I Turned a Furby into an Amazon Echo. I Give You: Furlexa

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By combining a Raspberry Pi Zero W (a tiny computer), Amazon's open-source Alexa Voice Service software, and a few other electrical components, I converted my normal Furby into a Furby Echo. I give you: Furlexa.
Read the full guide: howchoo.com/g/...
Learn how to build a "normal" Raspberry Amazon Echo (without a Furby): howchoo.com/g/...
The amazing background music is "Microchip" by Jason Farnham, from the RU-vid Audio Library.

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14 окт 2024

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@MAIMEDWOLF 6 лет назад

Good video, but please do not burn furbies. They are good boys.

@carolynmmitchell2240 6 лет назад

Moggie Delight why not?

@MAIMEDWOLF 6 лет назад

They are good boys.

@kjw21411 6 лет назад

Moggie Delight And good girls. Furbys can be girls too.

@MAIMEDWOLF 6 лет назад

couldnt agree more n V n Furbies are good boys, girls, and everything in-between!

@emilianorios4761 6 лет назад

TRIGGERED, HOW DARE YOU NOT MENTION HERMAPHRODITES

@scharlesworth93 6 лет назад

It's pretty cool that one motor did everything. There are other toys like that, too. Those toy makers were under so much pressure to make the toys cheap as possible, and they got pretty creative. And then at some point went crazy probably.

@ThomasFarquhar2 3 года назад

well, its a tiger electronics product so those designers and engineers went crazy long ago in the pursuit of cheapness

@staplegun3703 7 месяцев назад

The 2006 and 2007 baby alive runs the mouth and eyes with a single motor too

@GatorsFishchannel 6 лет назад

I was here before Furby's took over the planet. The year is 2078 and furby's now have turned the tables and have humans as Alexa's.

@스텔-c6o 6 лет назад

GatorsFishchannel lolll come to save us from the future

@hornybastard1839 6 лет назад

Is there anything we can do to stop this madness?

@kerakn_ 4 года назад

im here years after that. you guys need to rely on the ocean more often, man...

@opossumontheinternet9864 4 года назад

Oh no, i'm getting a Furby Boom soon... Will these take over the world too?

@sirlolsalot7383 3 года назад

@@kerakn_ I'm here after that..... You people need to obey these more often......they have arms now....

@AV.36 6 лет назад

That's actually pretty cool. Would be cooler if it still did furby stuff. Also, goddam those actuators are loud.

@23rdwhite 6 лет назад

like hanging upside down, eyes stare you down no matter where you at, run & talk when out of batteries. yeah no thank you.

@van4195 Год назад

@@23rdwhitei own more than 10 and i've never had this happen. but i've heard it can happen because of excess energy built up inside. they are pretty old after all.

@sirdrakey 6 лет назад

Nice! could use a quieter motor, maybe tweak the lip flap to get it closer to the uncanny valley

@FireCat_P 5 лет назад

Its not the motor, its all the gears that move the face

@italomolko 6 лет назад

Take all my money and give me that Furlexa!!!

@lesbianchihuahua1624 6 лет назад

Mitchell Williams not everyone can work with electronics, even if simple in some opions. I'm one of those people. However, people who can do this stuff get to happily take advantage of our disability to work electronics lol. I commission lots of people to work on my electronics. Other way around lots of people who can't sew commission me for stuff I believe easy lol. The world's cool like that. We all have our strengths & weaknesses c:

@MatchitehewXaphan 6 лет назад

Just make one..it will mean more

@eoneonwhydoihavetoaddmylas7012 6 лет назад

I can take your money but can’t give you the furbi

@Chargfox 6 лет назад

Cody Cold you don't have to know how to work electronics. You just have to know how to surf RU-vid and EBay. RU-vid for the step-by-step tutorial and EBay for the spare parts. You can do the same with sewing and crafts. Never opened an Android before I cracked my S4 and ordered an EBay digitizer and followed instructions. Never made a plastic spoon flower til I saw it on Facebook and got a wild notion to do one just for kicks. LOL If you have the money to burn, more power to ya. But there is a certain satisfaction that comes with completing a project you do yourself.

