Personal Assistant

Five neatly integrated high-resolution color screens occupy the entire width of the Honda e's dash

Automotive

Full-width digital dashboard revealed for the Honda e compact EV

Honda has released details and images for dash setup for its forthcoming Honda e electric hatchback and it's a doozie. With five screens running the entire windscreen length, this is truly a dashboard for Generation Screen.

Temi will go on sale worldwide October 1 for the confirmed price of US $1,500

Robotics

$1,500 tēmi personal robot goes on sale October 1

The personal robot Temi put in an appearance at IFA today, alongside the news that it will go on sale worldwide October 1 for the confirmed price of US$1,500. Its makers call it the first truly-useful personal robot.

Lenovo has announced the Lenovo Smart Assistant, a voice-activated speaker powered by Amazon's Alexa

Around The Home

Lenovo picks Alexa's brain for its new Smart Assistant

Amazon’s personal assistant, Alexa, has a new home in Lenovo’s Smart Assistant, an Echo-like device that picks up voice commands and replies in kind. If better sound quality is your jam, there’s a Harman Kardon edition, and the company is also rolling out a wireless Smart Storage device.

Neither the Alexa or Android platforms appear to gain or be extended a great deal by virtue of being deployed as part of the Yumi robot

Robotics

Alexa-powered household robot puts a face to the name

Despite its chatty demeanor, Amazon's Alexa personal assistant has, up until now, remained faceless. That has now changed courtesy of a family focused robot by the name of Yumi, which manufacturer Omate says is the first robot to be powered by the artificial intelligence (AI) platform.

Around The Home

Third-party app Josh will bring a few new skills (and different voices) to Amazon Echo

A third-party app called Josh builds upon Alexa to make Amazon's Echo and other voice-controlled systems even more powerful.

Alexa is making the one-time futuristic vision of the voice-controlled smart home a reality

Around The Home

One year on, Amazon's Alexa is quietly ushering in the smart home of the future

Throughout the 20th century, visions of the future imagined smart homes that could listen and respond to all our requests using voice. Amazon's Alexa is making that one-time futuristic vision of the voice-controlled smart home a reality.

Asus says that the Zenbo has been designed to help senior family members safeguard their health and well-being, and enjoy a connected digital life

Robotics

Asus aims for the heart of the home with cute do-it-all robot

The Zenbo home robot from Asus has been created to offer busy family members a helping hand with everyday tasks like keeping the kids entertained, controlling connected smart devices and providing recipe inspiration for mealtimes. The company also sees it acting as a remote guardian for the elderly.

Gizmag reviews the Amazon Echo, a device that combines a speaker with an intelligent virtual assistant

Home Entertainment

Review: Amazon Echo is finally available to all

Gizmag reviews Amazon Echo, the company's unique desktop personal assistant that has just become publicly available after a limited, invite-only roll out.

Cubic has developed a personal attention that could kill Amazon Echo before it arrives while also adding the best of Siri and Google Now on the go

Robotics

Cubic mixes Siri, Google Now and Samantha from "Her"

A Russian company is working to perfect an interesting new digital personal assistant that could bridge the gap between Google Now and Siri and more futuristic artificial intelligence concepts like Samantha, Joaquin Phoenix's digital companion in the movie Her.