Lead: US financial media CNBC published an article today predicting 2018 technology trends, including home robots, wireless charging 2.0, long-life laptops and smarter TVs.
The following is the full text of the article:
'Alexa, I'm home!'
In 2017, smart speakers such as Amazon Echo and Google Home have garnered significant consumer recognition, and by 2018 our homes will become smarter and smart home devices will provide us even more help.
According to Forrester Research, a market research firm, Amazon sold 11 million Echo smartphones in 2016, which is expected to double in 2017. The agency also predicts that by 2022, the United States will have 6,600 Families have intelligent speaker equipment, reaching 50% of the total U.S. households.
Family robot
Now people are very accustomed to dialogue with smart devices, experts say more companies will start developing smart robots in the future, and these devices will do more and more, they will not be in the eyes of people 'advanced Toy, "but really can do something for us.
Anthony Ha of TechCrunch said in an interview: "Smart robots will be able to look for information on the Internet like smart speakers, and help you take pictures. In addition, I think it will go into security There are many possibilities for the future of smart robots.
Mayfield Robotics, one of many companies developing smart robots, plans to launch a robot called Kuri in the spring of 2018 for $ 899.
Kazakhstan said: 'Kuri robot will use computer vision to accomplish some tasks.It not only can identify your identity, when everyone in the house together, it can make a judgment, and then help you take the current photo, With this robot, everyone in the family can appear in the photo and no one has been dropped because of the need to take a picture.
Wireless charging 2.0
Nowadays, almost everyone has more or less low-power anxiety disorder, and we all feel uncomfortable when the remaining amount of mobile phone battery turns red.
After the phone is dead, we first need to find a charger, and found the charger, the phone immediately became a landline, the device's mobile range is greatly limited.
But this situation can quickly become different.
Just last month, Energous and PowerCast air wireless charging technology passed the FCC's permission.
Chris Velazco of Engadget says: 'As long as you're within range of charging, you are free to use your cellphone because wireless transmitters will keep sending electricity to your cellphone.'
Both companies will showcase their long-distance wireless charging technology at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES).
Long battery life laptop
In mid-2018, mainstream PC makers such as Asus, Hewlett-Packard and Lenovo are all launching 'always-on PCs' that are reported to provide 20 hours of battery life.These laptops will use Qualcomm Snapdragon processors, Similar to the processor used on Android phones.
Why do some people need such a laptop? An iPad can not get it?
Velasco explains: 'This laptop has two advantages: familiarity and compatibility.'
For those who are already accustomed to the Windows platform, this notebook allows them to always use the system they are familiar with, without having to suddenly switch from Windows to iOS when going out.
Vlasco also said: 'People like me, when going out, always carry a lot of USB devices and SD cards, but the iPad can not read the contents of these devices. In this case, the long battery laptop no doubt more Can meet my needs.
Smarter TV
As technology continues to evolve, smart TVs will become more intelligent.
Anthony Hart of TechCrunch said: "I think one of the most important technology products of this year is that Smart TV will integrate voice assistants such as Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa."
For example, Sony's Bravia TV already has the feature that lets you use the Amazon Alexa device or Google Home to control your TV voice, eliminating the need for a remote control.
In addition to Sony, Samsung is also moving in that direction, and the company said it will integrate their Bixby voice-assist technology into its television equipment.