From artificial intelligence (AI) bins, pillows and pet collars, these are the latest AI-powered tools on the market.
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It was impossible to avoid artificial intelligence (AI) at the world's largest technology fair in Las Vegas, which this year saw a record 14,00 start-ups exhibit and was attended by 135,000 people from around the world.
From kitchenware to pet tech, these are all the weird and wonderful ways AI won accolades at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) last week.
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ai bin
Italian start-up Ganiga demonstrated a bin that uses AI to recognize the type of waste put into it through a camera. It is then disposed of in the right dustbin.
The smart bin, called Hooli, “maximizes the recycling system” and can also record data on waste composition so it can create a personalized profile of waste habits, Guniga CEO and co-founder Nicolas Lorenzo Zioli told Euronews Next.
The Smart Bin, which resembles a rocket, can also create a customized route to empty the bin.
There is an indoor and outdoor version of the litter box and they come in different sizes. Currently the cost is around €4,000, which is expected to reduce as the company expands.
Human Resources Assistant
French start-up Obo-World has a virtual HR assistant that can reduce the time it takes to screen candidates for jobs.
The company says it is not replacing HR recruiters, but rather saving them 80 percent of their time when recruiting as virtual assistants screen candidates for jobs.
“Sourcing candidates to see if they are interested in the job, have the right qualifications and to see if they live in the same district and if they are still interested in the new job,” said the CEO and founder. Looking for, it takes a lot of time.” Matthew Mascalez tells Euronews Next.
Obo, a good-looking, gender-neutral virtual agent, scans through CVs and produces a scoreboard of candidates who fit the job criteria in just a few minutes.
It then tells the real-life recruiter who the best candidates are. The prospective employee then receives an email with an invitation to interview with obo, which asks each candidate the same questions, such as location and other basic questions.
A real-life recruiter will interview candidates later and can join in at any time to take control of the application process.
AI has been criticized for bias, which is especially harmful when hiring for jobs.
However, Oboe does not work with algorithms. CV, photo, person's address and age are details that remain blurry until the candidate meets the interviewer.
“We have a tool that is hyper-inclusive,” Mascales said.
“At the end of the day, it's a human being who's going to be recruiting. If a man doesn't like women, a woman who doesn't like men, who doesn't like black, white or green people, we can't do anything about it, it is the human being who ends up Validates the candidate.
pet health detector
Taking the idea of a smartwatch, Invoxia released a gadget to make dog and cat collars smarter. It can measure your pet's health and activity. It fits over any existing collar and weighs just 36 grams.
A gadget called Minitelz tracks how much your pet is sleeping, running, walking, eating, drinking and even barking.
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It also measures your pet's breathing rate and heart rate, which are important health readings, the company's CEO Clement Moreau told Euronews Next.
That data can then be read through the app, which can also send you alerts and let you know where your pet is.
AI is used in conversational generative AI agents that can create personalized pet reports and answer questions about the animal.
Morrow said AI is also used to help analyze your cat or dog's movements and heart rate.
human health monitor
Canadian company NuraLogix says it can measure your health in a 30-second selfie. It uses Emotion AI, which means it can read your emotions, recognizing physiological and psychological biomarkers.
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The data collected, which can measure your heart rate, respiration and blood pressure, can then give you information about your risk of diabetes, heart attack stroke and even the age of your skin.
ai pillow
To reduce snoring, the Motion Pillow can distinguish snoring from other noise disturbances and even recognize the frequency of different types of snoring.
It then gently inflates the memory foam pillow so you can move your head and stop snoring as snoring is caused by sleeping in a position where your air waves are blocked.
It operates through an app so you can adjust settings as well as provide data on how long you snored. It can also play recordings of snoring to let you know what your partner is doing.
AI that gets you
French deep-tech company Ontbo also uses Emotion AI. The technology uses four different types of sensors to sense human emotions such as how a person feels, their expressions and how they write.
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“Companies are increasingly using artificial intelligence to manage customer relationships. But computers don't understand us and human relationships,” Dr. Stéphane Aubry, Ontbo's technical director, told Euronews Next.
He said the company is targeting the banking, retail, sports and automotive sectors and highlighted how in marketing, ads shown to focus groups can be more accurate because it will show what a person says. But how does he feel instead of walking.
This kind of technology that can take over your brain sounds scary but the company says it has a strict ethical code and is compliant with all regulations. It also keeps all data in France and is GDPR compliant.
