfort the way animals do, Qoobo became one of the most talked-about gadgets on the internet following its Oct. 3, 2017 unveiling at CEATEC Japan, netting more than 15 million online video views. The Kickstarter fundraising for Qoobo raised 247 percent of the goal amount (¥12,360,156 Japanese yen, or approximately $112K) before the Dec. 3 deadline.

BOCCO allows users to turn their homes into smart ones by simply placing the device in their houses.  Via BOCCO and its app, users can exchange voice and text messages among family members and friends and access multiple sensors around their homes and appliances as well as web-based IoT services. BOCCO serves as an IoT platform for Yahoo! Japan’s myThings, as well as for smart homes developed by Japan’s major builders.

WHAT: Yukai Engineering exhibit of Qoobo and BOCCO robots at CEBIT 2018

WHEN: June 12-15

WHERE: Hannover Fairgrounds, Hall 12, Stand D123, (20)

 

Qoobo
  • The flexible tail gently waives when caressed and swings playfully when rubbed.
  • It also sometimes wags spontaneously to call the user’s attention.
  • The simple communication that only uses tail movements without relying on sounds or facial expressions is intended to provide a sense of comfort to people the ways animals do.
  • Kickstarter page:  http://kck.st/2l0b2ZR
  • Qoobo Website: http://qoobo.info/

 

Bocco

BOCCO allows users to remotely take care of their loved ones, including seniors.

  • Voice/text message exchange between the app and BOCCO
  • Connects to Room Sensor, Lock Sensor and Door Sensor to send out notifications on room temperatures, humidity and luminance levels, traffic inside the home
  • An array of IoT services via Yahoo! myThings
  • BOCCO Channels allows direct programming on the app to receive task reminders, emergency notifications, weather information, etc. http://bocco.me

 

SOURCE: EuropaWire

Electronics, Lighting, Photography

Omnio Lamp is an entire lighting studio in your hands

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Versatile yet portable, packed with features and made of quality materials, Omnio Lamp is a lamp you will use daily to bring studio level lighting to all levels of photography. Via crowdfunding, the company, Difference Design, is raising funds to finish production and open a new horizon in traditional professional lighting by creating highly effective, yet affordable professional lamps.

Tallinn, Estonia, 2018-Jun-13 — /EPR ELECTRONICS NEWS/ — Omnio Lamp (www.omniolamp.com) is a professional lighting studio on the go. The lamp is portable, adaptable, light weight and packed with features, making it an entire studio-on-the-go. Omnio Lamp was unveiled today on Indiegogo and is raising funds for mass production with a goal of delivering highly-effective, yet affordable tool for professional lighting.

Designed with every professional’s needs in mind, the lamp unifies multiple lighting instruments into a single, high quality unit. Like no other lamp, Omnio Lamp has 4 pivoting arms, built-in barn doors, 264 high quality LEDs providing a staggering 4200 Lumens of professional, flicker-free light, and a CRI of 98.9 for skin tones.

Four rotating arms give soft light from four different sides simultaneously. When its barn doors are inverted, each arm gives 2 rays of light in opposite directions: one direct and sharp, and the other reflected and highly diffused, enabling ‘painting’ with light and shadows. Equipped with a standard mounting socket for tripods, holders and hooks, the lamp is designed to be on-the go, adaptable, maneuverable and practical.

“Whether you are a professional or otherwise just a passionate photographer, videographer, blogger, journalist, designer, seller, or an admirer of great design – Omnio Lamp fulfills all of your lighting needs and demands. We created a solution for the common problem of achieving versatility without sacrificing quality,” said Omnio Lamp’s inventor, Branimir Souc. “Omnio Lamp liberates you from multiple light sources and helps you get better results from a single source of light.”

A programmable and intuitive 12-button display enables accurate control of brightness and color temperature with the push of a button. Made of rigid industrial materials and custom electronics, the lamp is light weight, foldable, and easily charged.

The company has tapped into the science of light as a catalyst for innovating an effective and affordable solution for professional lighting. Omnio Lamp cuts the need for multiple lighting sources and covers a range of tasks with one product.

For anything requiring light, Omnio Lamp provides a specific (and perfect) setting: Interview, photo or video shoot, advanced portrait photography, object shoot, reading or working, outdoor filming or beautiful decor.

Professional, multifunctional yet practical and affordable, Omnio Lamp brings a new perspective on how to perceive and use light in photography.

ABOUT Branimir Souc:
Branimir is the founder of Difference Design and inventor of Omnio Lamp, a company focusing on developing smart objects and image based technologies. Branimir is a filmmaker by training, and artist and inventor by occupation. Originally conceived as a compact portrait and item photography lamp, Omnio Lamp has grown to become the most versatile lighting instrument today.

Via EPR Network
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