For the past 15 years or so, no other piece of technology has been able to impact our daily lives so much as the smartphone – but one product launch has just given an example of how AI could soon change that. — Photo: Humane/dpaAfter a slow build-up of hype in recent months, a start-up run by two former Apple employees has launched their vision of a product that promises to let us use our voices and hands to do most of the stuff we currently while looking at a smartphone screen.
The small device, roughly the size of a matchbox, has a camera and loudspeaker, but instead of a display, it has a laser projector that gives you information and playback controls on the palm of your hand. The idea behind the Ai Pin, a thin square device measuring less than 5 cm in width, is that you attach it to your clothing with a magnet and wear it at chest height. Instead of swiping at a screen, you operate it with voice commands and hand gestures. The camera and microphone play a special role here, as they form the AI's eyes and ears, so to spea