Discover the Latest AI-Enabled Gadgets for Your Holiday Shopping
As a tech enthusiast, I love exploring new gadgets and technology. However, keeping up with the latest innovations can be challenging. This article highlights some AI-powered gadgets available in Mexico, either in department stores or online platforms.
1. Smart Glasses (Not Virtual Reality Goggles)
These are probably the most popular AI-enabled devices and have been featured in movies and TV shows as spy or secret agent tools. They’re not new, having been developed before 2020.
- Integrate a camera for photos and videos, microphone, audio functions, real-time translation, voice recognition, and basic health monitoring.
- Act as a translator, teleprompter, and office functions.
- AI assistants respond to voice commands, sync with your smartphone, and even correct vision problems.
- Available in prescription versions.
Some well-known brands include Ray-Ban Meta (a collaboration between Facebook and Ray-Ban), Huawei X Gentle Monster Eyewear II, and G1 Smart Glasses. Prices in Mexico range from 1,800 to 15,000 pesos depending on features and brand.
2. Smart Rings
These rings focus on three main areas: health, fitness, and extended intelligence.
- Health and personal well-being: Monitor biomarkets such as heart rate, oxygen levels, sleep patterns, and advanced models track glucose. AI transforms this data into personalized recommendations and alerts about potential risks.
- Fitness and metabolism: Similar to smartwatches, but with greater precision and personalization thanks to AI. They track physical activity, recovery, calories burned, movement patterns, and offer suggestions for performance improvement.
- Extended intelligence: Some models aim to integrate with the smartphone ecosystem for tasks like taking photos, controlling functions, or interacting through gestures. This category might not be as successful since dictating emails to a ring isn’t very convenient.
Mexican offerings range from 5,000 to 20,000 pesos with models like the Samsung Galaxy Ring, Vertu AI Smart Ring, and Luna Smart Ring.
3. Intelligent Robots
Science fiction has long portrayed AI as turning robots into relentless killers and humanity’s enemies. In reality, AI integration in robots primarily focuses on domestic chores, surveillance, social assistance, and medical care.
- Some are prototypes; others show clear signs of where AI is headed.
- Available in Mexico through Amazon or manufacturer websites.
This is where I believe significant advancements will occur in the coming years, and AI will become genuinely relevant in daily life.
- Grok 3 and 4: Elon Musk’s controversial robots for domestic and work tasks, as well as companions and entertainment.
- Ecovacs Deebot X9 Pro Omni: Advanced cleaning and vacuuming robots with 3D mapping, self-cleaning, and learning other home tasks.
- Samsung Ballie: Home robot with AI designed for interaction with the home environment and devices.
- EBO Air 2 Plus: Security robot that patrols the home, recognizes faces, and enables video calls.
- Unitree G1 Humanoid Robot: Research and mobility testing robot.
- Tlibot T1 Pro 1: Focused on education, programming, and demonstrations in academic and professional settings.
Other categories include emotional assistance robots (Tombot Puppy or FriendBot Ropet), educational robots (like Miko), and advanced mobility and exploration robots (Boston Dynamics Spot).
4. Other Gadgets You Might Not Need, But Will Love
- Focus Headphones: MW75 Neuro Headphones use neural sensors to track brain activity and help improve concentration and productivity.
- Spicerr: A kitchen gadget that mixes spices based on your recipes and preferences. It learns your tastes and suggests personalized combinations, like having a virtual chef at home.
- LeafyPod: A plant pot that integrates sensors and AI to monitor your plants’ health and alert you when they need water, light, or nutrients. It seems to interpret the “emotional state” of your plants.
- Mirumi: A small, cuddly robot that attaches to backpacks or bags and reacts to environmental stimuli. It’s not designed to be useful, but rather to accompany and interact with you.
Whether these gadgets end up in our hands or remain tech curiosities, they all share a commonality: AI is becoming less invisible and integrating into everyday objects.
While we may not need a talking plant pot, these devices prompt us to reflect on the type of relationship we want to build with technology when it observes, learns from us, and accompanies us in daily life…
