http://www.geekalerts.com Gadgets for Geeks Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:38:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.geekalerts.com/fijit-friends/ http://www.geekalerts.com/fijit-friends/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:19:41 +0000 Hazel Chua http://www.geekalerts.com/?p=10098

Artificial intelligence has been around for the past few years, and it’s about time it came into the life of your child via the FIJIT Friends. The name reminds me of fidget, which is probably what most people would do when they first see this quirky and brightly-colored robotic companion. However, once you get past [...]]]> http://www.geekalerts.com/fijit-friends/feed/ 2 http://www.geekalerts.com/iris-9000-voice-control-module-for-iphone-siri/ http://www.geekalerts.com/iris-9000-voice-control-module-for-iphone-siri/#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:10:44 +0000 James Kelly http://www.geekalerts.com/?p=16471

Do you remember the Space Odyssey and HAL 9000? This IRIS 9000 Voice Control Module for iPhone & Siri sure looks the part of HAL, but let’s hope it doesn’t decide to take matters into its own hands like its sibling did. The IRIS 9000 is designed to take Siri beyond the basic iPhone 4S [...]]]> http://www.geekalerts.com/iris-9000-voice-control-module-for-iphone-siri/feed/ 1 http://www.geekalerts.com/ai-tech-racing-by-tomy/ http://www.geekalerts.com/ai-tech-racing-by-tomy/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 06:44:16 +0000 Robert Birming http://www.geekalerts.com/?p=1708

The Japanese toy manufacturer Tomy today announced the debut of an innovative “sensor” technology for its forthcoming AI Tech Racing brand, featuring the ability to detect and avoid obstacles, and negotiate turns and corners without input from the user. Unlike traditional “slot” cars and similar vehicles that are guided by grooves or “slots” in the [...]]]> http://www.geekalerts.com/ai-tech-racing-by-tomy/feed/ 4