Weekend Project: Hack a Talking Teddy Bear with a $9 Computer

[@MarvRoberts]

Should add a microphone and some speech recognition software. Make it full on interactive. Maybe even a webcam.

[@PhoenixSora9aOs3]

all you need now is installing a pair of glowing eyes, a way to speak through it and maybe a webcam and you can start to scare some friends

[@KHDecoder]

Child's Play (2019) predicted here

[@goosebumpskid1281]

Are you my BEST BUDDI?

[@alan_clarke]

It's a shame that C.H.I.P is so difficult to find, it would be nice to see this done with a Raspberry Pi Zero which are a bit easier to find.

[@capnskustomworks]

AWESOME... Childhood is alive...

[@ETAD-ne8wr]

This was so. easy to do. In 45 minutes I finished the hardware with 10 minutes for all software. I bought the bear for 2 bucks at a yard sale. Can't wait for the next project.

[@woutvdr]

the bear should present the next weekend project whit you! that would be awesome :)

[@vorkev1]

wow the fun you could have with this. just think of the pranks like setting him up in a childs room and interviewing baby sitters showing them the room of the child and wear the toy box it then telling her that your child thinks the doll is evil and asking them to hold on you will be back in a sec yet they do not no you are going to make the doll talk then come back and play dumb.

[@pmsteamrailroading]

When these came out (oh so many years ago) I wanted to do the teddy ruxpin terror tapes. (Teddy reads H.P. Lovecraft, Steven King(you get the idea)) But they where so damn expensive at the time I never did anything with it.

[@SpacegerbilProductions]

I love this and hate it at the same time cause you're ripping teddy apart but you're making something really cool. Just know teddys are pricey.

[@sithinstructor]

Have not even watched it yet.... I have my CHIP on my desk though, I was one of the early backers! I think I will enjoy this video!

[@sithinstructor]

+Josh V OK, there were a lot of words I didn't understand... LOL. I am confident I could do this project though, having worked on Avionics on War Planes.... Just have to learn how to code and what all the abbreviations mean.

[@_who_cares_1123]

This bear is fkn creepy!

[@me3333]

+_who_cares_ It was creepy back in the 80's also

[@Yukosan13]

I remember hating my teddy ruxbin.. he creeped me out. 😨😲😖 Sadly, my dad loved it and kept it for memories. (Note: could this project work with a old furby?)

[@SnyderTools]

Am I the only one who got sad to see Teddy Ruxpin's guts being torn out with Teddy in the background looking like he was murdered??

[@bigaj1992]

1:24 it looked like he was in pain and i was sad

[@mikeygetsluckyslots]

Yes but I want one

[@felicitysplatt470]

no, that was one of the best parts!

[@pikachu-fe7tx]

That bear costs more than the computer!

[@lokustic]

Now let's replace the teddy with a Good Guy doll.

[@WerewolfCas]

Hi, I'm Chucky. Do you want to play.

[@KHDecoder]

A Buddi doll

[@TravisWebb]

I want to connect him to Cortana on my office computer to creep everyone out.

[@Decahexic]

I actually did that. Its fun to yell Hey Cortana and teddy replies Yes?

[@mofkarim]

Man that teddy ruxpin saying those hacked words is scary

[@oldconspiracydude236]

great hack, It would be interesting if you had a user group maybe add a couple freedoms of motion like neck and ears with some 3d printer parts.

[@Vambibuda]

Can you help me. I want to know the name of those simpler chips used inside teddy bears years ago. I know they were usually round and when hand was squeezed, teddy would say “I love you”. Do you know the name of that piece?

[@MickeyMishra]

I was at a Portland surplus store and I got a Teddy Ruxpin doll that is supposed to be a display unit I'm pretty sure that'll work with this

[@personalsunstreet571]

Try showing me a video of a Bearlieve being hacked by an Arudino.

[@TheWarrrenator]

That's cool, but can you reprogram Teddy Ruxpin to SEEK REVENGE ON MY ENEMIES?

[@Антон-к8л1б]

It is one of the most scary thing I ever seen!

[@HoneyGoatStudios]

Send this to the Nostalgia critic

[@AlexToThompson]

You can do some spooky ass stuff with this...

[@QuaVerTelevision911]

next step make the eyes move better, every couple of seconds and plus for emphasis on certain emotional words, and put a small touchscreen in his belly that will show cartoons, and finally make a way for it to stand up and sit down and move its arms.

[@aghostcat2]

I have a Mickey Mouse that Worlds of Wonder put out the year after Teddy Ruxpin came out. I think my son and I are going to have to make him into a Chip Micky Mouse!

