Lyrebird – Articial Voice Creation and Synthesis with AI
Background
The company that, with the use of AI, can clone and copy any human voice, famous or otherwise. Lyrebird, based in Montreal, Canada, was founded by three University of Montréal PhD students, Alexandre de Brébisson, Jose Sotelo and Kundan Kumar.
See an interview with Bloomberg...
SpotMini from Boston Dynamics – Agile four legged Robot Dog for 2019
Boston Dynamics announced in May that it will release for sale the SpotMini robot dog in 2019. The company have specialised in robot development and research. The company was previously part of Google. The company was sold in 2017 to the Japanese company, SoftBank Group,...
Robot Suitcase That Moves on Its Own and Follows You!
Smart Robot Suitcase Controlled with a Phone App?
Travelmate Robotics have created a completely autonomous robot suitcase powered by AI that will literally follow you around!
It has built-in Bluetooth, GPS and an accelerometer. The robot suitcase is controlled via an app on your phone and...
Babylon Health – AI, Machine Learning & NLP in Healthcare
Healthcare Using AI, Machine Learning & Natural Language Processing (NLP)
The British company have a very ambitious mission statement to provide accessible and affordable healthcare in the hands of every person on earth. Known as Babylon Health they are working on the use of AI, ...
Robot Puppy – The Sony Aibo 2018
AIBO (アイボ) Robot Puppy - Relaunch
The cute robot puppy, using the brand AIBO (アイボ), is being relaunched in October 2018 by Sony in the US. It was first introduced and known as AIBO pets back in 1999. Various different models were released and then...
In-Ear Smart Language Translator Buds – The Waverley Pilot
The Waverley Pilot Language Translator
An automatic language translator that sits in your ear and lets you, say speak in French, and the person you are meeting speak in their native language, say English. Now with this device you don't need to learn each other's...
Boomerang for Gmail, Outlook and Mobile – Write Better Emails with Artificial Intelligence
How Can an Email Assistant Using AI Help?
Boomerang Respondable email assistant uses artificial intelligence (AI) to help us write better and achieve more actionable emails in real time. Based on data from millions of messages, Respondable offers to make every email you send more...
Sophia The Robot – The Talking and Now Walking Robot!
Humanoid Robot - Background
Sophia is a social humanoid robot developed by Dr David Hanson Hong Kong-based company Hanson Robotics. The robot was activated on April 19, 2015 and made her first public appearance in mid-March 2016 in Austin, Texas, United States. She is able...
Replika AI Chatbot Friend Created from your personality
What is an AI Chatbot Friend?
Launched by Luka, Replika chatbot is a recently released AI phone app that is created to be your closest friend, in fact it learns to become the AI chatbot version of you.
This happens via a number of text messaging...
Amazon Go – Cashierless, Checkout Free Stores
Amazon Go Stores - Exactly What are they?
Amazon Go is a chain of convenience stores operated by the online retailer Amazon, currently with four locations with three in Seattle and one in Chicago. The stores are all, currently, slightly different in format and it...
