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

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  • Опубликовано: 13 янв 2025

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  • @scharlesworth93
    @scharlesworth93 7 лет назад +109

    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
      @ThomasFarquhar2 3 года назад +7

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

    • @staplegun3703
      @staplegun3703 10 месяцев назад

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

  • @MAIMEDWOLF
    @MAIMEDWOLF 6 лет назад +1201

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

    • @carolynmmitchell2240
      @carolynmmitchell2240 6 лет назад +8

      Moggie Delight why not?

    • @MAIMEDWOLF
      @MAIMEDWOLF 6 лет назад +147

      They are good boys.

    • @kjw21411
      @kjw21411 6 лет назад +97

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

    • @MAIMEDWOLF
      @MAIMEDWOLF 6 лет назад +113

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

    • @emilianorios4761
      @emilianorios4761 6 лет назад +18

      TRIGGERED, HOW DARE YOU NOT MENTION HERMAPHRODITES

  • @GatorsFishchannel
    @GatorsFishchannel 7 лет назад +570

    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
      @스텔-c6o 7 лет назад +6

      GatorsFishchannel lolll come to save us from the future

    • @hornybastard1839
      @hornybastard1839 6 лет назад +6

      Is there anything we can do to stop this madness?

    • @kerakn_
      @kerakn_ 4 года назад +5

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

    • @opossumontheinternet9864
      @opossumontheinternet9864 4 года назад +2

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

    • @sirlolsalot7383
      @sirlolsalot7383 4 года назад +1

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

  • @sirdrakey
    @sirdrakey 7 лет назад +164

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

    • @FireCat_P
      @FireCat_P 5 лет назад +19

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

  • @italomolko
    @italomolko 7 лет назад +452

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

    • @lesbianchihuahua1624
      @lesbianchihuahua1624 7 лет назад +20

      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
      @MatchitehewXaphan 6 лет назад +2

      Just make one..it will mean more

    • @eoneonwhydoihavetoaddmylas7012
      @eoneonwhydoihavetoaddmylas7012 6 лет назад +4

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

    • @Chargfox
      @Chargfox 6 лет назад +2

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

  • @AV.36
    @AV.36 7 лет назад +182

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

    • @23rdwhite
      @23rdwhite 6 лет назад +9

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

    • @van4195
      @van4195 Год назад +2

      @@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
    @rosemars8 7 лет назад +302

    This would be a good product actually.

  • @MY3DCO
    @MY3DCO 6 лет назад +136

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

    • @ohno7852
      @ohno7852 6 лет назад

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

    • @thisaccountsucks3225
      @thisaccountsucks3225 5 лет назад +2

      Chez Pig mod, modification or modified, -.-

  • @FuzzyWobble
    @FuzzyWobble 7 лет назад +154

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

    • @neoney
      @neoney 7 лет назад +8

      FuzzyWobble Yes!

    • @carolynmmitchell2240
      @carolynmmitchell2240 6 лет назад +27

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

    • @saunadive7594
      @saunadive7594 6 лет назад +1

      FuzzyWobble this

    • @AceMcCrank
      @AceMcCrank 6 лет назад +6

      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
      @kirstenlaska8545 6 лет назад

      CREEPY

  • @ItsJustAvis
    @ItsJustAvis 5 лет назад +24

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

  • @followtheboat
    @followtheboat 7 лет назад +75

    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
    @ChaosBW 7 лет назад +74

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

  • @orbital.experience4962
    @orbital.experience4962 6 лет назад +268

    WANT. WANT. WANT
    *WANT*

  • @mumzy996
    @mumzy996 6 лет назад +4

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

  • @Gregn604
    @Gregn604 7 лет назад +28

    Tin Min wanted a heart not a brain.

    • @Howchoo
      @Howchoo  7 лет назад +6

      Gregn604 Whoops, there goes my Wizard of Oz knowledge!

    • @SuperKarlFriedrich
      @SuperKarlFriedrich 7 лет назад +5

      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!"

  • @WeenyVeen
    @WeenyVeen 5 лет назад +3

    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!

  • @MrSaturn619
    @MrSaturn619 7 лет назад +5

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

  • @kantraa
    @kantraa 3 года назад +2

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

  • @dylanhuffatemcedcp5661
    @dylanhuffatemcedcp5661 6 лет назад +3

    - 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.

  • @tequilabrad
    @tequilabrad 7 лет назад +21

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

    • @Howchoo
      @Howchoo  7 лет назад +2

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

  • @rotisserierubclan5742
    @rotisserierubclan5742 7 лет назад +28

    shoulda just called it flexa

  • @glowinggrenade
    @glowinggrenade 7 лет назад +16

    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!

