Moto Mods, much unlike LG Friends, have taken off since their initial launch. However, availability and numbers have remained low. As a refresher, Motorola first perused the long-shot idea with its Moto Z flagship smartphones, Moto Z and Moto Z Force. Since then, the modules have shaken up the industry, leading many to believe that these will be part of a new trend for smartphones.

As of right now, there are just a few smartphones that allow the acceptance of Moto Mods, and they’re not as popular Motorola would have liked them to be. As a result, third-parties up until this point have been skeptical about putting large sums of money into engineering for such modules. Motorola, owned by Lenovo, went as far as launching two Android apps dedicated to mods and a program convincing partners and third-party developers to bring their own ideas to mods.

We often hear about new Moto Mod ideas. But the reality is, not all companies have gone through with their concepts, despite positive initial reactions. The main reason for this is the lack of funds and/or support start-ups have A new program, Hackathon, introduced by Motorola, gives everyone the opportunity to share their Moto Mod ideas.

This week, Motorola shared with us some of the ideas drawn from Hackathon. Some ideas include sleep trackers and baby monitors. We also learned about a possible breathalyzer mod and mod that can charge your compatible Moto Z smartphone using solar-power radiated from the sun. Cool right?

Learn more from the designers and innovators themselves in the video embedded below. Feel free to drop a comment letting us know your thoughts.

SOURCE [Motorola]