Not quite impressive, right?

The robotic butler is a mixture between WALL-E, in what they’ve been inspired to have his work ethic, and Rosie from the Jetsons, cause they’ve also tried to keep her humour. To all this it’s also added the beeps and flashing lights emitted each time he make a work inspired in R2-D2, another famous robots, so this butler’s truly peculiar.

It even says hi!

But A.L.O. is not only a toy to catch the interest of the thousands ‘geek’ tourists who pass by the hotel every year, but he actually performs tasks diligently, such as delivering all sorts of things to the rooms. It must be a curious luxury to be delivered the key to your room in the hotel reception by a robot.

The hotel has 123 rooms

The Aloft Hotel, as we’ve mentioned at the beginning, is located in Cupertino, where the almighty Apple headquarters is and very close to its Corporate University. As expected the hotel has plenty of Apple products.

In its 123 rooms there can be found Apple TVs and other ‘gadgets’ of the same brand, also able to be synchronized with all iOS devices and iTunes accounts of customers.

A.L.O. being useful

It’s definitely a different luxury, since not all hotels have a robot butler, but at the rythm we’re going and how fast all these devices are patented the day in which at the arrival to any hotel we’re served by a robotic butler is not far!

Microsoft Band

The company’s debut in this emerging technology related to the field of health will arrive in early 2015, two years after Sony launched its first smart watch, which opened the way for other rival brands such as Samsung to launch their first models last year, like the Galaxy Gear, one of the most successful and with already several subsequent generations. Indeed, Microsoft model resembles the Fit Gear bracelet in aesthetics.

Like other similar models, Microsoft’s device, on sale for $199 (€158), includes GPS and is full of several sensors (10 sensors in this case) analyzing the heart rate, calories burned and sleep quality, as explained in the company blog, where they say “it’s designed for people who want to live healthier and more productive.”

The company has also shown a health application called “Microsoft Health” which includes a cloud service for users to store and combine data from health and fitness. One advantage of this “app” is that it’ll be able to collect data from other operating systems (iOS and Android) besides the obvious Windows Phone.

He seems satisfied with it

The data it collects are very complete. Besides knowing the steps walked, analyzing races or monitoring pulsations 24 hours a day, the tool allows to receive information and guidance for training (it also suggests us to rest after an intense exercise) as well as a feature to challenge the user by creating daily goals. Another interesting aspect is that it offers features such as reporting if, for example, work stress affects sleep quality and reminds us to have breakfast before leaving home.

As rivals, the device displays incoming calls, received messages, calendar, social network notifications and, of course, time. The company also promises a battery life of 48 hours, so that it’d surpass all rivals, and it to be loaded by a magnetic charger.