Video: How to set up your Raspberry Pi 3 Model B . Besides putting a Raspberry Pi to work on a mini Mars rover, it's now going to be a lot easier to use Google's TensorFlow artificial-intelligence framework with the low-powered computer. Developers with Raspberry Pi have already been able to use TensorFlow in a variety of ways to add deep-learning models so that cheap or expensive hardware can do things like image classification. While TensorFlow can be used on Linux, Windows, Android, macOS, and iOS, it's hard to find cheaper hardware than the $35 Raspberry Pi. But as noted by Pete Warden, a software engineer and lead of the TensorFlow mobile and embedded team, running TensorFlow on Raspberry Pi "has involved a lot of work".

If you buy a new Nissan, you can tell Amazon's Alexa to unlock the car before you leave the house. If you buy a new Ford, you sit behind the wheel and tell Alexa to order diapers or ask about the weather. But those capabilities are trivial compared with the kind of power that a true virtual personal assistant would have to understand your commands and improve the driving experience. Wouldn't it be great to get into the car and just tell it what you want, without worrying about apps and devices and what's incompatible with what? How much washer fluid do I have left?

In-car entertainment will have to step up to accommodate our automated driving future. With an AI at the wheel, we'll be free to watch movies, play games, and conduct video calls. It's easy to imagine an all-round media player, like Plex, fitting into that scenario. Google's in-car operating system is currently available in newer vehicles, head units, and as a mobile app. And, the next time you reach for its interface, you'll have the option to stream your Plex music library.

Logitech's ZeroTouch smartphone holder has been on the market for almost a year, but I've ignored it because my beat doesn't include mobile devices. That changed about a month ago when Logitech integrated Amazon's Alexa Voice Service into its ZeroTouch app. Now I can use voice commands to control my smart home while I'm in the car and my smartphone is connected to the ZeroTouch. I've encountered a few bumps in the road during my month-long review (pun intended), but I've concluded that the air-vent version of this holder fully justifies its lofty $60 price tag (simpler phone holders cost about 10 bucks.) The dashboard version has all the same features, but I'm not as enamored with it because it must be glued to your dashboard and it costs $80.

Google notes in their patent overview that "Baby cribs are routinely purchased on the basis of safety and aesthetic features. Typically a mattress for the crib is separately purchased for similar reasons. Many users separately select a baby monitor that includes a camera and/or microphone. More sophisticated monitors may have an infrared camera and/or a speaker. The monitor may include a camera that can be placed in a position that overlooks the baby crib.