In the 21st century, the smartphone has become an integral part everyday life every person. Therefore, developers are trying to equip their new products with the most unusual and unique opportunities. Our review presents the 10 best mobile devices that will indispensable assistants for its owner in everyday life.
1. Inflatable smartphone holder from Thanko
Japanese company Thanko presented its new concept of an inflatable smartphone holder. The new product is perfect for those who like to take a bath with a smartphone, but are afraid of getting it wet or dropping it in the water. The length and density of the holder can be adjusted if necessary. The model is available in three colors: white, pink and gray, and its dimensions are 460x220x90 millimeters and weighs only 740 grams. You can buy such a device for about $20.
2. Fashionable and practical bracelet - Bead Bracelet Lightning Cable
New original USB cable in the form of a bracelet for Apple Iphone. The device allows you to connect your smartphone to a computer or laptop to transfer information. This accessory Available in several colors: white, red and pink. Price Bead Bracelet Lightning Cable is only 13 US dollars.
3. Pplkpr application, which understands the emotions of its owner
Developers Lauren McCarthy and Kyle McDonald have created a new application Pplkpr, which can understand how its owner feels when communicating with different people. It can be downloaded and installed on your smartphone absolutely free of charge. The mobile application works together with a tracker that allows you to track your pulse and heartbeat rhythm. The new product also supports Bluetooth wireless technology for synchronization with the owner’s mobile gadget.
4. Functional case for Apple iPhone - Moment Case
IN modern world Many people use their smartphones as a camera. That's why the company Moment developed a new concept for Apple iPhone - Moment Case. This model is one of the best cases for mobile photography. There is a shutter button on the body that allows you to autofocus and then take a photo. You can also install an interchangeable lens on it, and the bayonet mount ensures quick and reliable fixation. The cost of this accessory is $49.
5. Virtual reality helmet from Apple iPhone
Swedish engineers have expanded the capabilities iPhone and developed a unique device Moggles, thanks to which all owners Apple smartphones can turn their mobile gadgets into a helmet virtual reality. The manufacturer stated that the new product is ideal for video games. The device comes with a game controller, with which the owner can control Moggles. The cost of such a device is $130.
6. New Equil Smartmarker - a technological innovation for data reading
New smart gadget Equil Smartmarker can read information from various surfaces. Thanks to this device, any board up to 4.9 x 1.5 meters in size can become an electronic panel. He works in offline mode from built-in battery full charge, which is enough for eight hours of continuous operation. Using a special mobile application, the device can be synchronized with your smartphone or tablet to transfer the read data. The cost of the new item is $700.
7. Unique TactPuck device from Tactonics
Company Tactonics has developed a device that can transmit emotions at a distance using tactile sensations. This device will allow you to send messages in the form of physical sensations. To use the new product, you need to synchronize it with your smartphone wirelessly. Bluetooth technology. The developers are confident that remote transmission of sensations will make communication at a distance more personal and, if desired, intimate.
8. Design phone from Google
Company developers Google presented a smartphone Ara. The new product is available in three sizes, but which ones have not yet been specified. The standard set of the design phone costs $50, it consists of a body, display and Wi-Fi module. It is also worth noting that Paul Eremenko announced a reward of 100 thousand US dollars for the development of a unique module for the new product.
9. Sun Kids functional bracelet for tracking your child on the beach
Company NIVEA developed an original paper bracelet Sun Kids, which allows you to monitor your child on the beach. In order to get such an accessory, you just need to buy any glossy magazine with advertising from NIVEA and cut out Sun Kids directly from it. And thanks to the special mobile application supportive iOS platforms and Android, you can track the location of your son or daughter using your smartphone at any time.
10. A practical device - Apple Watch for remote control of a Tesla electric car
Ukrainian development team from the company Eleks developed special application for smart watches Apple Watch , with which you can now remotely control a Tesla electric car. The main goal of this project is to prove the functionality of the new product presented by Apple. The developers also plan to expand the capabilities of this device, but any specific information is not yet available.
