[Open Source] AI Hardware Marvel! Build Your Own Voice Assistant with ESP32 to Control Everything with a Single Sentence

[Open Source] AI Hardware Marvel! Build Your Own Voice Assistant with ESP32 to Control Everything with a Single Sentence

Project Overview The XiaoZhi ESP32 is an open-source ESP32 project initiated by Xia Ge, released under the MIT license, allowing anyone to use it for free or for commercial purposes. It is an AI chatbot based on the MCP (Model Control Protocol), designed to help everyone understand AI hardware development and apply the rapidly evolving … Read more

Trends in Smart Home Patents: The Patent Offensive and Defensive Battle of IoT Devices

Trends in Smart Home Patents: The Patent Offensive and Defensive Battle of IoT Devices

As the first rays of morning sunlight filter through the curtains, the smart speaker automatically plays the weather forecast; when leaving home, the security system arms itself, and the air conditioning and lights turn off automatically; on the way home from work, the phone remotely starts the vacuum cleaner and preheats the water heater… These … Read more

Design of a Multimodal Collaborative Inference System for Edge Computing

Design of a Multimodal Collaborative Inference System for Edge Computing

Table of Contents | Issue 3, 2025 Special Topic: Wireless Computing Network Architecture and Key TechnologiesWireless Computing Network: Architecture and Key TechnologiesExploration of Integrated Wireless Computing Network DesignArchitecture and Key Technologies of Intelligent Wireless Computing Network Integration and Control SystemResearch and Prospects of Deterministic Technologies in Wireless Computing NetworksDistributed Communication and Computing Collaboration for AI … Read more

90 Yuan DIY XiaoZhi AI Watch Open Source, DeepSeek Voice Interaction is Super Fun!

90 Yuan DIY XiaoZhi AI Watch Open Source, DeepSeek Voice Interaction is Super Fun!

To obtain the project source code,please contact the editor at the end of the article Wrist Treasure – a small XiaoZhi AI smart chatbot on your wrist, featuring a touchscreen, using the ESP32-S3 module, a single-channel microphone and speaker, two buttons, and a capacitive touchscreen, with a built-in AXP2101 power management chip. Wrist Treasure – … Read more

The Gold Rush in the Smart Speaker Industry: Rokid Aims to Be the ‘Water Seller’

The Gold Rush in the Smart Speaker Industry: Rokid Aims to Be the 'Water Seller'

By丨Lanxi According to Chuck Martin, a digital marketing expert in the United States, the moment the second and third screens—namely personal computers and smartphones—pulled the first family member away from the living room, the living room entertainment culture, which thrived on television media, was destined to become the first traditional barrier to be dismantled by … Read more

The Compact i9 Mini PC with Built-in Speakers and Microphone: A Revolution in Voice Interaction

The Compact i9 Mini PC with Built-in Speakers and Microphone: A Revolution in Voice Interaction

When Dolby Atmos sound emanates from a metal cube the size of a palm, the entire geek community in Silicon Valley is left wondering: Is this really a mini PC? The latest release from ZOTAC, the SEi13 Pro, transforms a palm-sized computer into a smart terminal capable of speech and song with its built-in speakers … Read more

The Smart Speaker Market Faces Challenges: Three Reasons

The Smart Speaker Market Faces Challenges: Three Reasons

The fundamental reason is that the entry position of smart speakers is facing severe challenges.Author丨Jing YuSource | Giant Tide WAVE (ID: WAVE-BIZ)“Xiao Du, Xiao Du, who do you think is better, Tmall Genie or Xiao Ai?”In addition to playing audio, smart speakers encompass various functions such as voice control of smart home devices, voice information … Read more

Surge in Global Smart Speaker Sales: Chinese Manufacturers Emerge as Major Winners

Surge in Global Smart Speaker Sales: Chinese Manufacturers Emerge as Major Winners

In the past two months, major manufacturers have successively released their most significant hardware products for this year. So, which smart hardware category saw the fastest sales growth last quarter? It is neither smartphones nor laptops and tablets, but smart speakers. Recently, the consumer technology market research firm Strategy Analytics released the “Global Smart Speaker … Read more

Smart Speakers: The Mainstreaming of the Market is Inevitable

Smart Speakers: The Mainstreaming of the Market is Inevitable

In 2007, Steve Jobs introduced a phone called the “iPhone”. During his presentation, images on the 3.5-inch screen zoomed in and out with the movement of his fingers, creating a tremendous visual impact. This phone, which Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer mocked as “a device without a keyboard”, changed the trajectory of the entire world. Smartphones … Read more

How Far Are We from the Internet of Vehicles?

How Far Are We from the Internet of Vehicles?

Recently at the 2016 CES Asia held in Shanghai, Sogou Maps announced the launch of its new product in the field of the Internet of Vehicles: Sogou Smart Navigation; Baidu released two in-car smart products: Baidu Maps for Cars and CoDriver Smart Voice Assistant. With these two major companies making strides in the Internet of … Read more