I'd laugh if it wasn't all so predictable, and adding yet more significant e-waste to a world already suffering from the human health effects and environmental pollution of discarded electronics.
"And half the time — seriously, at least half — I don’t even get an answer," he wrote in his review. "The system just waits, and waits, and fails."
In its video review, Engadget said that the device "solves nothing and makes me feel stupid."
"Thermal issues cause overheating."
"Projector is annoying to interact with and impossible to see in daylight."
"The Pin even refused to translate things properly, which was a major selling point used in Humane's marketing."
«"Rather than translate things, it would just say them back to her, in a horrible and occasionally almost mocking accent," Pierce found.»
People are paying $700 plus a $24 monthly subscription to acquire this mocking tool. Perhaps as a modern form of self-flagellation.
It's noteworthy that Humane was founded six years ago. It's not a new company borne out of the AI hype, though it clearly played on that in marketing.
What a piece of tech.