Fans of unusual devices will certainly be interested in these
We are increasingly beginning to hear the word “gadget” from friends and acquaintances, on television and radio, and on the Internet and print media.
Something is called a gadget device, with which you can simplify some actions performed by a person.
In the modern world, thanks to scientific and technological progress, they have become widespread electronic gadgets, distinctive features each of them are portability, mobility And ergonomics.
These complex devices that see, hear, and know a huge amount of information are usually easy to use. Those things that we could easily do without before have entered our daily lives and have become practically irreplaceable.
Types of portable devices
Let's consider varieties these small devices.
First of all, it should immediately be mentioned smartphones And communicators. They allow read information in e-books and on the Internet, take off And look videos, listen audio recordings and hundreds of other useful functionality. Practically it's powerful computer, Easily fits in your pocket. At the same time, the main function remains the ability to make calls and communicate with them.
That is, manufacturers are trying to use the maximum functionality.
Smart watch Gadgets are called various tablets And netbooks, smart watch And 3D glasses virtual reality, USB mugs, USB refrigerators, glasses with a built-in camera, navigators and G-sensors, flash drives and headphones... It will be very difficult to list everything. After all, almost every minute a new high-performance gadget is produced somewhere in the world. Perhaps it is he who will conquer the world with his unconditional advantages.
Main requirement to all gadgets - convenience. Those devices that lose the fiercest competition quickly become outdated and become a thing of the past.
Strictly speaking, it is more correct to call devices a gadget complementary others, rather than completely complete and autonomous. That is, these are dependent devices; each of them must have a specific, highly specialized function.
The word “gadget” has firmly entered our modern lexicon. Sometimes we don’t even think about what it means, and we call any device with many functions this word. In this article we will take a closer look at the most popular gadgets and what they are.
Word meanings
First, let's find out all the meanings of this word:
- translated from French "gagée" - a small tool, accessory;
- translated from Scottish "gadge" is a form of measuring instrument;
- in the vocabulary of sailors, translated from French “gâchette” is part of the shooting mechanism;
- translated from English "gadget" - device, device.
Perhaps the last option is closest to us. So, gadgets, what are they? These are non-standard technical devices, allowing you to perform several non-trivial functions simultaneously.
What characteristics do gadgets have?
Examples of the most popular gadgets
They are interesting, these gadgets (we looked at what they are earlier). They fit easily in your pocket and can sometimes be replaced full-fledged computer. Among the most popular:
Computer term
IN operating system gadgets are elements that perform specific functions. They can be seen in the OS Windows Vista(located in a special sidebar, which by default is on the right side of the screen), Seven (you can set the location of the gadgets yourself). Similar elements can be found not only in the OS installed on PCs and laptops, but also on phones, smartphones, and communicators.
One more meaning
As children, many of us saw or heard about the cartoon "Inspector Gadget". This is the name of the main character - a resourceful detective who had the necessary devices for any occasion.
Results
This term is often confused with another English word “device”. If you look in the dictionary, it means a device created for a specific purpose, that is, not multifunctional, but tailored for specific actions. However, in practice, the same item is called both a “gadget” and a “device”. So, in fact, there is no difference in these words, and they can be considered synonyms. In this article, we looked at what types of gadgets there are, what they are, and what characteristics they have.
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Before we start sharing with you information about useful things from the electronic world, discussing their strengths and weaknesses, I would like to make a small lyrical digression about the word and concept itself GADGET.
The word gadget has long entered our lexicon and is often used when we're talking about about products in the field information technology. But, unfortunately, many people do not know the exact meaning of this word.
Let's try to understand this in more detail
Inside Steve Wozniak's backpack (clickable).
Actually in English word "gadget" has a very broad and abstract meaning and is translated into Russian as “little thing”, “device”. If we look at the exact meaning of the word gadget in Russian, it turns out that there is no clear answer to this question.
