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I hate STEM toys. I have three kids and ultimately every “educational” toy they’ve used – from LittleBits to Nintendo Labo – has ended up in a corner somewhere, ignored for more exciting fare. This happens for a few reasons but the primary one is that the toys require too much attention and have no […]
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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 uploaded a video on Sunday hosted by Zach from 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…
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