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According to The Guardian, Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is one of the first smartphones to ship with an Iris scanner. The new biometric option in the form of an infrared iris scanner takes just seconds to set up and unlock the phone with a glance of either eyes.It has a 5.7 inch quad HD screen, USB-C and the integrated S-pen stylus which is now waterproof and can work when wet,12mega pixel camera on the back, 4GB RAM and 64GB of storage with micro SD card slot for additional storage. The new Samsung Galaxy Note 7 also has fingerprint scanner under the home button. The Note 7 features also similar specifications to the Galaxy S7 Edge including its IP68 rating making it waterproof to depths of 1.5m for 30minutes.

Sense sleep tracking ball Made by a San Francisco startup "Hello"  according to Tech Insider is packed with sensors that monitors your bedroom's light, humidity, temperature, air quality as well as sleeping habits. The tiny ball sits right next your bed, on the floor or on a nightstand and stays plugged into an outlet at all times. It comes with a tiny sleep pill with a replaceable battery that lasts a full year,that clips onto the end of your pillow.  With the Sense app, user can learn about the conditions(temperature, humidity, air quality, brightness and noise level)  in the room and tips to improve the user's sleep quality. 

Hideyuki Nakayama's "A Room in the Glass Globe".According to Gizmodo, is developed in conjunction with door handle manufacturer Lever, gives you the glimpse of what's happening in the Room Behind it. The reflection is cast in a sort of strange, dreamlike haze

                                      Source:Livescience Iris scan may soon replace fingerprints. While iris-scanning technology has been around for more than 25 years, it's just now getting to where it's fast, easy and relatively bug-free. "It's a powerful biometric," said Patrick Grother, a computer scientist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Md., who has been developing algorithms and software for iris scanning. "It's fast to process, it has discriminative power -- my iris doesn't look like your iris, and it has reasonable permanence." Iris scanning cameras can be hand-held or attached to a wall. They are effective from three to six feet away from the subject's eyes.

Source :Pelamatic Fruit lovers fruit handling just got better. Orange Peel allows quick and safe cleaning. It has speed, efficiency, simplicity. It peels any kind of fruit and vegetable whether spherical or oval. It's safe and easy to use

Simon Petrus a grade 12 learner from Abraham Iyambo senior secondary school,  a rural  school in Ohangwena Region, has invented a SIM-less mobile phone that does not need airtime to  make calls. He put together  parts from a telephone and television set that according to him, uses only a radio system. Apart from the phone chargeable unit that works with radiation, the cell phone also has a light bulb, a fan and a socket for its charger etc-The Herald Source :The Herald 

Dutch -  Indonesia design firm Shau created a new micro - library on top of an existing outdoor community stage using over 2k recycled ice cream tubs for the structure's exterior cladding. As stated by Tree hugger, The facade does not only give additional meaning to the building it also generates a pleasant indoor light ambiance since they scatter direct sunlight acting as natural light bulbs.