This smart door lock will stay charged thanks to the sun, and let you tell Alexa to lock it. Photo by Tyler Lizenby/CNET A year ago, the prototype of the solar powered Brinks Array intrigued me at CES. This year, the finished smart lock looks great. You’ll be able to preorder it in May, and […]
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CES 2017 has been the greatest year so far for the yearly Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. More than 175,000 participants met on the strip this week to be among the first to see what the world’s top innovation organizations bring to the table. Auto tech became the overwhelming focus for a great
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CES 2017 has been the greatest year so far for the yearly Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. More than 175,000 participants met on the strip this week to be among the first to see what the world’s top innovation organizations bring to the table. Auto tech became the overwhelming focus for a great
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LAS VEGAS—For Eric Franchi, cofounder of Undertone, CES 2017 was the year that the connected home truly arrived, with VR, AR and AI on deck for Internet-of-things retail and, eventually, advertising. But Franchi cautioned marketers that while there is a lot of buzz around AR, VR and AI, brands should not lose sight of the
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Voice control and smart assistants were everywhere at this year’s CES in Las Vegas, with many companies partnering with Amazon to directly integrate Alexa into their products. Others decided to strike out on their own — but none of them built an Amazon Echo-like speaker quite like Xiaomi’s Mi Bunny. The $29 device is billed
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Brooke Neitzel and her family donated a dollhouse to Medical City Children’s Hospital in Dallas Thursday. Photo: Courtesy A six-year-old girl who ordered a $162 dollhouse on her family’s Amazon Echo has donated it to pediatric patients at a Dallas hospital. Brooke Neitzel ordered the dollhouse and four pounds of cookies from “Alexa,” Amazon’s voice-activated
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Coway makes Airmega air filtration systems that suck the allergens out of your home’s air. And now it’s making them easier to control with the integration of Amazon Alexa voice commands, starting in mid-January. On top of that, the company will ship a graphite version of its filtration system in mid-February. The graphite unit will
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LAKE WALES, Fla. — Every sensor and wireless chip maker is edging into the Internet of Things (IoT) market, one of the fastest growing international markets, predicted to surpass $1.6 billion by 2021 according to IoT Analytics (Hamburg, Germany). Fellow German company Bosch Sensortec aims to maintain its current lead by integrating its microelectromechanical systems
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Benjamin Joffe of HAX showcases China hardware startups at CES The biggest debate going on this year at the Consumer Electronics Show is, what exactly was really new, inventive, breakthrough? Walking the floor of the show brought close-ups of a lot of connected gadgets for smart everything – homes, cities, cars, lights, weights, watches, clothes, appliances,
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Walk the crowded show floors of CES 2017, which wraps on Sunday, and you’ll quickly discover the breakout winner of this year’s consumer tech convention: Amazon’s personal assistant, Alexa. There were Alexa-compatible air purifiers, self-driving cars, even refrigerators. Huawei unveiled its Mate 9 smartphone, which it says is the first to come with Alexa pre-installed.
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