Of course, you can make a routine that tells you to feed and walk your dog during the day, but you can also set up sound detection to start your routine. Once your dog barks, you can have Alexa bark back. Then, Alexa can start playing soft music to soothe your pup and send a not...
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My pet dog loves playing with toys especially ones he can chase! I built a robotic ball that switches on and rolls away whenever he interacts with it, notifies me via my mobile phone where I can then take over control and finally powers down when the fun is over to save battery. Full...
On a lighter note, someone in our office suggested that Amazon build a smart kegerator. I’m passing on the suggestion, as soon as I myself a little hair-of-the-dog from our office kegerator. Editors’ Recommendations Amazon revives the Echo Spot with a new look ahead of Prime Day Add...
A TV may be on. Music may be playing in another room. A dog might be barking. A fan might be generating a blanket of white noise. You get the idea. Through all of that variety, somehow, Alexa has to determine if it's been woken up by the word "Alexa." Given that there a...
Then share your Google calendar with friends and family so they stop bugging you about their dog’s birthday party. Automate your finances Skip errands and paperwork with a little online planning. Add up your monthly bills (use the highest bill of the year as the benchmark) and keep that ...
This is basically how Explore with Alexa goes, with Alexa interspersing “I bet you’ll like this” monologues about crazy critters with an occasional trivia question: “What breed of dog played Toto inThe Wizard of Oz?” (Me: “I don’t know.”) “The answer is Cairn Terrier. T...
Each time I go to make a request, I have to consider which device will be taking that request and tailor the key phrase based on the assistant I want to invoke. More often than not, it is HomePod that answers my call to action — because Apple has put a lot...
Also, if you enable sound detection routines, you can program a particular sound (dog barking, oven dinging, door opening) to trigger a certain Alexa Routine. This feature has an accessibility bonus since it can be used as a way to provide visual cues to those with hearing challenges. For...
The first device to use this new standard is a device that’s designed to connect to your pet’s collar from Amazon called Ring Fetch, which is designed to let you to track your dog, allowing you to geofence your yard and get an alert when it leaves. Fetch uses Amazon’s new ...