I Gave a Pumpkin Super Intelligence

Smart speakers still can't answer basic questions, so I spent two days putting AI inside a pumpkin. I'd never soldered before, but this one runs speech-to-text locally on a Raspberry Pi, talks back in a Halloween voice and can search the web. If you've wanted to build your own voice assistant, start here. All kit was purchased from https://thepihut.com if you want a full list just let me know in the comments! ❤️ More about us Radically better observability stack: https://betterstack.com/ Written tutorials: https://betterstack.com/community/ Example projects: https://github.com/BetterStackHQ 📱 Socials Twitter: https://twitter.com/betterstackhq Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/betterstackhq/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@betterstack LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/betterstack 📌 Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:47 The plan 1:09 The hardware and software design 1:39 Unboxing the parts 2:13 Learning to solder 2:41 Soldering the LED eyes 3:59 The Perma-Proto HAT 4:38 Putting it all together 5:24 The speaker scare and first words 6:09 Building the software 6:55 Carving the pumpkin 7:30 Talking to the finished pumpkin 10:02 Going even smaller