@rosemars8 6 лет назад

This would be a good product actually.

@Mijin_Gakure 6 лет назад

Good for what?

@jasoncamacho4855 6 лет назад

Good for nightmares?

@therandomguysandgurls6162 5 лет назад

The next generation of Furbies should be like this!

@jesusisdefinitelynotarelig7515 4 года назад

I need one of these in my life

@Andrecio64 3 года назад

Actually a guy did hack a Furby connect, the last generation of Furbies

@CarnalChai 5 лет назад

I would wholeheartedly buy one for every room in my house, PLEASE make them available!

@MY3DCO 6 лет назад

That is such a cool mod. I want to make one now!

@ohno7852 6 лет назад

nobble wow You forgot the words:creation,idea,machine etc So you used mod

@thisaccountsucks3225 5 лет назад

Chez Pig mod, modification or modified, -.-

@followtheboat 6 лет назад

Very disappointing. I wanted it to talk like a Furby, not Alexa ;) Seriously though, this is why the Pi is such a great bit of kit. Love this idea, well done!

@FuzzyWobble 6 лет назад

Awesome project!!! Please put a voice transformer on the voice! That Alexa voice is not suitable for a cute little Furby.

@neoney 6 лет назад

FuzzyWobble Yes!

@carolynmmitchell2240 6 лет назад

I think it would be so funny if instead it had a super super deep demon voice

@saunadive7594 6 лет назад

FuzzyWobble this

@AceMcCrank 6 лет назад

That's require a completely new setup for the gears. There is a single motor that basically runs the entire mechanism on a loop, or opens/closes the eyes.

@kirstenlaska8545 6 лет назад

CREEPY

@WeenyVeen 5 лет назад

I used to think that going inside furbies that were working fine just ruined them. Until I saw this. I’m a big furby fan, and this is so cool!

@mumzy996 5 лет назад

I literally searched for a tutorial for this and found one of how to do it. THANK YOU!

@MrSaturn619 6 лет назад

Other then the noisy movements and muzzled voice that is really awesome!

@kantraa 3 года назад

"It's 69 degrees and cloudy skies." Nice.

@ChaosBW 6 лет назад

I'm too dumb to make this myself Can I buy one from you for $100?

@orbital.experience4962 6 лет назад

WANT. WANT. WANT *WANT*

@ezzbuttheyshouldntleavethe5529 6 лет назад

Nice Simpsons reference

@LongTailCat3 5 лет назад

224 like

@pewp89 5 лет назад

no.... NEED

@Stereo6400 4 года назад

*need

@tequilabrad 6 лет назад

It is a cool video, but the background music overpowers the Furlexa, when it talks.

@Howchoo 6 лет назад

tequilabrad Thanks for the feedback! We’ll pay more attention to this in our next video.

@skinnedsmile3089 4 года назад

The skynet reference was a good one

@pizzacat7844 4 года назад

Oh my gosh!! This is so cool, you should sell it in the store!! I would love to have one of those if I could

@shagmuffin6312 3 года назад

"The original furbies couldn't spy on you... so I fixed that!"

@dylanhuffatemcedcp5661 6 лет назад

- Hey Siri, how do you make your Furby speak like Alexa? - Here’s how you do it: Watch the whole video and see how the person in it does. Okay? - Okay.

@merelymayhem 6 лет назад

This is cursed. Thank you for this abomination.

@paz1830 6 лет назад

The two best electronic supposed electronic spies now fused together!

@carolynmmitchell2240 6 лет назад

Paz Costa del Rio you didn't need to say electronic twice just so you know

@paz1830 6 лет назад

+carolyn mmitchell oh...i was sleeping when wrote that...

@Gregn604 6 лет назад

Tin Min wanted a heart not a brain.

@Howchoo 6 лет назад

Gregn604 Whoops, there goes my Wizard of Oz knowledge!