[@jsheiko]

Any idea if C.H.I.P. can be used with a Big Mouth Billy Bass?

[@1310up]

That moment where you thought C.H.I.P was available to order and you see it is still in preorder :-(

[@northernontariopartyzone]

Oh my god PROGRAM HIM WITH THE FNAF JUMPSCARE!!! PUT L.E.DS IN HIS EYES!!! I'mma bout to ruin christmas

[@kef103]

That was pretty hi tech for it's time I guess

[@MarkWladika]

Any methods for improving the sound?

[@Mello_Gello3]

still waiting on my chip. already waited a full year 3 months.

[@Furby_Productions]

Can I program songs for it?

[@BenG9C9]

If I remember my childhood right, Teddy Ruxpin would read stories. Could the CHIP code be modified to play audio files, like Audible audio books?

[@1310up]

+BenG9C9 This should be fairly easy to do so.

[@MAKE]

+BenG9C9 The python script actually works by taking the output from eSpeak ( a linux test-to-speech engine) and dumps it out to a .wav file. From there (I believe) the sound file is played back, but also analyzed to generate the mouth and eye movements. So the hard work of animating the face has already been done for playback from a sound file - you would just need to modify the script so that it skips the first part of it.

[@charliepotatoes001]

+BenG9C9 If I recall the CHIP Modual has Bluetooth so it should be able to sync with a Phone or other Bluetooth enabled device. It's just in the code somewhere to add that function.

[@s0vrn]

you can do that with a click and drag and press of the delete key using audacity, i think

[@s0vrn]

glad to see i'm not the only one thinking about modernizing their ruxpin for future generations. it'd be pretty cool for him to read his classic stories, stored on a computer in .wav's, playable for your child at will - maybe you could even record your own stories.

[@jenniferpreston235]

Can the original tapes be digitized onto the new computer and played properly on Chippy?

[@Prence]

So is there a way to make Teddy Ruxpin connect to a iphone and speak using Siri's voice.

[@biggmann88zz8]

Is there a particular reason why the Playskool model doesn't work with the project?

[@manfredlanger9293]

How much do you charge to fix a Ruxpin?

[@qhack]

Never mind the difficulty of getting an older model of Teddy Ruxpin... I am still waiting on my C.H.I.P. Ordered long before the first shipment and mine isn't scheduled to ship until May. So, ya It's neat to show off what can be done with the C.H.I.P. but this isn't a project that you can just go out and do today.

[@liamthoralexanderspencer4684]

That’s the same voice from parrotz, an old DS digital pet game

[@Theasworld1984]

Have you ever modified a cricket or baby talk dolls Or how about a mrs. Beasley doll from the 1960s that would be neat to see her modified like that even though she doesn't have the same technology as teddy and cricket

[@normitalopez549]

am going to cry

[@ryanmartinson4531]

Will this work with talking ALF?

[@causecaos]

Why would the older model not work for this project? What is the main reasons?

[@TimurTripp2]

Not older, newer. Playskool Teddy Ruxpin is actually very different from Worlds of Wonder Teddy Ruxpin.

[@Astronomikat]

I made a full sized humanoid android using a similar conversion method, arduino, and the 3doodler. I was originally just going to get a teddy ruxpin to prattle on, but I ended up only using his eyes.. they work well in my new and improved robot son. ;)

[@terrybennett7424]

How much would you charge if I provide the doll

[@The_Conspiracy_Analyst]

Make him an enpoint for a ChatGPT instance. Or better yet, an uncensored AI.

[@dandrewrokc4215]

I'm getting the old teddy ruxpin

[@132ikl]

Make it say "Hi! My name is Confessa-Bear! You can tell me all your secrets!"

[@teddywalker97]

Who calls a lithium polymer battery a "lipo battery?" It is easier to say "lipo", but i thought he said "light bulb battery" and was really confused for a minute. Hard of hearing folks who don't use "lipo" as a battery term (no idea why anyone would) will not understand what you mean. You could also obtain caption files to explain that "lipo" refers to Lithium-Polymer batteries, or even have the word "lipo" in the video captioned as "Li-Po" to get your point across. Currently you have automatically generated captions which state " single cell lipo battery" and i'm fairly sure this battery doesn't suck adipose tissue out of you.

[@perc-sz7sw]

Max Hudson lol

[@Ryan-re1rs]

how much are these bears going for now? a lot of the toys I had grown up in the 80's are now worth some good money. I wish I had kept a lot of them. ugh..

