Stay updated with breaking news from Echo Loop. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
The Amazon Halo might not look like much, but it's quite the ambitious little health tracker. In addition to the basics, it can measure your body composition and analyze the tone of your voice, all for under $100.
The third-generation Oura Ring offsets its new monthly membership fee with an upgraded suite of health-tracking features including continuous heart rate measurements, improved temperature sensing, and period predictions.
(Photo : GettlyImages/ ROBYN BECK ) Fitbit smart ring Fitbit has officially applied for a U.S. patent on a smart ring that would track the user's blood oxygen and blood pressure levels using medical-level sensor technology. The smart ring is rumored to be Google's answer to the smart ring offered by its rival, Oura. Fitbit Smart Ring Patent Most wearable devices use reflected light to measure the user's blood oxygen. Still, Fitbit wants its ring to behave like a clinical pulse oximeter that passes light through the skin to a photodetector, according to Wareable. The p...
Amazon's digital assistant Alexa has learnt to speak recite lines from the works of William Shakespeare, to mark his official day of celebration today. Users can ask Alexa to 'speak like Shakespeare' for a variety of responses, as well as ask to recite a Shakespearean sonnet and soliloquy and even a famous insult. When asked to recite a Shakespearean insult, Alexa may reply, 'The rankest compound of villainous smell that ever offended nostril' from The Merry Wives of Windsor. The digital assistant may also reply, 'You starveling, you eel-skin, you dried neat's-tongue, you bull's-pizzl...
Dutifully, your Echo Bot (that’s my name for it) rolls up, peering at you with a camera embedded on a “retractable pole,” as it’s been described in a recent Business Insider story reported on by SlashGear that claims more than 800 Amazon employees are working on the project as a “top priority.” “Alexa, find my AirPods,” you say, and the Echo Bot dutifully spins around and begins scouring your living room for the lost earbuds. Soon enough, the Bot returns. “I found your AirPods, Ben,” Alexa says, displaying a snapshot of the missing accessories nestled on your couch (of cou...