Wired Wednesday: Moodo, unlock your smartphone with your heartbeat & 360 Smart Bed

ByJohn

This week on News 1130 radio in Vancouver, I spoke about these tech topics for Wired Wednesday with Ben Wilson:

  • Moodo – the smart home fragrance box (source)
  • Forget fingerprints, soon you may be able to sign-in with your heartbeat
     (source)
  • 360 smart bed automatically adjusts to your sleep position (source)

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