The global smart speaker market is poised to grow to 56.3 million shipments in 2018, as the technology prepares itself for accelerated adoption in the consumer market. Amazon and Google are expected to remain in the lead with their Echo and Home products respectively, but will face increased competition as new vendors enter the race. The US will remain the single most important market for smart...

Here's one of the more unusual housing ideas we've come across in a while. The OPod Tube House, by James Law Cybertecture, is a micro house made from concrete water piping that measures just 2.5 m (8.2 ft) in diameter. Its snug interior features an apartment-style layout suitable for one or two people.Resembling Mexico's Tubohotel, which we covered back in 2011, the OPod was designed with a vie...

AI has the potential to allow companies to not only do different things, but also to do things differently. It represents a step change in balancing growth, profitability, sustainability and trust.With 46 percent of executives indicating that AI will drive increased revenue opportunities, getting AI right makes companies more valuable to their ecosystem and helps them maintain a competitive pos...

The market for voice-enabled smart speakers has grown rapidly over the last year, but is still mainly controlled by only two companies in the United States. [click to enlarge]Steve Rabuchin, the VP of Amazon Alexa, has a vision. He dreams of customers having a conversation – not just with voice-enabled devices like the Amazon Echo, but with appliances, cars, and everything in between.Though th...

When Tesla reported its vehicle deliveries for the fourth quarter on Wednesday, many investors probably weren’t sure what to make of it. On the one hand the company can look back at another record-breaking quarter (and year) in terms of vehicle deliveries, but on the other hand it missed its production targets for the Model 3 by a mile. When production of the “mass market” Tesla was about to...

Bosch's new voice assistant can respond and automatically understand different accents and dialects from up to 30 countries.In-car voice-control has come a long way in recent times, but many of us would agree that there's room for improvement. Bosch is aiming to do just that with a multilingual voice assist system that it claims can respond to natural language ... and you can call it whatever n...

In the technology front, we have achieved so much to understand life, space, and beyond. We have also used technology to make human life so much better. We are able to do so many things that were not possible before. But now technology is advancing at a rate, unlike any other time. So what can we expect in the future? Here’s what technologies are coming in our ways.Infographic : https://futuri...

A new product combines 3D printing and augmented reality, making it easy for even novices to design and print 3D products.Learning how to design and print in 3D usually requires the ability to get to grips with complex hardware and software. Now, a new device aims to make designing and printing as easy as waving a wand. The Yeehaw Wand is an augmented reality (AR) tool that looks something like...

Back in 2011, we brought news of a stunning MIDI controller called the Emulator that promised to bring the club DJ out of the dark corner and take center stage. The company behind the transparent multi-touch system has now dispensed with the metal legs and gone all-glass for the gloriously stylish XG touch controller.Like the Emulator before it, the XG is aimed at giving modern DJ's some extra...