The Standard Group Plc is a multi-media organization with investments in media platforms spanning newspaper print
operations, television, radio broadcasting, digital and online services. The Standard Group is recognized as a
leading multi-media house in Kenya with a key influence in matters of national and international interest.
Save money and smarten up your shower with the Amphiro B1.
It logs the amount of water you send down the drain along with how much energy it takes to comfortably warm your day-to-day bodily wash water. It funnels water consumption stats in real time to tablets, smartphones and PCs via wireless Bluetooth connection.
Your mobile device will then push this data to the cloud and help you keep tabs on the true cost and environmental impact of your personal hygiene routine via a cute, animated pictograph of a polar bear standing on a shelf of ice.
The longer the shower, and the hotter the water, the more this virtual ice shelf will disappear. Oval shaped with rounded edges and about the size of a big bar of soap with a monochrome LCD screen, it looks nothing like a piece of smart-home tech but is compatible with majority of handheld shower heads found in homes today.
Displayed on the screen are digits representing current water temperature plus the total volume of water used since the shower tap was opened. B1 is self-powered through harnessing the shower water flow to generate the electricity it runs on hence it does not require an external power source, or even batteries, to function. - Rose Kwamboka
join