7. The Smartphone that Puts Privacy First

把隱私放在首位的智能手機(jī)

Nearly half of Americans don’t feel safe sharing private information over a cell-phone call, according to Pew. So how can phone owners conceal their data? Enter the Blackphone, a smartphone designed to put privacy above all else. The device, developed by the company of the same name and accelerated after the Snowden leaks, runs a customized Android operating system stripped of features that might make data vulnerable, like calendar sync. It also comes with software that encrypts calls, texts and browsing history at levels far beyond normal smartphones.

皮尤研究中心稱，近一半美國(guó)人覺(jué)得在手機(jī)上談?wù)搨€(gè)人信息是不安全的。那么手機(jī)的主人怎樣才能藏好自己的信息？Blackphone應(yīng)運(yùn)而生，這是一款把隱私看得高于一切的智能手機(jī)。這款由同名公司研制并在斯諾登泄密事件后加速推出的手機(jī)，采用定制版安卓操作系統(tǒng)，其中剔除了可能造成安全漏洞的功能如日歷同步等。它還帶有以遠(yuǎn)高于普通智能手機(jī)的技術(shù)水平對(duì)通話、信息和瀏覽歷史進(jìn)行加密的軟件。

8. The Cooler that Powers Your Party

讓派對(duì)更加火熱的便攜冰箱

Coolest is the world’s smartest all-purpose party starter. It stores food and drinks, sure. But it also touts a blender, an LED lid light, a USB charger, a Bluetooth speaker and big wheels designed to navigate many terrains (beach, parking lot). Since Grepper’s prototype first appeared on Kickstarter earlier this year, roughly 63,000 backers have contributed $13.3 million to make it a reality. It’s now the most funded creation in the site’s history, besting hits like the Pebble smart watch and Oculus Rift’s virtual-reality glasses.

Coolest便攜冰箱是世界上最出色的多用途派對(duì)用品。當(dāng)然，它可以存放食物和飲料。但它還帶有攪拌器、LED門燈、USB充電器、藍(lán)牙揚(yáng)聲器以及便于在多種地形(包括海灘、停車場(chǎng)等)上搬運(yùn)的大輪子。自從樣機(jī)今年早些時(shí)候首次出現(xiàn)在眾籌網(wǎng)站“啟動(dòng)者”網(wǎng)站上以來(lái)，已有約6.3萬(wàn)網(wǎng)友出資1330萬(wàn)美元支持使之成為現(xiàn)實(shí)。它目前是該網(wǎng)站有史以來(lái)吸引投資最多的發(fā)明，戰(zhàn)勝了像Pebble智能手表和Oculus　Rift虛擬現(xiàn)實(shí)眼鏡等熱門發(fā)明。