These Are the Weirdest Internet of Things Objects

The Internet of Things (IoT) includes everyday household devices and appliances that have Bluetooth capabilities that connect them to the Internet. There have been some pretty cool — and useful — products that have come from the IoT. But not every IoT-enabled object works quite so well. The following will talk about five IoT objects that lean towards the bizarre.

Tangram Smart Rope

You may have thought that the joy of jump roping is very low-tech — it’s just a cord with a handle on either end. But according to the IoT, you are sorely mistaken. The Tangram Smart Rope counts your jumps with LEDs embedded in the rope projecting your current count in front of you. An app keeps track of your jumping stats, too.

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ICPooch

You’ll have to give the 14-year-old girl who developed this IoT object credit because she developed the app as a teen. The device was a video chat device that gave owners the ability to chat with their dogs while they were out of the house. It also had the ability to dispense treats to dogs. Sadly, the ICPooch company ceased operation in 2016.

Inebriated Innovations

Want to brew your own beer but have no understanding about how to go about doing so? Even though you probably shouldn’t brew your own beer, Inebriated Innovations thinks otherwise. The IoT device gives you temperature probes that connect to your Wi-Fi, while its mobile app lets you control the heating and cooling of your beverage remotely.

RollScout

Sure, it’s annoying to run out of toilet paper, but do you really need to know — by email or by text — that your roll is empty? While this device seems particularly ridiculous for families, the creators of the app say it’s meant for small businesses, whose proprietors might not always check the bathroom. That makes more sense, but is it really worth $60?

The Whistle

If you’re all about fitness trackers then you might wonder: where’s a fitness tracker for my dog? Or, like most people, you might not wonder that because your dog is, well, a dog. Nevertheless, there’s a fitness tracker that monitors your pooch’s exercise. If someone has no idea if his or her dog is getting walked every day, that person might have problems with animal caretaking that this device can’t fix.