Article "Nuance And The Rise Of Virtual Assistants"
by Parker Logan
April 14, 2015
The Smartest Voice Assistants
Published on Dec 31, 2014
The Smartest Voice Assistants (until 2015)
Which one is the Best?
Amazon Echo Voice Assistant
Google Now (for Android, Android Wear, Google Glass, Chrome Browser, iPhone, iPad, Android TV, Android Auto)(ok google)
JIBO (The World's First Family Robot)
Siri by Apple (for iPhones and iPads)
Cortana by Microsoft (for Windows Phone devices)
BizMisconnect: Intelligent virtual assistants save time (and the day) for busy consumers
Published on Jul 29, 2015
In today’s always-on digital world, consumers have little patience with businesses that waste their time. Missed opportunities to provide easy ordering or streamlined customer service have significant ramifications, impacting revenue, loyalty and operating expense. Consumers want help from a company that can anticipate their needs and advise and direct them. Intelligent virtual assistants can help companies by creating effortless, intuitive experiences on web and mobile.
In today’s always-on digital world, consumers have little patience with businesses that waste their time. Missed opportunities to provide easy ordering or streamlined customer service have significant ramifications, impacting revenue, loyalty and operating expense. Intelligent virtual assistants can help companies prevent this common BizMisconnect by creating effortless, intuitive experiences on web and mobile. Discover how one virtual assistant is saving families one pizza at a time.
by Lynn Ridenour
July 29, 2015
C. Chao and A.L. Thomaz.
Article "Forget Siri: Here's a New Way for Robots to Talk"
by Angelica Lim
October 29, 2015
Bots - Battling Boredom in Smart Homes
December 24, 2015
What are we left to do when technology just happens to do everything for us? Bots is system for home robot assistants that collaborate to make life alone a little more interesting. The system consists of specialist agents (the bots), a main control unit (the brain) and room speakers (the senses). Bots are modular artificial intelligences that focus on a single task. (e.g. online shopping, spying on the neighbours whereabouts or organising surprise presents).
The group dynamics that arises from the bots placed in the main unit changes the relationship we have with might have with technology to something alike having a group of pets: never entirely predictable but always succeeding or failing with the best of intents.
Bots - Making of
December 24, 2015
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