Bang & Olufsen Medicom’s Tattling, Nagging Bluetooth Pillbox
Just when we thought Bang & Olufsen was a completely useless company (well, except for that cool design thing they do), the company’s medical devices division puts together Helping Hand. Medicom’s electronic tablet dispenser nags forgetful patients to take their pills by sending a signal to a PC or cellphone via USB or Bluetooth.
The thing tattles on you, too, uploading reports to your doctor as well as showing you a red or yellow light if you’ve missed a few pills. As long as you have a green light, the doctor’s not coming to take you away. Despite its nagging nature, it sure is a gracefully-designed pillbox. – Charlie White
Bang & Olufsen Medicom offers a Helping Hand [Luxury Launches]
The NOMAD from Parrot is a hands-free Bluetooth device that has been in the works for years. It is a small, speakerphone Bluetooth device that would be great for the home, office and especially in the car. The NOMAD only weighs a few ounces and has 10-hour talk time battery life. Also included is voice recognition dialing. – Travis Hudson
Helium Digital may not be that well known, but they are releasing a one of a kind Bluetooth headset. The HD-880 comes loaded up with a display that will show the entire number of the caller or callee. The headset also says the connection status with the phone. This can be really handy when dealing with a flaky phone that doesn’t like to connect to a headset. It will be available from Helium Digital next month for $80—a little hefty, but worth it if you are a heavy Bluetooth headset user. Yeah I’m talking about you, Mr. Walking Around the Grocery Store Bluetooth Man. Even though I don’t agree with your need to always wear your Bluetooth headset I still will inform you about useful gadgets. – Travis Hudson