Collaborate Disseminate
There’s little debate that Amazon’s Alexa ecosystem makes it easy to add voice control to your smart home, but not everyone is thrilled with how it works. The fact that …read more Continue reading Amazon Echo Gets Open Source Brain Transplant
They say the best things in life are free, but we would loudly argue that a dollar can go a long way, too. It all depends on what you do with it. When [lonesoulsurfer] saw this busted-up handheld racing game …read more
Continue reading Racing Game Crashes Into Its Next Life as a Sound Bender
Since we’ve started inviting them into our homes, many of us have began casting a wary eye at our smart speakers. What exactly are they doing with the constant stream of audio we generate, some of it coming from the …read more
Continue reading “Alexa, Stop Listening to Me or I’ll Cut Your Ears Off”
We are always surprised that Amazon or Google doesn’t employ Kelsey Grammer — TV’s Frasier — as a spokesman for their smart home devices. After all, his catchphrase was, “I’m listening…” Maybe they don’t want to remind you that the …read more
Now that November of 2019 has passed, it’s a shame that some of the predictions made in Blade Runner for this future haven’t yet come true. Oh sure, 109 million people living in Los Angeles would be fun and all, but until we get our flying cars, we’ll just have …read more
Amazon already as a wide range of Echo devices under its own brand, but it’s now adding another new device to the list: the new Echo Input Portable speaker with a built-in battery.
The post Amazon Launches First Battery-powered Portable Echo Speaker ap… Continue reading Amazon Launches First Battery-powered Portable Echo Speaker
These days, if there’s a chip worth using, there will be a cheap pre-built module on eBay to make using it even easier. It’s a great time saver, and projects that used to take a couple of weekends can now be completed in a rainy afternoon. [lonesoulsurfer] knows how it …read more
A friend heard a couple arguing but couldn’t make out what it was about. Police hope that Alexa might have a better idea. Continue reading Police interrogate Alexa for clues in fatal spear-stabbing
If you upgraded to Amazon’s latest Echo Dot, you might have been surprised to find that the diminutive voice assistant had shed its USB port. Earlier models of the Dot used a garden variety micro USB port for power, which hackers eventually figured out also provided a helpful way to …read more
Like a million or so other people, [Brian Dorey] picked up a third generation Echo Dot during Amazon’s big sale a couple weeks ago. Going for less than half its normal retail price, he figured it was the perfect time to explore Amazon’s voice assistant offerings. But the low price …read more