The Internet of Furbies

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Post by neildahlke » Wed, Oct 01, 2014, 6:27 PM UTC

The Internet of Furbies
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Re: The Internet of Furbies

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Post by neildahlke » Wed, Oct 01, 2014, 6:42 PM UTC

I was one of the hackers on the project, if anyone has any questions, shout out!

Re: The Internet of Furbies

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Post by middleca » Wed, Oct 01, 2014, 6:52 PM UTC

neildahlke wrote: post #2

I was one of the hackers on the project, if anyone has any questions, shout out!

Cool hack! How are you driving the furby?

Re: The Internet of Furbies

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Post by neildahlke » Wed, Oct 01, 2014, 7:01 PM UTC

middleca wrote: post #3

neildahlke wrote: post #2

I was one of the hackers on the project, if anyone has any questions, shout out!

Cool hack! How are you driving the furby?

Essentially, we fed audio out from an Android phone through a mini audio amplifier, then soldered from the amplifier directly in the Furby's speaker.

Re: The Internet of Furbies

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Post by middleca » Wed, Oct 01, 2014, 7:37 PM UTC

neildahlke wrote: post #4

middleca wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cool hack! How are you driving the furby?

Essentially, we fed audio out from an Android phone through a mini audio amplifier, then soldered from the amplifier directly in the Furby's speaker.

Ahh, cool, that makes sense :)

For a second I thought you guys might be related to this connected furby project I saw recently:

http://vimeo.com/106770438

https://community.spark.io/t/internet-chat-furby-with-spark-...