  • @pizzacat7844
    @pizzacat7844 5 лет назад +3

    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

  • @littlemismagius4816
    @littlemismagius4816 10 месяцев назад

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

  • @wishcloudstudios
    @wishcloudstudios 6 лет назад +1

    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.

  • @shagmuffin6312
    @shagmuffin6312 3 года назад +2

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

  • @skinnedsmile3089
    @skinnedsmile3089 4 года назад +1

    The skynet reference was a good one

  • @gtrgdss
    @gtrgdss 7 лет назад +2

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

  • @paz1830
    @paz1830 6 лет назад +3

    The two best electronic supposed electronic spies now fused together!

    • @carolynmmitchell2240
      @carolynmmitchell2240 6 лет назад

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

    • @paz1830
      @paz1830 6 лет назад

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

  • @fischhoax
    @fischhoax 5 лет назад +2

    Those furbys without fur look like endoskeletons xd

  • @Mizzinno
    @Mizzinno 6 лет назад +7

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

  • @objectica6804
    @objectica6804 6 лет назад +4

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

  • @possumlino
    @possumlino 5 лет назад +1

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

    • @Howchoo
      @Howchoo  5 лет назад +1

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

    • @possumlino
      @possumlino 5 лет назад +1

      howchoo thank you furbies are to be worshipped

  • @Geeksmithing
    @Geeksmithing 6 лет назад +3

    This was awesome! Subscribed!

  • @sheepboy2558
    @sheepboy2558 5 лет назад +1

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

  • @longfurbyboiyeet1240
    @longfurbyboiyeet1240 4 года назад

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

  • @merelymayhem
    @merelymayhem 6 лет назад +16

    This is cursed. Thank you for this abomination.

  • @aubergine777666
    @aubergine777666 7 лет назад +10

    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...

  • @NathanOhsure
    @NathanOhsure 3 года назад

    Strong hatchetfield vibes, super cool!

  • @ghost_ship_supreme
    @ghost_ship_supreme 6 лет назад

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

  • @JesusJavier-MyAccount
    @JesusJavier-MyAccount 5 лет назад +2

    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.

  • @GlovedGame
    @GlovedGame 3 года назад

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

  • @MatchitehewXaphan
    @MatchitehewXaphan 6 лет назад +2

    Someone's going market this watch..

  • @hellomyfriendfriend718
    @hellomyfriendfriend718 7 лет назад +4

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

  • @CamdenBloke
    @CamdenBloke 3 года назад

    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.

  • @tanyafitz4594
    @tanyafitz4594 6 лет назад

    Can you do one for the new furbies???

  • @yourlocalfurbydealer
    @yourlocalfurbydealer 3 года назад +1

    Alt title: a furby becomes big brain

  • @dragonempress8367
    @dragonempress8367 6 лет назад +1

    Furlexa looks cuter with her fur. MUCH cuter

  • @alligatorgamer9137
    @alligatorgamer9137 6 лет назад +1

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

  • @uniseral8057
    @uniseral8057 5 лет назад +1

    Can I buy one?

  • @just_jimmy
    @just_jimmy 6 лет назад

    What a cool project

  • @PinkWolf93
    @PinkWolf93 4 года назад

    Could you make a guide on how to build one?

    • @Howchoo
      @Howchoo  4 года назад

      I wrote a step-by-step guide on how to build one (see the video description)-it's pretty detailed but is definitely an involved process.

  • @emstratman
    @emstratman 6 лет назад

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

  • @Drakior
    @Drakior 6 лет назад

    Think you could upgrade everything else, like the motor and such so it can "talk" in a smoother without the annoying noise?

  • @benkahn5063
    @benkahn5063 6 лет назад +1

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

  • @newryn_n
    @newryn_n 6 лет назад

    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.

  • @StarsWithScars
    @StarsWithScars 6 лет назад +3

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

  • @sebellealdaco6904
    @sebellealdaco6904 3 года назад +1

    Hello! I am so invested in making my own or buying one already made. Is there a step by step video on how to make one? or is an email address I can message you on to ask questions? thank you!

  • @somegem6344
    @somegem6344 3 года назад +1

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

  • @mayorsabi746
    @mayorsabi746 2 года назад

    You can solder phone batteries to fit underneath

  • @ShrikesJester
    @ShrikesJester 5 лет назад

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

  • @Reedith
    @Reedith 5 лет назад

    Anyway the furbies motors and gears could be quieted down with newer quiet ones?

