BEIJING: A Japanese student was stabbed in Shenzhen on Wednesday (Sept 18), adding to a string of knife attacks in China in recent months.
A patient with a degenerative disease was able to command Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant with his mind, the company behind the technological innovation announced on Sept 16, letting him stream shows and control devices with only his thoughts.
The patient, who is living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , was able to make video calls, play music, stream shows, control smart home devices such as lights, shop online, and read books by using his mind to direct Alexa, according to the New York-based company."To be able to manage important aspects of my environment and control access to entertainment gives me back the independence that I'm losing," the patient, named only as Mark, said in a release.
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