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Kuri is the home robot you never knew you needed. Designed to blend in like a member of the family. Mapping sensors enable kuri To navigate your home autonomously. Transcript: Kuri is the home robot you never knew you needed Designed to blend in like a member of the family. Mapping sensors enable kuri To navigate your home autonomously. It’s able to find you in your home with Facial and speech recognition. And is equipped with speakers and a Microphone for two-way communication. Kuri

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Former Volt booster ready for Siri to chauffeur your Apple Car

ABG has a Q&A with Lyle Dennis about AppleCarFans.com

Lyle Dennis started GM-Volt.com in the early days of the Chevy Volt hype. Today, he's much more excited about imagining what an Apple car will be like.

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Hands-free phone call? It's still distracting behind the wheel

Cognitive Distractions Can Last As Long As 27 Seconds After A Task

Hands-free features in new cars can be just as distracting as handheld ones, and the potential problems vary by automaker.

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Apple files patent for 'humanized' navigation system

Apple files for a patent for 'humanized navigation instructions for mapping applications' that would provide more human-like detail to navigation instructions.

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Hello, Siri? Please don't crash the car

AAA Finds Voice-Recognition Software Still Distracts Drivers

Hands on the wheel and eyes on the road? You could still be distracted while driving.

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Apple-mocking Steeri is why voice-controlled cars don't exist

No matter the platform, voice commands are kind of awful. Sure, Apple's Siri, Xbox One's voice command and Ford's Sync system are some of the better efforts, but by and large, it's still easier to press a couple of buttons on a controller or make a few swipes on a touchscreen.

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Siri Eyes Free coming to Chevy Volt

Chevrolet has added the Volt to its list of 2014 vehicles that will have Chevrolet MyLink with Siri available for iPhone users looking for infotainment perks and freedom from distracted driving. Siri Eyes Free Integration will also be available on the 2014 Jon LeSage

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Ferrari and Apple deepening ties, FF gains Siri integration and standard iPad Minis

The exciting new LaFerrari wasn't all that Ferrari had to announce today at the Geneva Motor Show. Ferrari chairman Luca Di Montezemolo added that the Italian automaker is looking to expand its relationship with Apple in the r

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Honda integrating Siri into select models

Honda has partnered up with Apple to bring Siri to the Accord, Acura RDX and ILX. Owners who have an iPhone running iOS 6 will be able to ask the softw

Apple's Siri Coming To Honda And Acura

Less than 12 months since Apple announced "Eyes Free" Siri integration, we have another automaker officially jumping on board.

Apple's Siri Coming To Chevy Spark, Sonic [VIDEO]

General Motors announced Tuesday that forthcoming Chevrolet Spark and Sonic models will offer Siri integration. Chevy's MyLink infotainment system will work with Apple's virtual personal assistant via Bluetooth connection. Once a compatible iPhone is paired with the car, drivers simply press the voice activation button on the steering wheel to begin

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Chevy announces Spark, Sonic will be first to integrate Apple's Siri, debuts next-gen MyLink [w/videos]

Get ready for Siri in your car. Early in 2013, Chevrolet will be the first automaker to roll out Apple's Eyes Free technology, showing up initially in the Spark (in 1LT and 2LT trims) and Sonic (in LTZ an

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Siri can now start your car with Viper SmartStart app

Siri has made it pretty easy to do many tasks on your iPhone, but thanks to Viper Alarm, she can now help you start your car, too. Viper's SmartStart 3.0 gives any smartphone the ability to perform many remote functions on a car by using the alarm system's app, but only iPhone 4S and 5 users can get their car running simply by saying, "S

iPhone 5 gets native turn-by-turn navigation, car connectivity questions remain

The big news yesterday in the tech world (and most of the rest of the world) was the debut of the iPhone 5. If you have not yet been left with a feeling of inferiority due to your current device, this should put you over the top. The new iPhone will come with the Apple Maps app. Maps is Apple's rebuttal to the hugely popular Google Maps, and come

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Did Apple forget to tell automakers about the new Siri button? [UPDATE]

Apple expects nine different carmakers to begin including a "Siri button" on their steering wheels within the next 12 months, the company announced this week.

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Mercedes-Benz integrates iPhone, Siri into all-new A-Class

The paradigm has shifted. Normally an automaker's range-topper gets the latest and greatest technology, but with the introduction of the all-new A-Class, Mercedes-Benz is flipping that order on its head.

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Siri hack lets iPhone control your car

We are so close to living in a world where everyone can be David Hasselhoff. Thanks to an enterprising programmer named Brandon Fiquett and Apple's Siri app for the iPhone 4S, there's at least one Acura TL out there responding to voice control in awesome Knight Rider fashion.

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Will Siri work in your car?

When Apple introduced the iPhone 4S earlier this year, the loudest buzz centered around Siri. Apple's so-called "Virtual Assistant" lets users make appointments, add reminders, search Yelp and Wolfram Alpha, send emails and text messages, and control the phone's built-in music player.