Lenovo Unveils 3.4-Inch AI Workmate Lamp, Projecting Files and Tracking Users

5 articles · Updated · Futura · May 24

Lenovo’s new AI Workmate concept turns a desk lamp into an office assistant, using a 3.4-inch screen, multiple cameras and a pico-projector to interact in real time.
Voice and gesture controls let the device search documents, summarize team activity, answer project questions and capture handwritten input—Lenovo demoed a signature being inserted directly into a digital file.
Lenovo said the language model runs locally on the device rather than in the cloud, aiming to ease corporate concerns over sensitive emails, documents and business-tool data.
The concept reflects a broader push toward physical AI interfaces that blend projection and robotics, but Lenovo has not announced a price or release date and acknowledged reliability remains a hurdle.

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