  • @cownose8949
    @cownose8949 6 лет назад +4

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

  • @thiccjoseph5310
    @thiccjoseph5310 6 лет назад +1

    0:35
    The tin man wanted a heart 😂 the scarecrow wanted a brain

  • @murgaferd
    @murgaferd 11 месяцев назад

    I have yet to see one that's movement is synced up with the sound though

  • @benjaminroy9217
    @benjaminroy9217 7 лет назад

    3:00 Thanks for the weather info
    - Clearwater

  • @sassyalbatross2933
    @sassyalbatross2933 4 года назад

    Is there a way to get the motor to link up with the voice control?

  • @GeminiNight
    @GeminiNight 2 месяца назад

    Heya, do you still have a link to the tutorial for this? We are wanting to recreate it in 2024! Thanks ^_^

  • @movingparts6270
    @movingparts6270 7 лет назад +10

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

    • @Blood-PawWerewolf
      @Blood-PawWerewolf 6 лет назад +2

      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.

  • @doomtickler
    @doomtickler 2 года назад

    So cool! How did you get it to use a custom wake word like "furlexa"?

  • @Mr_Nubie
    @Mr_Nubie 6 месяцев назад

    I would love to have one of these

  • @DoctorBlankenstein
    @DoctorBlankenstein 7 лет назад +6

    Dr Blankenstein approves! Well done

  • @guycalledr
    @guycalledr 3 года назад

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

  • @Kay-jk5dz
    @Kay-jk5dz 4 года назад +1

    Now this is content.

  • @DougSP
    @DougSP 4 года назад

    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?

  • @Amelia-tm2sy
    @Amelia-tm2sy 3 месяца назад

    Why did you fire the fur

  • @spankinhotdudes437
    @spankinhotdudes437 4 года назад

    "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.

  • @descry1
    @descry1 4 года назад

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

  • @kingofhorses5745
    @kingofhorses5745 3 года назад +2

    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
      @valentinaibagos4317 3 года назад

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

  • @weepingkoopa2862
    @weepingkoopa2862 4 года назад

    I would like to see you do the same with a modern Furby.

  • @aussiefurbymogwaifan6621
    @aussiefurbymogwaifan6621 6 лет назад

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

  • @iluvzaza420
    @iluvzaza420 Месяц назад

    I thought I would attempt to contact you through youtube comments but I doubt you check on them anymore, but your link to your guide actually doesn't redirect to projects page, and it seems your page actually glitches and doesn't go past page 1. I would love to see the full teardown and process because I am hoping to start my own project soon. Thanks!

  • @mortalmooshroom
    @mortalmooshroom 6 лет назад

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

  • @sakurito55
    @sakurito55 4 года назад

    Is there a way to do this with the newer furbies like the boom line? I want to make an Ai furby that can actually talk to you in a intelligent way?!

  • @Joshadowolf
    @Joshadowolf 6 лет назад

    Furlexa! I love it!

  • @imbored7311
    @imbored7311 4 года назад

    Is there a way to make the mouth just stay still and not do the opening thing?

  • @KennyT_OfMusic
    @KennyT_OfMusic 4 года назад

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

  • @6DoctorWho
    @6DoctorWho 6 лет назад

    Is there a way to customizing the voice? Or charge it !?

  • @MrJedijaws
    @MrJedijaws 7 лет назад

    is it possible to take a transparent digital clock put alexa in it with jarvis voice and have a jarvis clock being displayed??????????

  • @CrystalDoggoIsMissing
    @CrystalDoggoIsMissing 6 лет назад

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

  • @lomax14
    @lomax14 6 лет назад

    Can you do the groot dancing one from gamestop

  • @TheNameOfDon
    @TheNameOfDon 4 года назад

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

  • @Chargfox
    @Chargfox 6 лет назад

    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.

  • @KawaiiBabyTragon
    @KawaiiBabyTragon 6 лет назад

    But can you fix the lip syncing? Even if you have to use a newer Furby model?

  • @pizzacat7844
    @pizzacat7844 5 лет назад +1

    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
      @Howchoo  5 лет назад

      That's a great idea! :p

  • @arscl5041
    @arscl5041 4 года назад

    Do you think this could be done with a Google Home?

  • @snowyowl5133
    @snowyowl5133 5 лет назад

    This is super cool!

  • @The.MisterE
    @The.MisterE 6 лет назад

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

  • @darter9000
    @darter9000 7 лет назад

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

  • @michaelleedy
    @michaelleedy 6 лет назад

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

    • @Howchoo
      @Howchoo  6 лет назад +1

      Glad we could help! 😀 On both fronts.

    • @michaelleedy
      @michaelleedy 6 лет назад

      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) :)