1. Omni Hoverboards.

On May 22, 2015, Lake Ouareau in Quebec, Canada, Alexandru Duru introduced a homemade
hoverboard 16 feet above the surface, flew a distance of 905 feet, 2 inches-smashing the previous
Guinness world of Record for the farthest hoverboard flight. Duru is a software engineer and devoted
his past five years perfecting this design. His startup company named Omni Hoverboards where made
from carbon fiber with eight large propellers, powered by 16 lithium-polymer batteries.

2. The Elios (2016)

Rescue workers trying to reach a fallen climber in a 100-foot crevasse face perilous conditions. Elios, a
rescue drone made by the Swiss flying-robotics company Fly ability, tries to minimize these threats.
Roughly, a 15-inch sphere, Elios draws inspiration from houseflies, which bounce off a surface and keep
flying; it is equipped with a freely rotating carbon-fiber exoskeleton that spins on a separate axis from
the drone avionics inside it. When Elios hits a wall, the cage continues spinning and absorbs the energy
of the collision, while the propellers inside keep spinning and the HD camera and lighting system remain
stabilized. It can navigate such extreme environments as collapsed buildings, chemical spill sites, and
even glaciers—just about any “break in case of emergency” scenarios.

3. Botnet

Every lightbulb, security camera, and baby monitor connected to the internet can easily become one
drone in a massive hacking army. Botnet exploits, like 2016’s Mirai or this spring’s BrickerBot, force
thousands of devices to ping the same website and bombard it to death; Mirai, for instance, downed
Twitter and Spotify. The $249 RATtrap is a home firewall that stops the bad people from recruiting your
stuff. Connected via Ethernet to your router and modem, it keeps network devices from interacting with
malicious entities by halting the flow of data between you and suspicious websites. IOT Defense has
globally deployed sensors constantly scan the internet at large to track down new threats and learn
patterns of nefarious behavior. Hourly updates—for now, each unit comes with a lifetime subscription—
mean your own RATtrap gets perceptive all the time. Protecting your network is not just about guarding
your own information anymore; gadgets are primed for infection, and herd immunity is the only way to
stop the spread.

4. Rowenta Turbo Silence Extreme (2017)

This innovation substitutes the standard electric fans available in the market. On its lowest setting, it
registers just 35 decibels; on the highest, it is about 50. That is roughly one-quarter the din of the
average fan. Five 4.5-inch plastic blades (many fans have three) create more surface area, so the motor
does not need to crank as hard or spin as fast to push the same amount of airflow. In addition, because
the blades are tapered at their edges, they are able to slice through the air with less choppy turbulence.

5. Davis Vantage Pro2(2017)

Most of us rely on serially inaccurate apps or spray-tanned local meteorologists for detailed readings.
The Davis Vantage Pro2 weather station ($650)—a favorite of barometer-tracking fanatics— delivers a
personal, hyperlocal forecast from your own backyard. A suite of highly accurate sensors tracks the
plunging pressure that precedes a storm, the winds in the buildup, and the downpour that follows. You
can also feed your data to Weather Underground, boosting the accuracy of their forecasting algorithm.
It has a power plant which is a Six square inches of solar cells collect energy, while a capacitor and
backup battery hold enough voltage to keep the station running for up to a year without sunlight.
Onboard processors ready sensor data to broadcast up to 1,000 feet via radio antenna.

6. HYDRA-LIGHT PL-500 SALTWATER CHARGER (2017)

There are no outlets at the beach, but there is plenty of salt water. The Hydra-Light turns seawater into
juice for a lantern or USB-powered devices. In the reservoir, a magnesium alloy rod slowly oxidizes in
salt water, releasing electrons in the process. A carbon-based cathode grabs and funnels those electrons
to connected gadgets, providing more than 250 hours of power for illumination or charging electronics.