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11-30-2017, 02:01 AM
Someone combined a Furby and Alexa to create a Frankenstein horror show
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A mad scientist decided to fuse a Furby and Amazon's Alexa, which ended up working out impressively well.*
YouTuber Howchoo (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0durjmA26BxJ_6dZb-AM3Q) uploaded a video on Sunday hosted by Zach from howchoo.com (http://howchoo.com/) explaining how the Furby and Alexa idea came together.
“I thought I'd make Furby a little less annoying and give him an upgrade with a real brain," wrote Zach, and he renamed the Furby Frankenstein creation, Furlexa.
Zach went into great detail about how he modified this little nightmare. He had to combine a Raspberry Pi Zero W and replace it with the original Furby CPU. By combining Amazon’s Echo’s voice software with the Furby motor every time Alexa speaks the toy moves as well. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/29/furby-gets-combined-with-an-amazon-echo/)
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A mad scientist decided to fuse a Furby and Amazon's Alexa, which ended up working out impressively well.*
YouTuber Howchoo (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0durjmA26BxJ_6dZb-AM3Q) uploaded a video on Sunday hosted by Zach from howchoo.com (http://howchoo.com/) explaining how the Furby and Alexa idea came together.
“I thought I'd make Furby a little less annoying and give him an upgrade with a real brain," wrote Zach, and he renamed the Furby Frankenstein creation, Furlexa.
Zach went into great detail about how he modified this little nightmare. He had to combine a Raspberry Pi Zero W and replace it with the original Furby CPU. By combining Amazon’s Echo’s voice software with the Furby motor every time Alexa speaks the toy moves as well. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/29/furby-gets-combined-with-an-amazon-echo/)
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