The shocking alarm clock concept will help zap you into wakefulness by delivering a small shock when you turn off the alarm. The clock will include an integrated music player controlled by a touchscreen interface--allowing users to wake up in the more traditional manner. However, those who need an extra boost can activate the optional electrical shock mode, which will deliver a pulse of a few millivolts when the user touches the clock to turn off the alarm. That small harmless jolt...

The idea is to design smart light switch functioning as a sensor to dial in the optimal light levels in the room. The switch will go beyond color-changing, app-enabled bulbs to provide an intuitive lighting-environment. The device's sensor will detect movements, noise, the time of day and the room's ambient light levels, and then automatically adjust the lighting to suit the needs of the moment. Bedtime will trigger the lights to slowly dim, setting a relaxing mood, while...

Ideal as a Starter, Party Food or Lunch. 1 lb salad potatoes 1 cup of green beans 1 cup of carrots, cubed 1 cup of peas 1 red pepper, cut into cubes 1 onion, finely chopped pickled cucumber, cut into cubes light mayonnaise, enough to cover the salad vinegar to taste salt and pepper to taste 1. Boil potatoes, leave to cool and cut into cubes 2. Cook the peas, carrots and beans, leave to...

The electronic pen will vibrate to signal an illegible letter or misspelled word. The pen will function in either calligraphy mode (vibrating when a letter is written incorrectly) or orthography mode (vibrating to signal a spelling or grammar error). Future generations of the pen will include pressure sensors and a network module to transfer data 'written' with the pen to digital devices.

A new handheld food scanner paired with a smartphone will let users quickly identify the ingredients in their foods, making it easier to avoid allergens, chemicals or unwanted additives. Designed to allow users to make smarter food choices, the device will use a Raman spectrometer, specialized cloud-based algorithm and a smartphone app. Beaming the low-powered laser at the food product in question will cause the food to emit low energy protons, which will then be sorted by...

The wristband will help keep track of your emotional health, monitoring your mood and offering suggestions if you seem a bit unbalanced. The wristband will contain the "life spectrum analyzer", which is a medical-grade. Rather than simply gathering data on heart rate or blood pressure, the device will monitor the body's entire autonomic nervous system by capturing and analyzing the electrical impulses from the cells in the right atrium. The results will then be sent to the user's...

It will be possible to keep track of salt intake with the handy salt meter, a sort of salt-content thermometer for hot, liquid foods. The device will designed primarily for aficionados of salt-prone soups like ramen or udon noodles. It can be inserted into any semi-liquid food with a temperature between 140 and 176 degrees F, and the results will be displayed in less than a second on the LED screen. A bit of math will be required to come to the final reading, with a reading of 1...