In this edition of the Worldwide Wrap, an Indian company has produced smart shoes that give directions and the New Forest National Park in southern England is trying out a new scheme, called the Tech Creche, to help visitors to take a break from their gadgets. Get the details on these stories and more below.
Selfie gets royal approval
Jayde Taylor, a member of the Australia Commonwealth Games hockey team, got more than she bargained for when she took a selfie photo of herself and one of her team-mates.
The Queen was standing behind a net fence smiling in the direction of the camera, apparently giving royal approval to the team.
Taylor uploaded the picture to Twitter, where it has been re-tweeted over 4 000 times.
Ahead of their opening game against Malaysia on Thursday, the Queen met Australia's "Hockeyroos" at the Glasgow National Hockey Centre.
Via: Telegraph
Smart shoes
An Indian company has come up with a sleek solution to wearable technology that is entirely useful and doesn't involve reading any tiny screens. The Bluetooth-enabled Lechal smart shoes vibrate to give people directions and tell them where to turn as they travel along.
The shoes sync with a user's phone, and an app that piggybacks on Google Maps allows the shoes to keep track of where users are going. Once you have input your destination and chosen a route, you can tuck your phone away and run or walk along with the left or right shoe buzzing to nudge you into turning.
Via: Wired
Sleep sensor
A new sleep sensor can monitor not only how you sleep, but also everything from noise to light in your bedroom.
The Sense system can then produce a sleep score for each night - and even work out if the neighbour's dog barked at 4AM - and tell you exactly how to get a good night's rest.
"We spend a third of our lives asleep, and the rest of our time is completely dictated by how we slept - everything from how we eat to how we exercise," James Proud, the 22-year-old Londoner behind the project told MailOnline.
Via: Daily Mail
Tech creche disallows technology
The New Forest National Park in southern England is trying out a new scheme - called the Tech Creche - to help visitors to take a break from their gadgets and really start to enjoy the world around them.
Located at the Brockenhurst rail station, the tech creche allows visitors to leave computers, cellphones, iPads and even car keys with the New Forest Travel Concierge, providing an open-top bus for travel to the park itself.
In case users need even more incentive to leave the phone behind, tech creche users are also rewarded with free entry into a prize draw for a one-night zen spa escape break.
Via: Tree Hugger
App to the rescue
A mobile app from a law enforcement technology firm could soon allow emergency responders from different agencies to communicate seamlessly with each other in a crisis for the first time, sharing files and conducting impromptu conference calls.
BlueLine Grid's applications target what has long been one of the most vexing challenges facing US law enforcement and emergency responders. Communications breakdowns hampered responses to the 11 September, 2001 attack in New York and disasters including 2012's Superstorm Sandy.
The app works on devices running on Google's Android and Apple's iOS operating systems.
Via: Reuters
App personalises imojis
It was only a matter of time: Now you can be an emoji, thanks to a new app.
Imoji, posted to the App Store on Thursday, allows iOS users to turn the pictures they take - or save - into emojis for iMessage. What's more, The Next Web notes, users can choose to make a sticker private, or opt to make it public for others to use in their own conversations. That means any user has the chance to create the next ultra-versatile emoji.
Via: Huffington Post
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