Wikipedia authors define a gadget as a specialized peripheral device with limited capabilities. This device is usually connected via standard connectors to more complex devices and is designed to expand their functionality. But in everyday life, gadgets have a broader meaning. Now they also include small digital equipment, for example, mobile phones, tablets, pocket computers, etc. Moreover, this word is also used in software, which is nothing more than a widget.
To summarize the above, let us dwell on the general interpretation of this word as a kind of device that is an addition to the main devices. For example, a Flash card is a gadget to telephone set, automobile GPS navigator- gadget for car, etc.
By the way, the origin of the word “ gadget” also remains vague. The first appearance of the word in English popular literature occurred in 1886, when Robert Brown's book entitled "Spunyarn and Spindrift" was published, in which the word "gadget" ( gadget) is used by sailors to refer to an object whose name they did not remember.
Americans tell everyone that the word comes from the name of the company Gaget, Gauthier & Cie, which participated in the creation of the Statue of Liberty, and, having made a small model of the statue, named it by this name.
The French are sure that the basis of this word was the French “gagee”, which can be translated as “small accessory.” And the Oxford English Dictionary version seems even more plausible, dating the appearance of the word to the decade of 1850, and attributing the origin of the word to the lock mechanism, in French. "gâchette"(collar, bracket) or fr. gagee (bracket, fastener, clamp)
And finally, the Scots know for sure that the word comes from their engineering jargon, where gadget is a form of measuring instrument.
Gadgets tend to be quirkier and smarter than conventional technology. In some circles, the difference between a gadget and a gizmo is believed to be that a gizmo has moving parts, whereas a gadget does not. For example, a stylish digital clock is a gadget, while an analog clock is a gizmo. Creating gadgets, gizmos, blobjects is art, abstractionism, surrealism, impressionism, minimalism. You see this when innovations in the field of electronics are intertwined with the ideas of designers and incredible things are born (usually in small editions), which over time may well end up in a museum as representatives of the birth of the era of affordable Hi-Tech technologies. In contrast to a gadget, a device that has no practical purpose is called a novelty gadge - a form of measuring instrument. The spring clamp used to hold the vessel in the glass making process is also known as a gadget.
The gadget was the name given to the first atomic bomb, so named by scientists of the Manhattan Project, tested on the website of Trinity College.
Here's an example of what gadgets were like in 1935:
In literature, gadgets are best known from spy films, especially the James Bond series. Super heroes, especially Batman and Ironman, have a huge variety of gadgets. There is a well-known cartoon character Inspector Gadget, whose fabulous power comes from a set of gadgets. Also in the Disney cartoons Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, Gadget Hackwrench, one of the main characters has the internal ability to create tools and other equipment from garbage and junk.
Quite often found with gadgets devices(from English device device). This word means " small device or device." The word device came into Russian through the jargon of computer scientists. Strictly speaking, a device is some kind of gadget for a computer, for example, a flash card. In modern speech, a device can act as a synonym for a gadget
Computer lovers use gadgets for more effective modding (from the English modding< modifying модификация), т.е. индивидуального художественного оформления корпуса ПК.
And, in conclusion, let us mention widgets(from the English widget - thing). The word widget is the American version of gadget, meaning any object or device, the name of which has been firmly forgotten. Perhaps this word comes from which is? what's it called? + gadget. In modern Russian speech, widget is used in connection with Internet technologies, where does it mean additional tool on the website or on your desktop. The first widgets appeared in the Windows-Vista operating system. There they were located in one special panel. Now, in Windows 7 and 8, they can be placed anywhere on the desktop. So the word “gadget” is also used in software, where it is understood as a small application that provides additional information, such as weather forecasts, news headlines or exchange rates.
Let's start with the iPod, who still remembers about it?
