Last July, I took note when Intel released the Neural Compute Stick. It looked like an oversized USB stick, and acted as an accelerator for local AI applications, especially machine vision.

He actually added the intelligent features in two different ways: on in the Amazon cloud and another using the Intel Modvidius NCS USB stick directly connected to the USB. You can see the video below.

Lenovo isn't the first to come out with this small-form-factor-type of compute stick --- Asus recently unveiled its Asus Google Chromebit dongle, while Intel released its Compute Stick earlier in ...