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Slow Control
It is not only what you eat - it is
also how you eat! While mankind
is built on a process of evolution
and adaptation over hundreds of
millennia, within the last century, the environment has radically
changed in a very short time. As a consequence when it
comes to eating, your body and your mindset encounter a real
challenge to adapt to new lifestyles.
Slow Control brings solutions for an enhanced meal experience
in today's conditions. Its expertise consists on creating devices
with the best feedback tailored by nutrition experts, adapted to
fit you specifically and bring you the most benefits.

Smarter
2015 saw the launch of
iKettle 2.0 and the Smarter
Coffee machine which saw phenomenal success across the
UK and throughout Europe. Challenging the current standard
of home appliances, by creating beautifully designed products
that can be controlled remotely from a mobile application.
With the rise in connected devices, Smarter's inspiration comes
from making life easier by providing software that's intuitive,
responsive and tailored to your individual needs. CES will see
the launch of three new revolutionary products and see the
additions to the Smarter family.
SMARTwheel Inc.
SMARTwheel™ is the first
intelligent steering wheel
cover that helps prevent driver
distraction and establishes a transformative platform to
enhance the driver experience. Our initial product SMARTwheel
PROTECT provides drivers instant feedback via audio and visual
alerts when unsafe hand positions are detected to refocus
their attention back to the road. All incidents are recorded on
a companion mobile app via smartphone for later review by
parents or employers.
™

Smart & Blue
Hydrao is the world's
first smart showerhead.
It provides accurate
information in real-time
regarding water usage
when showering, and
teaches you how to save
water while having fun at
the same time. It is a must-have in today's water-restricted
times! The product colored LEDs let you know how much
water is being used: it encourages its users to limit their water
consumption in an unobtrusive manner.
Our aim at S&B is to offer the ideal means to help the whole
family learn about the positive impact self water restriction,
particularly for younger children. The product was designed
from the start to be easy to use and affordable. The electronic
showerhead keeps count of the water being used every
time you shower. The elegant smartphone app allows you
to take control of it (Bluetooth 4.0). The app can also record
consumption level improvements, best scores and water
savings (available for Android and iOS devices). For all of that,
S&B has been named a CES 2016 Innovation Awards Honoree.
Smart Me Up has
developed a realtime face analysis
technology. From a
video stream, it can
estimate the gender
of a person, the
position of his head
in 3D, his age and his emotions to identify him. Disruptive both
by its speed and its performance, this face recognition is 10
times faster and two times more precise than usual methods.
Applications are numerous : photography with the control of ID
pictures, smart home cameras, semi-conductors or automotive
to detect drowsiness of the driver.
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Future SMARTwheel products will provide vehicle with
intelligent access to systems control (such as the infotainment,
HVAC, smartphones and more). SMARTwheel patented
technology is available via direct sales or for OEM licensing to
ensure the widest possible market distribution.
Solving the immense driving distraction problem via
SMARTwheel's real-time feedback and reporting tools have
the potential to save thousands of lives while future expansion
of our connected car capabilities will drive safer in-vehicle
control.
Snakable Inc.
Snakable manufactures a line of
USB data/sync cables for lightning
and micro USB devices that have
moving strain relief assemblies builtin on each end on the cable and at
the connectors. This patent-pending design, protects the cable
from over-bending and eventually breaking. Thus eliminating
the well known problem of easily broken, frail USB cables.
Speedify for Mobile allows Android
and iOS users to seamlessly combine
Wi-Fi, mobile data and Bluetooth
connections for faster and more
reliable mobile Internet connectivity.
Speedify for Mobile is solving the
frustration that most smartphone
users encounter daily, weak mobile or Wi-Fi signals that
I T I S I N N O VAT I O N
http://www.slowcontrol.com/en/ http://smarter.am/ http://smartwheelusa.com/ http://www.smartandblue.com/ http://www.snakable.com/ http://www.smartmeup.org/ http://speedify.com/
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