It was one of the first Apple devices created according to a new concept submitted by Steve Jobs. The concept involved positioning Macs as stations for connecting additional devices created by Apple Corporation.
To come up with a catchy name for the new device, Steve Jobs assembled a whole team of copywriters, among whom was the creator of the iPod, Vinnie Chieco.
They say that Jobs already had a slogan for the MP3 player: “1000 songs in your pocket,” so nothing limited the copywriters’ imagination and did not tie it to the musical theme.
“As soon as I saw the white iPod, I immediately remembered the movie 2001,” Chico told Wired in 2006. The fact is that the interaction between the computer and the music player reminded him of the interaction between a spaceship and an escape capsule, which in this film was called an EVA pod. “All that was left was to add the prefix ‘i’ and it was all done.”
So, a piece of this name “pod”, literally meaning “detachable cargo compartment”, served as the basis for the “iPod” brand, which has become a household word in music lovers’ circles.
BlackBerry
These communicators, extremely popular in the USA and slightly less popular in Europe (many in the CIS countries have not even heard of them), were created by the Canadian company Research in Motion (RIM). This company set as its goal the creation of a device that would help a busy person communicate with his business partners, friends and relatives without any problems. One of the main points of the plan when developing such a device was to simplify access to email.
The developers, having come up with the general concept of the device, could not find a suitable name. They did not want to use either the word form “e-mail” itself or its derivatives. I wanted to come up with a name that would be interesting and at the same time give a feeling of relaxation and comfort. Someone accidentally said that the device's buttons look a little like a blackberry, which in English is called "BlackBarry". To be honest, for me personally the word “blackberry” immediately evokes an association with mighty thorny bushes that are an impassable obstacle for all living things. But, obviously, Canadians have different associations, and therefore the word “BlackBerry” served as the name for the high-tech device.
Flash drive
The history of the USB flash drive began in Japan in 1984, when Toshiba invented semiconductor reprogrammable flash memory. Specifically, the first flash drive was invented by the Japanese Fuji Masuoka. There were only 5 people in his company. But the name “flash” was invented by Fuji’s colleague. Erasing information from the media reminded him of a photoflash, and this association formed the basis for the name of the new gadget.
Statistics
Well, in conclusion look at what interesting data we have at the moment. According to data Foundation "Public Opinion" (FOM):
80% of our fellow citizens usually have at least some portable consumer electronics with them when leaving home. 8% take two or three different gadgets with them. Every tenth person, however, does not consider it necessary to grab a single such item
As FOM sociologists found out, the most popular electronic device in Russia is mobile phone. The vast majority of citizens use it - 91%. In certain groups of the population, the percentage of “mobile telephony” is even higher - 95-96% among people from 18 to 60 years old. Only the oldest people lag behind, but even among pensioners, 77% use a mobile phone.
In any case, three quarters of Russians (72%) can no longer imagine their lives without a mobile phone.
Every third or fourth average Russian (28%) and half of young people under 30 have already purchased and successfully used a laptop or netbook. 15% of young people do not part with them at all. Every tenth citizen of Russia (11%) has a smartphone (among young people - every fourth), and the same number of owners of music players in Russia. Tablet computer or 7% have an iPad. Every twentieth person uses e-books(among young people - approximately every tenth). One in a hundred Russians has everything on this list. Only 6% do not have any such gadgets. True, here a lot depends on the age of the respondents: among older people, every fourth person does not like “electronic toys” and does not have them at hand.
Our fellow citizens would not be themselves if they refused to philosophize. They cannot live without electronic devices. But at the same time, they thoughtfully discuss whether all this progress is for the good or vice versa and what it ultimately brings to people.
According to 67% of Russians, electronic devices in general are “more useful.” 17% believe that new products are more harmful than useful. Another 16% found it difficult to answer.
The following were definitely a plus for gadgets:
44% appreciated the possibility of quick and accessible communication and communication. Citizens are especially pleased with the fact that they can chat on the phone directly from their garden beds and “without running to the post office,” they can get through quickly and easily.