@SuperKarlFriedrich 6 лет назад

it was the scarecrow that said something arround about: "i don't have a brain, but still i can talk. but lots of people without brains do an awful lot of talking!"

@glowinggrenade 6 лет назад

Awesome!, But I hate you. I have been working on my own Pi-Zero + Furby +Digital assistant and learning electronics for months because I wanted to be the first to do this. Nothing Personal and this is awesome Buuuut I hate you for getting this done first!

@NathanOhsure 3 года назад

Strong hatchetfield vibes, super cool!

@ghost_ship_supreme 6 лет назад

What have you done!?! You have given Evil a new voice! And made it smarter too...

@fischhoax 5 лет назад

Those furbys without fur look like endoskeletons xd

@CamdenBloke 3 года назад

Definitely have it so the eyes open when it hears it's wake word and it listening and then it's mouth moves when it's speaking.

@Mizzinno 6 лет назад

The mouth being out of sync kinda bugs me, but still love it

@wishcloudstudios 6 лет назад

I love Furbies. Now this I want! However, it would be cooler if the thing between it's eyes lit up when you asked it questions.

@littlemismagius4816 7 месяцев назад

I was looking specifically for this, and I found it, fantastic.

@gtrgdss 6 лет назад

Love it. Greetings from Brandon FL! Thanks for posting. My furbies send their regards. Lol

@emstratman 6 лет назад

My favorite part is the Furby burning to death in that fire pit.

@aussiefurbymogwaifan6621 6 лет назад

that would be the kind of voice assent that furby fans would like

@Parker-xc6se 2 года назад

I was six when I had a furby in 98, 99, and by chance my son saw Mitchell's vs Machines on Netflix and wanted a Furby for his 6th birthday. Got him the Furby boom, since I remember as a kid having my furby die. This Furlexa is such a cool idea, but it would be so cool if the voice was also in Furby voice.

@descry1 4 года назад

this is amazingly terrifying. this power is alot for 1 man to handle.

@possumlino 5 лет назад

ok i was not expecting s burning furby that made me cry

@Howchoo 5 лет назад

Sorry. But let it be known that Furby did not die in vain, but to advance science as we know it.

@possumlino 5 лет назад

howchoo thank you furbies are to be worshipped

@rotisserierubclan5742 6 лет назад

shoulda just called it flexa

@narcissismincarnate9201 6 лет назад

Sounds like it goes to the gym a lot.

@cutest_pets 5 лет назад

Damn that furby must of been FLEXaING on others

@GlovedGame 3 года назад

Imagine you’re watching a movie and the lights turn off and then furlexa is just waiting behind you

@Chargfox 6 лет назад

My son loves Tattletale but didn't know what a Furby was. Been years since I saw one so was surfing and ended up here. 🤣🤣🤣 It really would be cooler if it had a more Furby sounding voice.

@MatchitehewXaphan 6 лет назад

Someone's going market this watch..

@somegem6344 3 года назад

It should have an alexa themed fur with an alexa symbol on the belly.

@cownose8949 6 лет назад

I would have a furlexa. I could use it to creep my friends and family out.

@newryn_n 6 лет назад

Maybe if Furlexa version can really sound like Furby when answering the instructions or whatever the version will look so pretty awesome cool and cute.

@sheepboy2558 5 лет назад

Dude when you said what a furby is to furlexa my Alexa started telling me what one is lol

@longfurbyboiyeet1240 4 года назад

i love this so much this needs to be something that you can buy in stores

@dragonempress8367 6 лет назад

Furlexa looks cuter with her fur. MUCH cuter

@aubergine777666 6 лет назад

Really nice but for next time please turn of this darn anoying audio loop that is louder than everything else and makes it nearly impossible to focus on the furlexa voice...

