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

[@MAIMEDWOLF]

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

[@carolynmmitchell2240]

Moggie Delight why not?

[@MAIMEDWOLF]

They are good boys.

[@kjw21411]

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

[@MAIMEDWOLF]

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

[@emilianorios4761]

TRIGGERED, HOW DARE YOU NOT MENTION HERMAPHRODITES

[@scharlesworth93]

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]

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

[@staplegun3703]

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

[@sirdrakey]

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

[@FireCat_P]

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

[@GatorsFishchannel]

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]

GatorsFishchannel lolll come to save us from the future

[@hornybastard1839]

Is there anything we can do to stop this madness?

[@kerakn_]

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

[@opossumontheinternet9864]

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

[@sirlolsalot7383]

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

[@AV.36]

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

[@23rdwhite]

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

[@van4195]

@@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.

[@rosemars8]

This would be a good product actually.

[@Mijin_Gakure]

Good for what?

[@jasoncamacho4855]

Good for nightmares?

[@therandomguysandgurls6162]

The next generation of Furbies should be like this!

[@jesusisdefinitelynotarelig7515]

I need one of these in my life

[@Andrecio64]

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

[@italomolko]

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

[@lesbianchihuahua1624]

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]

Just make one..it will mean more

[@eoneonwhydoihavetoaddmylas7012]

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

[@Chargfox]

Cody Cold you don't have to know how to work electronics. You just have to know how to surf KZbin and EBay. KZbin 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.

[@FuzzyWobble]

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

[@neoney]

FuzzyWobble Yes!

[@carolynmmitchell2240]

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

[@saunadive7594]

FuzzyWobble this

[@AceMcCrank]

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]

CREEPY

[@MY3DCO]

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

[@ohno7852]

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

[@thisaccountsucks3225]

Chez Pig mod, modification or modified, -.-

[@ItsJustAvis]

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

[@followtheboat]

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!

[@ChaosBW]

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

[@orbital.experience4962]

WANT. WANT. WANT *WANT*

[@ezzbuttheyshouldntleavethe5529]

Nice Simpsons reference

[@LongTailCat3]

224 like

[@pewp89]

no.... NEED

[@Stereo6400]

*need

[@tequilabrad]

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

[@Howchoo]

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

[@MrSaturn619]

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

[@kantraa]

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

[@mumzy996]

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

[@WeenyVeen]

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!

[@Gregn604]

Tin Min wanted a heart not a brain.

[@Howchoo]

Gregn604 Whoops, there goes my Wizard of Oz knowledge!

[@SuperKarlFriedrich]

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!"

[@wishcloudstudios]

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.

[@dylanhuffatemcedcp5661]

- 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.

[@pizzacat7844]

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

[@gtrgdss]

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

[@glowinggrenade]

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!

[@possumlino]

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

[@Howchoo]

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

[@possumlino]

howchoo thank you furbies are to be worshipped

[@skinnedsmile3089]

The skynet reference was a good one

[@paz1830]

The two best electronic supposed electronic spies now fused together!

[@carolynmmitchell2240]

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

[@paz1830]

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

[@Mizzinno]

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

[@littlemismagius4816]

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

[@rotisserierubclan5742]

shoulda just called it flexa

[@narcissismincarnate9201]

Sounds like it goes to the gym a lot.

[@cutest_pets]

Damn that furby must of been FLEXaING on others

[@merelymayhem]

This is cursed. Thank you for this abomination.

[@NathanOhsure]

Strong hatchetfield vibes, super cool!

[@Geeksmithing]

This was awesome! Subscribed!

[@dragonempress8367]

Furlexa looks cuter with her fur. MUCH cuter

[@shagmuffin6312]

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

[@ghost_ship_supreme]

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

[@CamdenBloke]

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.

[@fischhoax]

Those furbys without fur look like endoskeletons xd

[@longfurbyboiyeet1240]

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

[@MatchitehewXaphan]

Someone's going market this watch..

[@GlovedGame]

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

[@StarsWithScars]

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

[@Chargfox]

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.

[@kingofhorses5745]

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]

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

[@aubergine777666]

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...

[@pizzacat7844]

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]

That's a great idea! :p

[@descry1]

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

[@cownose8949]

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

[@CrystalDoggoIsMissing]

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

[@just_jimmy]

What a cool project

[@objectica6804]

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

[@newryn_n]

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.

[@hellomyfriendfriend718]

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

[@emstratman]

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

[@djninjacollider3533]

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 ;-;.

[@Nutmeg-]

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

[@ComdrStew]

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.

[@benkahn5063]

You should make the ears perk up when you say it's name so you know if it heard you

[@michaelleedy]

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

[@Howchoo]

Glad we could help! 😀 On both fronts.

[@michaelleedy]

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) :)

[@billygrave5559]

you could make so much money with this.

[@aussiefurbymogwaifan6621]

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

[@TheNameOfDon]

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

[@Kay-jk5dz]

Now this is content.

[@robbie5899]

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

[@ShrikesJester]

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

[@sheepboy2558]

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

[@YomaArt]

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

[@mortalmooshroom]

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

[@sludgebeast1]

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.

[@somegem6344]

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

[@DoctorBlankenstein]

Dr Blankenstein approves! Well done

[@spankinhotdudes437]

"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.

[@yourlocalfurbydealer]

Alt title: a furby becomes big brain

[@ChrisDeger]

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

[@KaBArtStudioStLeonard]

Cute! I did something similar to my teddy ruxpin :)

[@alligatorgamer9137]

It would be cool if you could synch the movement with the speech

[@Joshadowolf]

Furlexa! I love it!

[@mayorsabi746]

You can solder phone batteries to fit underneath

[@armike669]

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]

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).

[@snowyowl5133]

This is super cool!

[@JesusJavier-MyAccount]

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.

[@Spencer42004]

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

[@tubbyqueen]

“Huzzah! Here’s a smart furby!”

[@livinglifewithshariah]

That’s freaking cool 😊

[@Mr_Nubie]

I would love to have one of these

[@movingparts6270]

Too bad the servos drown out everything it says...

[@Blood-PawWerewolf]

Moving Parts Gaming for something that was made in 1998, that was not much of a huge problem. R.O.B the Robot was louder than this, even though that was made 1985.

[@KennyT_OfMusic]

You should do this with the furby connect that would be something else

[@darter9000]

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

[@skyeminami3332]

Absolute madman

[@The.MisterE]

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

[@emaanahmed4847]

THAT FURBY TURNING ON THE LIGHTS IS ACTUALLY PRETTY FUCKING SCARY

[@DougSP]

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?

[@CarlosGomez-vt9pk]

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

[@ipodchik]

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

[@carolynmmitchell2240]

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

[@princessriahyokai]

It would be nice if it was the 2012 version also

[@23rdwhite]

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]

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]

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

[@sammysamsterdec7172]

F### you

[@Jontek2]

Awesome! Put some cameras in the eyes!

[@MirceaKitsune]

Why is something like this not actually manufactured and sold in stored today?!

[@fennecrocks770]

They're evolving...

[@Xodabeef]

HOOOLD YOUR HOIRSES! Furbies where terrifying but they are not old considering the exists a newer furby boom with lcd eyes and without malfunktions that sound and feel like irl creepypasta. and there is an very new furby connect with a wrong looking bluetooth app who is a little twerrifying. so see, they are not old. only the terrifying ones, but its only an old furby toyLINE.

[@jeuxschmo]

Now make it long