Ai Pin, latest gadget to replace tethered smartphones

The AI Pin $700 device is the latest gadget for personal technology powered by artificial intelligence could herald a new age technology, with Laser Ink display which project text suchas incoming call into your palm, instead of touchscreen, at last a device without a tethered smartphone,

Steve Jobs, the Apple Founder once said as he walked on stage to launch the iPhone in 2007, “Every once in a while, a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything”. This is that moment.

Humane’d device Ai Pin can take photos, send texts, web search, object identification and uses a laser to project a visual interface onto a person’s palm, small square device pinned to the chest is the new high-tech device designed to quash the dependency on smartphones.  The Ai Pin went of sale on November 16 in the US at $699 plus a $24 monthly for unlimited calling, texting and data through T-Mobile. The device was initially showcased at the TED conference and in a Paris fashion week runway show earlier this year.

Humane released new details about the Pin’s software and how exactly a laser inside the device turns a person’s hand into a screen.

AI services now used by over 100million people each week, with noted Apple designer Jony Ive among the competition.

Humane’s CEO Behtany Bongiorno is confident the Pin’s mass appeal, calling it the world’s first contextual computer saying “ AI now has become something that everyone is curious about and really wants to know how it’s going to change their life. We’re offering the first opportunity to bring it with you everywhere. It’s really touching people from every background, every age group, globally in terms of what we’re feeling and seeing in feedback.” The pin features a camera, microphone, depth and motion sensors collecting data that is processed on-board by a Snapdragon processor, and  communicates with the wearer by way of a personic speaker or paired Bluetooth headphones.

Humane was founded in 2018 by Bongiorno and her husband, Imran Chaudri, after working on hardware design and software engineering at Apple, and set strict parameters for their product which needed to be standalone device connected directly to the cell network, transparent about, when it’s recording, and whole package should be affordable. “That really set the tone for where we are today” Bongiorno says.

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