Memorable fine arts achievement: “Winning sectionals last year in debate.” Other fine arts activities: Wind Symphony, jazz band, competitive speech and mock trial. What do you like about debate that keeps you involved: “Debate has a certain depth that is rare when compared to other activities. When I first started debate I joined because I […]
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Mobile devices can be hacked in a wide variety of ways. Smart home devices were never a real threat up until this point, but that situation has changed. WeMo smart home devices are adequately capable of spying on Android phones. This is a very worrisome development, and it does not appear that there is a
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Delivered just a few days before Halloween, a developer named Brian Kane last week modified his Amazon Echo by replacing the device’s sleek outer shell with a Big Mouth Billy Bass, one of those singing wall-mounted fishes that became a fad for a hot second many years back. The end result is a concoction that
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Why are electronic and department stores owning more and more of the home instead of furniture retailers? Another neat feature was being able to listen to podcasts on-command, even if I hadn’t subscribed to them. But, which one is better? I bought a Home because I like the design, and I like the sound quality.
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Advertisement Digital assistants are rapidly gaining ground and Samsung is expected to join the fray with its Galaxy S8, which will reportedly rock an artificial intelligence- powered smart assistant of its own. Microsoft already has Cortana, Google has Google Assistant, Apple has Siri, but Samsung has so far stayed out of the smart assistant race
When the virtual voice assistants of the world (Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri, OK Google, etc.) inevitably band together and reign supreme over human society, I doubt they’ll take this week’s indignity lightly. Shortly before Halloween, a developer named Brian Kane posted a video of Amazon’s voice assistant, Alexa, speaking from a singing bass fish. It’s not
Why use Amazon’s Echo when you can make Alexa speak through a mounted, singing fish? That’s what developer Brain Kane wanted to find out when he hacked Alexa to speak through a singing, robotic fish called Big Mouth Billy Bass. He posted a video of the contraption on Facebook, and simply titled it “the future.”
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For nearly 20 years, the Big Mouth Billy Bass animatronic mounted fish has been belting out “Take Me To The River” and “Don’t Worry, Be Happy.” It was once a popular novelty gift, but it’s not exactly useful. However, Billy Bass may have finally achieved his ultimate purpose, thanks to a clever hack. Via The
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The Amazon Echo (or Amazon Dot, for the more space-conscious consumer) is a nifty device, to be sure. It’s always nice, if a little disorienting, to be able to pitch a question or request to an invisible friend in the room—“Alexa, how many grizzly bears are in my immediate area?”—and get back some kind of
“Reply to the important email from your boss.” “Wear that blue-colored dress today, it matches your new shoes.” “Go to Tahiti on vacation, there is a good price now for tickets for this destination.” All of these pieces of advice and more come from AI assistants. A wide range of these assistants have emerged to
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