Twittering Teddy Bear using Arduino Microcontroller

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This creative hack allows you to modify a teddy bear to read all of your tweets coming from Twitter.

"Guru Alison and I performed some, uh, innovative 2.0 surgery on an old childhood friend. The result: a real-time Twittering, talking, live-streaming social media phenomenon. I worked with my team at the Drexel Music and Entertainment Technology Lab to develop Teddy’s text-to-speech software.
MATERIALS:

* Animatronic Teddy Bear
* USB Bluetooth Adapter
* Programmable Circuit Board
* Programmable source code
* USB Cable
* Bluetooth music adapter
* An H Bridge Integrated Circuit Chip
* 5V Voltage Regulator
* LM386 OP AMP
* Mono Mini Jack Socket
* Mini to Mini Jack Cable
* DC 6V Power adapter
* Power adapter Socket
* 4 AA batteries
* Text-to-speech software
* Twitter Account
* Internet Connection (FiOS recommended)
* Common Screwdriver
* Needle Nose Pliers
* Wire Strippers & Cutters
* Bread Board
* Solid Core Wire
* Led, Capacitor & Resistors
* Soldering Gun & Solder (Optional)"

 

 

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6 Comments


  1. how much verizon paid you ??
    for saying fios is recommended???

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  2. and for project nothing impressive for me??


  3. stupid Gadgets, stupid Hacks, DIY Hacks, Electronic Hacks, What Were They Thinking


  4. @MIKY: After seeing the sleek professional intro and production values of the video, I think it was a given that they’re a “for-profit” group.

    anyway.

    They definitely need a better TTS voice, but aside from that, I think it’s an interesting project. What I find worth contemplation here is the other types of physical manifestations that may be hacked/leveraged for relaying all this “ambient awareness” data from twitter feeds, blog post, flicker photos, fb news feeds, weather services, etc. I know there was a display device made explicitly for just streaming internet data to a desktop (can’t remember the name), but it seemed somewhat redundant when next to a computer. I can think of microwave displays, oven timers, etc anything with an lcd being hacked for this purpose, but the audio / doll route here is a new direction, wonder what other paths there may be…?



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