Between past and future: 5 vintage smart health connected objects Best smart health innovation

The modern and the old don't have to be opposed. The proof is with these curiosities which boldly combine progress and conservatism. Cultivate your hipster image with these vintage smart health connected objects that update technologies from the past.

1) The TRNTBL record player

What could be more vintage than a record player? This object of our grandparents proposed a very rich sound, a grain today forgotten and replaced by the coldness of the mp3. Defects and other crackles were an integral part of the listening experience and gave soul to each vinyl. We told you about it when it was launched, the TRNTBL offers you discover or rediscover this unique experience, with some improvements directly from 21^th century.

Its operation is simple: it detects the music in progress (like the Shazam app) to then convert it digitally and distribute it through other devices, all wireless. The record player will even take care of building playlists on Spotify depending on the music you listen to. So it’s about doing a bridge between analog and digital sound. Although this is perceived as heresy by purists, it is indeed the primary purpose of this object: to link modernity and antiquity.

2) Cinematic Smartcase camera

Have you always dreamed of making films, but can't afford a quality camera? Cinematic Smartcase (CS1) turns you into a director of Hollywood's great years.

This is a locker in which you can insert your iPhone to give it new capabilities. With its 60s camera design, it offers a wide-angle lens, easy handling, and instant editing and sharing app.

This object is intended touse the very good camera of the iPhone in much better conditions than the ones you're used to. Rather than holding your phone in front of you with both hands, away from your eyes and trembling arms, you can have complete picture control. It’s the ideal tool for amateur filmmakers who want to professionalize without having to pay fortunes in equipment.

3) The Freewriter typewriter

Find all the sensations of old typewriters with the Freewriter. Equipped with a mechanical keyboard, it has the same sound and the same touch as a typewriter. The position taken by its creators is to keep it as far away from a computer as possible: 1 month battery, digital paper screen, no internet browser : everything is done so that you you focus on your work without distraction and without damaging your eyes.

The bias goes as far as reproduce the faults of these devices : the keyboard does not have no directional arrows allowing you to move over the text. If you make a mistake, you will have to erase everything until you go back to it. So remember to reread yourself as you go.

Although the Freewriter does not allow you to surf the Internet, it is still smart health connected to it so that you can record your texts. So, you can correct them on a word processor later, and use your Freewriter to write away from distractions.

4) The vintage Qwerkywriter keyboard

If acquiring an entire typewriter seems like too much of an investment, you can always turn to the Qwerkywriter. This is'a keyboard that offers a vintage design with round keys of the most beautiful effect to which you can connect your tablet. There too, the sensations will be there with its brushed aluminum keys, its characteristic typewriter sound and, even more, nostalgia, a return carriage as an ENTER key.

Connection with your tablet is wireless via Bluetooth. You can place it on the support provided for this purpose, in the same way as the sheet of paper would have been placed on a vintage typewriter, as long as it does not exceed 10 inches. The Qwerkywriter is also compatible with an iPhone or Mac. Unlike the Freewriter, it is equipped with directional keys, so you can correct your text as you go. However, the basic support remains your tablet, including Internet access. It's up to you to resist the temptation!

5) Absolutely the radios

Quintessence of the mix between past and future: the radios of the French company a.bsolutely are not modern objects built to resemble the old ones, but well ancient objects with modern capabilities.

The company specializes in the installation of new technologies in vintage radios or old audio furniture. Improve the sound, connect via Bluetooth, add jack inputs, speakers or even a backlight … the possibilities are wide. The main purpose is to modernize objects while keeping their natural charm.

And that's not all ! a.bsolument even offers you to modernize your old radio in the same way as with its own models. Thus giving a second life to an object that is close to your heart. From € 249, you will be able to connect your grandparents' radio so that it will once again live up to its long history.