Ted the Talking Toaster
By Andrew Gregory. Posted
This article was originally published as part of HackSpace magazine, which has since been incorporated into Raspberry Pi Official Magazine.
This is Ted the Talking Toaster, made by Dane and Nicole, creators of the wonderfully surreal 8 Bits and a Byte YouTube channel. The project started life as an ordinary toaster, but thanks to a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B and a Google AIY Voice Kit, it can now talk at least as much sense as 70% of the humans we know.
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Logic is provided by Google Dialogflow running on Google Cloud Platform, and Raspbian on Raspberry Pi.
For a little extra whimsy, the toaster has been given eyebrows – these are controlled by two servos glued into holes drilled through the aluminium wall of the toaster. According to the angle and motion of the service, these can convey a range of emotions, including the has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed ‘frisky’.
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