Thermometer Tells Your Temperature, Then Tells Firms Where to Advertise
"Amazon has submitted a patent application, recently granted, outlining how the company could recommend chicken soup or cough drops to people who use its Echo device if it detects symptoms like coughing and sniffling when they speak to it, according to a report by CNET. It could even suggest a visit to the movies after discerning boredom. Other patents submitted by the company have focused on how it could suggest products to people based on keywords in their conversations."<p>Really glad I don't own one of these things. I don't know if Brave New World or 1984 was right. Looks like the future decided to split the difference.