![]() ![]() “This is only the beginning,” promises Li, whose nickname in China is “Watch Bro.” “We are looking at many new ideas, including ‘Pace,’ a music app that can select music based on the cadence of your steps.” In April, Li and Mobvoi held “CreaTic,” the first of many hackathons aimed at ensuring that TicWatch and its operating system, TicWear (launched in 2014), remain game-changers. ![]() TicWatch also includes a sensitive touchscreen, as well as a so-called “Tickle strip” slide sensor on the side, increasing its functionality. To wake the device, users simply say “Ni hao Wenwen,” (Chinese for “hello”), and it springs to life. ![]() to remotely controlling the dishwashers in their apartments. #JOSH BRO SMART PLAYER ANDROID#Now 39, Li is founder and CEO of Mobvoi, a Beijing-based start-up making headlines not only for its innovative work building the “next generation” mobile voice search engine, but also more recently, for TicWatch, China’s answer to Apple Watch and Android Wear.īilled as a quintessentially Chinese device, the sleek, stylish TicWatch (about $160 U.S.) lets wearers use their voices to do everything from finding the closest karaoke bar open past 2 a.m. Sometimes, childhood dreams do come true. “Technology exists to make a positive impact on people’s lives, and to do that, we need to enable better human-machine interaction,” says Li, who grew up dreaming of being a scientist or engineer while working the fields on his family’s farm in China’s mountainous Hunan province. But, he adds, mostly they need to be able to speak to us and respond intelligently to what we say. Read more here.Zhifei Li (PhD ’10) believes that computers should be able to see, hear, feel, and move.
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