My Little Hacker - Hacking the Teddy Ruxpin

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[@Dithermaster]

Wow, this brings back memories! In 1985, when the first-generation Teddy Ruxpin was new and very hard to get, a friends loaned me the one she found after much line-standing, before she gifted it to her children. Eventually I worked out the servo pulse encoding and was able to make a crude cassette that talked and moved the eyes and mouth. I wanted to take it further and make some funny content tapes but she really wanted it back, and that's probably good thing since there was a non-zero chance of me breaking it. Thanks Jenny!

[@alanknight7867]

Hi The one I modified many many years ago used a audio tape in its back . one channel of the stereo tape head was for
audio , the other channel used tones to control the eyes and mouth . I no longer have the teddy ( kids now adults ) and I
dont know if I still have any notes on the project .
Alan

[@rpavlik1]

Yep that was the original. This version is like the retro revival, that is itself already retro...

[@glitch84-]

I had that one in the 80s!!!

[@MrJohnmmcgrath]

Thank you so much for this
What amazing work going down rabbit holes and coming back out

[@senorlloyd226]

Any progress on a tool to convert audio?

[@josephhutch4911]

I love this so much. Thanks for sharing the journey of trying to get this to work. I can't wait to be able to do the same and get a toy that my daughter can use to listen to my voice, even if I'm not there or can't talk on the phone.

[@rpavlik1]

Y'all are not good at helping me avoid impulse purchases...

[@_mrcrypt]

Congratulations! 🖖🐰🍷