Shoes you can tie with one hand. A customer with cerebral palsy approached Nike with the request of creating a shoe that someone else wouldn’t have to tie for him. Nike took on the challenge and created a shoe that can be tied with just one hand.

Ocean vacuum. The Ocean Cleanup Project was created to complete one mission: to get rid of the mass amounts of trash polluting the Pacific Ocean. A 62-mile floating boom with an attached net could reduce this trash mass by 42% over 10 years.

This baby device is every parent’s dream. It tracks heart rate, body temperature and position – so it’s pretty much a Fit Bit for babies. It also aims to track sleeping patterns so it can alert parents when nap time is about to come to an end.

Microsoft created a hololens to simulate reality. It’s currently only being used by NASA to simulate terrains on Mars and medical students to dissect virtual bodies.

Star Homeless Housing. This complex in Los Angeles includes 102 studio apartments, a medical facility, garden, running track and space for classrooms. The aim is integrate the homeless into a vibrant, innovative community.

Gluten Sniffer. Here’s how it works: when depositing a small sample of whatever food you’re about to eat in the device, it will test for anything that can cause sickness and let the user know if it’s safe or not.

Segway-skateboard hybrid is definitely the gadget of the future.

Educational Talking Dino. Instead of repeating programmed phrases, this toy uses IBM technology to interact with 5-9 year olds in a different, more meaningful way. It can interactively converse, as well as answer questions, and ask more difficult questions in a progressive way.

The Lowline Lab. The aim of the Lowline Lab is to bring new life to forgotten underground space. It captures sunlight from rooftops into a reflective dome allowing plants and trees to grow underground, to try and give the nature that we’ve butchered a second chance.

Safety Truck. Trucks are involved in 11% of fatal crashes. That’s why Samsung came up with a solution to prevent these hazardous road situations. A camera on the front of the truck projects onto a screen on the back of the truck so the car behind the truck can see what’s going on in front and see if the coast is clear and overtaking is safe.

Tesla Model X. The Earth's first luxury electric car.

Active Listening Buds. These active-listening ear buds connect to an app that allows you eliminate specific sound frequencies from the sound coming through, like, let’s say, crying babies on a plane.

Casper Mattress. It offers one style with varied comfort factors determined by the materials used to make the mattress. It fits into a box, which makes for low shipping costs, and customers receive a free 100-day trial. The company says they are hardly ever returned.

The Artiphon. It simulates dozens of instruments and is every one-man-band’s dream. It can be strummed or tapped and mixed with any style.

Period-Ready Underwear. Trying to provide a convenient and cost-effective solution for women, Thinx combined pads and underwear, eliminating the cost of having to buy pads or tampons every month. The absorbing, antimicrobial fabric is washable and reusable.

Banza has formulated a reduced carb and increased fiber pasta. This gluten free option allows people with gluten allergy to still enjoy their favorite Italian dishes.

This device tracks and analyzes allergens, pollutants and UV exposure and sends the information to a cloud where air quality can be tracked.

The drinkable book contains pages that are very valuable to third-world countries. It holds printed information, but amazingly, the pages are also treated with nanoparticles of silver and copper, which are designed to kill bacteria as they come through. In trials at 25 contaminated water sources, the paper removed 99% of bacteria. This is revolutionary for countries that suffer from severely polluted water.

The Eko Core stethoscope could be a huge step forward in medicine, as it collects heartbeat data and links it to a cloud service where they are stored and analyzed extensively.

Hackaball. Since technology is the future, this tech toy teaches kids to code from a very young age. Computer scientists are in higher demand than ever, so this toy introduces coding in an every day, social setting.

The Smart Pan. Well, there’s a smart device for everything else, why not for cooking? All you do is download the app, and your pan pretty much does the rest for you. It gives you real time instructions and tips.

Drone Port. An airport for drones, because where else are they supposed to land? The project is currently fully operational in Rwanda, where the devices have been used to drop food and medical supplies.

Cardboard Virtual Reality. While some advanced virtual reality devices cost a fortune, these cardboard ones can be made for free with online instructions and a simple link to the app.

Desktop DNA Lab. Normal DNA processing takes about a day – this device cuts that processing time down to three hours. This compact device can do some serious analyzing, it can help find bone-marrow donors, study genetic diseases and much much more.