23% noted the convenience and comfort that they provide useful gadgets- “for those who understand this,” naturally.
13% like what electronic devices They give you constant access to the Internet and help you get information.
11% consider the compactness and small size of these devices to be a special advantage. People who suffered with “the world’s largest Russian microcalculators” could not answer otherwise.
For 4%, gadgets have become the best sedative: people stopped worrying about the “old and young,” husbands and wives, relatives in the hospital, etc.
With the advent of gadgets, 3% began to save time and get more done, quickly solving their problems.
1-2% also noted other advantages of electronic innovations: the fact that they make life “more eventful,” help pass the time in traffic jams, and combine several instruments and devices at once. And in general - “in our time it is impossible to live without them,” they “expand space,” develop intelligence and even change a person’s worldview.
Only one Russian out of a hundred does not see any positive aspects in gadgets.
Respondents also noted the negative aspects of gadgets. In this case, they focused on ecology, physiology and psychology.
35% of Russians believe that electronic devices can harm the health of users - ruin their eyesight, cause headaches, etc. due to electromagnetic radiation and "waves". This is the main complaint; all the others were expressed much less frequently.
5% fear that gadgets “subjugate a person”, cause addiction, and “drag in” those who are too keen on such “toys.”
4% said that children should be very carefully allowed near electronic devices in order to protect their psyche, as well as their eyesight and hearing. In addition, Russians believe that children in general should move more, “play football, and not sit at the computer so that you can’t tear yourself away!”
3% complained that gadgets actually steal their free time.
2% noted that the purchase of such devices makes significant holes in family budget- “The money is being stolen - you won’t have time to deposit it into your account.”
1% are disappointed that in some places the quality of communication is very low, batteries run out quickly, etc. And among the “philosophical” complaints, sociologists added to the list that gadgets, in the opinion of Russians, lead to the loss of “live communication” skills and interfere in public places (“minibuses are like telephone points”, “phones jingle in theaters and at concerts” ), carry too much uncontrollable negative information. Russians are also very worried that electronics are becoming a tool of various kinds of scammers or a carrier of unfair intrusive advertising.
14% do not see any negative aspects in the widespread use of electronic devices.
The biggest fans of electronic gadgets are young and middle-aged people with higher education, high income, residents of megacities, and Internet users. The opponents and especially distrustful ones are elderly and low-income Russians (there is little surprise here).
Sociologists saved the most philosophical question for last. They asked Russians' opinion about what electronic devices ultimately give people - freedom or even greater dependence?
65% of citizens were unanimous: with new gadgets, people have only become freer. Only 16% are convinced that electronic innovations “restrict the freedom” of their owners.
Well, at the end of our conversation, I would like to dream about the future. I’ll show you a video that took me several decades (more?) forward, although someone says that this is a banal glass advertisement :-(
We hear this word quite often in everyday life, for example, when we go to a store that sells electronic equipment. Or we come across a term on the Internet - on our website we often use it. Hence the question - what does the word gadget mean?
Gadget translated from English means a device, device or even a trinket. As a rule, it is a small device that makes the life of an ordinary person easier and better. Then another question - what kind of device could this be?
Many devices can be safely called gadgets, including smartphones and tablets, music players, electronic patches, smart watches, fitness bracelets, etc. In other words, all the small electronic devices that we use in life can be called gadgets.
Do you want it visually? Please!
This is a gadget smartphone iPhone 7 Plus):
This is a gadget (tablet iPad mini 4):
This is a gadget (Xiaomi Mi Band 2 fitness bracelet):
This is a gadget (Fiio X1 portable player):
Please note that a gadget can also be called a small application that carries additional information, for example, exchange rates or weather forecasts. Such gadgets can be found on the screen of the same smartphones or tablets. True, we usually call them widgets. Here's what they look like.