@emaanahmed4847 6 лет назад

THAT FURBY TURNING ON THE LIGHTS IS ACTUALLY PRETTY FUCKING SCARY

@yourlocalfurbydealer 3 года назад

Alt title: a furby becomes big brain

@CrystalDoggoIsMissing 6 лет назад

That is so cool! I want one of those. That should be a real thing in stores. I would buy it.

@Geeksmithing 6 лет назад

This was awesome! Subscribed!

@pizzacat7844 4 года назад

You should try it with Furby connect and when you say the wake word The eyes open And on the screen there’s an icon like, Alexa’s light ring, or your choice and then it talks to you;)

@Howchoo 4 года назад

That's a great idea! :p

@ComdrStew 6 лет назад

I remember them being sued lol. Dec. 23, 1998 1:00 PM PST You're not alone. Lots of toy collectors (some of which are bidding more than $200 at Internet auctions for the $30-list-price Furby) thinks so. So does Gremlins producer Warner Bros., which recently sued Hasbro for trademark infringement.

@objectica6804 6 лет назад

considering i have an unreasonable amount of furbies i could do this with time and patience and just have furbies all around the house

@JesusJavier-MyAccount 5 лет назад

What about transforming a Furby Boom into a Picroft Virtual Assistant? I'd like to do that the cheapest way possible, of course, using a Raspberry Pi the Picroft supports. Any of them.

@sludgebeast1 4 года назад

This is the kind of project I like. I think I'm going to make one and just get Alexa to play Thrash Metal on a loop.

@michaelleedy 6 лет назад

You just saved my sanity with shutting off Siri on my MacBook Pro... but this was effing hysterical!

@Howchoo 6 лет назад

Glad we could help! 😀 On both fronts.

@michaelleedy 6 лет назад

Note for those who see this comment: I modified Zach's tip by placing the 'do not disturb' in the place of Siri, cuz it's not a disruptive button for me (since i keep all those kind of notifications shut off anyway) :)

@robbie5899 3 года назад

Try doing this with the Furby Boom model next. The eyes being lights, it has much more potential.

@spankinhotdudes437 4 года назад

"Furby turn off the lights" "Okay, *insert your name here*" You see the lights flicker off instantly. You then hear a faint sound of gears turning mixed in with robotic laughter you can barely make out as you drift off into sleep.

@TheNameOfDon 4 года назад

Hey thanks for this! I bet I can easily make a power bank mini backpack to take furlexa out drinking with me

@The.MisterE 6 лет назад

Awesome work. One small fact check, the Tin Man needed a heart. The Scarecrow needed a brain.

@darter9000 6 лет назад

This furby knows too much now... *lights a flamethrower *

@djninjacollider3533 6 лет назад

This is honestly amazing! Having had a Furby as a young child, it'd be so cool to have one of these myself! One problem, I can't work with electronics ;-;.

@ipodchik 6 лет назад

Aww I thought it'd have the Furby voice! 😂😂

@carolynmmitchell2240 6 лет назад

ipodchik I think it should have a super super deep voice haha

@Nutmeg- 6 лет назад

This makes me wanna learn more about technology and electronics. I wanna mess around with that kind of stuff as well. All the possibilities 💲

@billygrave5559 6 лет назад

you could make so much money with this.

@StarsWithScars 6 лет назад

The servos are louder than the voice.. x,D but nice idea!

@Kay-jk5dz 4 года назад

Now this is content.

@23rdwhite 6 лет назад

Still Kill that fucking evil. It somehow works without batteries or hangs upside down on occasion, that thing is the devils incarnate I swear. Seriously awesome job

@ChipmunkiousD 6 лет назад

Cosmic Lightning I never had either of those problems with any of my Furbys. The only times they went upside down were when I held them that way and that's the only way I could get them to wake up. Creepiest thing that happened was, when the middle version (the one with the plastic feet and actual voice recognition) got low on batteries while I was playing with it, it stopped talking and its face went berserk. I was afraid it would explode if I didn't hit the off switch.