[@MAKE]

+Ryan W In my experience, the new-in-box items still command prices around $2-300 US. Used ones that are tested good are under $100, but if you don't mind some heavy use they can be had for $30. That's what we paid for the one you see in this build.

[@crimsonsamuraiftw]

how can you change the voice?

[@WildChildDos]

I 1st thought Stephen Hawking was transformed into a bear.

[@chuckoutman9568]

Can this be converted to arduino or PI?

[@Deemon1]

Teddy or Steve Hocking parodies?

[@t0beysanford]

Can we get an update with AI interactions?

[@reelheel5919]

how did i go from looking for videos on replacing a timing belt on a vw to this??

[@starlingbaez6681]

thats teddy ruxpin

[@1310up]

1 - Make this to your child 2 - Show him Five night at freddy's ??? 4 - Profit

[@capnskustomworks]

Ye win. (Wait, my kids showed ME Five Nights at Freddy's... Win rescinded. My apologies...)

[@kayborndadon4009]

What sort of base education/knowledge do you need to complete a project like this?

[@MAKE]

+KayBorn Da Don Soldering and following the wiring diagram is the trickiest part. The code stuff sounds complicated, but you can really get it down to just copying and pasting commands. You should give it a go!

[@kayborndadon4009]

+Make: Thank you for responding, it looks like a fun project that I could get into with my son although my ability to solder is lacking lol

[@mikeygetsluckyslots]

How much to make me one

[@DanielNotFake]

Teddy Ruxpin 1985 is Creepy to death.

[@joesmoe71]

Cool, now make it so its head can spin all the way around and install a pump so it can puke green liquid at people!

[@Buy-n-large]

Even the battery has obey merch ima kms

[@Koniyoutube]

that is fucking terrifying.

[@RaDrumba]

can you hack The See-n-Say toy and reprogram it.

[@GeekSpeakDesign]

That's awesome! Really screw w/someone by adding a PIR & trigger to say "I'm watching you"

[@GlovedGame]

This is much more creepy than it all ready is 0:04

[@shonandrews1970]

wow u are incredible

[@ViolentSid]

you should sell them fan would buy him

[@CplHound]

could you modify a furby in a future episode?

[@prestonferry]

This is a creepy robot!

[@meneur07]

This is .... Creepy.... :O

[@johnpaulcastillo8403]

Coool!!!

[@quiettornado1970]

I need someone to fix mine.

[@nicknorth-east]

can't you just record a new message on an audio cassette. just a thought!

[@TimurTripp2]

The problem is the eye and lip movements. Those were actually pre-programed and recorded to the Teddy Ruxpin cassette tapes which the bear reads and decodes. Regular cassette tapes do not produce any movement, they only play.

[@JGunlimited]

Five Nights at Freddy's halloween prop idea

[@Turcios-xm1gw]

Can it play Music like from other artist like Jay Z

[@Ssbmt633]

I had one my mom got me one from the swamp meat but now I have a my buddy

[@VolpeInCalze]

asking mother for permission into nostromo? lmao

[@KineticWasEpicVideos]

I'm shocked! The first comment isn't FNAF! Oh, and there's some better voices out there for Festival. You should REALLY think about installing those instead.

[@denzel387]

nice

[@sisvlittlebromasters446]

I wish I can do that

[@minopausa]

Nostromo / Mother :) Directly from Alien!

[@vitovekic1413]

Like your hair

[@SkyrimTheBoss]

what if he could say shower thoughts

[@rustynails7001]

Diy make your nightmares

[@vinceadriangalvez7043]

Teddy ruxpin

[@scruffymchaggis8828]

Why not have Teddy repeat songs ,like from Metallica or Ozzy? LOL

[@SciPunk215]

This is a great project! But that voice is terrible. It sounds like a voice simulator from BEFORE Teddy Ruxpin's time.

[@tomcummings3471]

Thefuture is stew pid

[@CrustyCowboy]

I need a step by step slower tutorial lol

[@lpshayaller1985]

İ did it and give it to my 5 year old sis, she acutally laughed

[@sonicase]

wikibear!

[@allluckyseven]

Nice project, but that synthesized voice there.... Hm.

[@supernintendozack-snz7493]

Mama tattletale x)

[@ryansellers846]

where the heck did he find a 9$ computer that works? must've been stolen an sold by a tweeker

[@Lone432345]

This would be better if he didn't sound like a damn robot.

[@SomeDork353]

The real question is "Why?"

[@ozzelot3349]

Eerie as fuck.