--- title: simplehuman sensor can with voice and motion control: The 100 Best Inventions of 2019 description: Find out why simplehuman sensor can with voice and motion control is one of the best inventions of 2019. canonical: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2019/5733109/simplehuman-sensor-can-voice-motion-control/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-11-21T01:53:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-03-02T23:36:49.739Z og:title: simplehuman Has One of the Best Inventions of 2019 og:description: Find out why simplehuman sensor can with voice and motion control is one of the best inventions of 2019. og:url: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2019/5733109/simplehuman-sensor-can-voice-motion-control/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3293f4b6453e3d55/698a064986f68e88ba6edefb/best-inventions-2019-083-sensor-trashcan-voice.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: simplehuman Has One of the Best Inventions of 2019 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: simplehuman Has One of the Best Inventions of 2019 twitter:description: Find out why simplehuman sensor can with voice and motion control is one of the best inventions of 2019. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3293f4b6453e3d55/698a064986f68e88ba6edefb/best-inventions-2019-083-sensor-trashcan-voice.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 21, 2019 # An Updated Waste Bin simplehuman sensor can with voice and motion control by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff  There’s something freeing about controlling objects with your voice. When you say, “Open can,” [simplehuman](https://www.simplehuman.com/ "undefined")’s Sensor Can with voice and motion control opens, then slowly closes a few seconds later. Sensor Can was updated in early 2019, with improved voice recognition, thanks to a new three-microphone array. You can also tell Sensor Can to stay open, or when to close. And if you’d rather stay quiet and wave your hand to prompt the lid to open, well, Sensor Can responds to that too. simple­human views its products as “the opposite of disposable,” says founder and CEO Frank Yang, and Sensor Can was tested for 300,000 open and close cycles to confirm its durability. The 58-liter model is available for $200\. —_Jason Cipriani_ **Buy now**: [simplehuman sensor can with voice and motion control](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B076CH1MK3/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=bestnewinv-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=B076CH1MK3&linkId=42e07783d33a4e035a8a2eee0368e0bd "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2019/5733109/simplehuman-sensor-can-voice-motion-control/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2019/5733109/simplehuman-sensor-can-voice-motion-control/"},"headline":"simplehuman Has One of the Best Inventions of 2019","datePublished":"2019-11-21T01:53:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:36:49.739Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2019/5733109/simplehuman-sensor-can-voice-motion-control/","keywords":["Best Inventions 2019"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3293f4b6453e3d55/698a064986f68e88ba6edefb/best-inventions-2019-083-sensor-trashcan-voice.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3293f4b6453e3d55/698a064986f68e88ba6edefb/best-inventions-2019-083-sensor-trashcan-voice.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2019/5733109/simplehuman-sensor-can-voice-motion-control/","name":"simplehuman Has One of the Best Inventions of 2019"}}]}] ```