@sammysamsterdec7172 6 лет назад

Cosmic Lightning I h8 U. The new and old ones are great

@sammysamsterdec7172 6 лет назад

F### you

@kingofhorses5745 3 года назад

Someone should take a very advanced chat ai and put it in a furby. Like you know that replika app with the self learning chat AI? That, but in a furby. That would be great.

@valentinaibagos4317 3 года назад

I love this idea. But they should also replace the AI voice with a cuter one lol

@YomaArt 2 года назад

You really deserve the gold button, too ❤❤ Your work is really great und should have MILLIONS of fans.

@CarlosGomez-vt9pk 2 года назад

Idea: Extract one Furby eye and use it as a screen for a furby watch. Bezel should be made of leftover Furby fur.

@hellomyfriendfriend718 6 лет назад

i have a alexa in my room, the example at the beginning triggered it and started talking xD

@Drakior 6 лет назад

Think you could upgrade everything else, like the motor and such so it can "talk" in a smoother without the annoying noise?

@judi7238 4 года назад

As the proud mother of a Long Furby, I greatly need a long Furlexa

@jensen2856 6 лет назад

Alexa, okay despacito

@benjaminroy9217 6 лет назад

3:00 Thanks for the weather info - Clearwater

@DougSP 4 года назад

I'm going to give this a go, jut ordered the Furby! Any new additions/modifications since first making this? Also, and words of advice on how I can make it extra creepy and adding an LED to each eye when Furby first wakes up or talks maybe?

@just_jimmy 6 лет назад

What a cool project

@krzlcve 6 лет назад

It’s a shame that the furbys movements make it difficult to hear Alexa, but hey this is super cool!

@aldorthegreat5267 5 лет назад

Oml. Long furlexa must be made

@srat71 5 лет назад

Aldor The Great that's my goal to do before I go to college, problem is I've never used a raspberry pi, or soldered anything ever

@ShrikesJester 4 года назад

I'd love this project on a long furby or oddbody furby!

@louisquartersson4555 2 года назад

2:59 Now Furbies are really possessed.

@doomtickler 2 года назад

So cool! How did you get it to use a custom wake word like "furlexa"?

@claricelis1627 6 лет назад

I don't even want an Alexa but I want a furlexa so badly

@kattitaniummelonparker3408 6 лет назад

My furby knew "Scooby Dooby Doo" from the Scooby Doo plushie I had as a kid.

@mortalmooshroom 5 лет назад

This is great but I feel you should have sound proofed the mechanical parts so you could actually hear Alexa

@ChrisDeger 2 года назад

I love it !!! Just wish that furby motor was not so loud lol it almost overpowers the voice

@FurbyMini 4 года назад

Burn Furbies : Not epic. Turn a Furby into Alexa : *approved*

@DoctorBlankenstein 6 лет назад

Dr Blankenstein approves! Well done

@meganstabler5996 5 лет назад

hello fellow tampon- lmao if you ever look to sell furlexa keep a gal in mind bc omg i love that sweetie!

@mayorsabi746 2 года назад

You can solder phone batteries to fit underneath

@astralcat9469 3 месяца назад

"I turned A Furby into Amazon Echo" *haro genki intensifies*

@armike669 4 года назад

This video is amazing. If I’m going to do this, I want to modify the motor to only move his mouth to make it more realistic although I would lose out on the eyes and ears moving when Alexa is triggered for a few seconds.

@Howchoo 4 года назад

Good call! You can definitely do that with some clever programming and either a) swapping out the stock DC motor for a stepper motor, or b) using the cam position sensor to determine where the gearbox currently is.Totally possible, but would've taken more time than I had (especially after how much time I already spent on it).

@Spencer42004 4 года назад

Ngl I'd buy this. If they did a gen like this I'd be down.

@tubbyqueen 4 года назад

“Huzzah! Here’s a smart furby!”

@Mr_Nubie 3 месяца назад

I would love to have one of these

@sebellealdaco6904 2 года назад

Hello! I am so invested in making my own or buying one already made. Is there a step by step video on how to make one? or is an email address I can message you on to ask questions? thank you!