D
o you swear too much? You need to build
yourself a swear jar. But not just any
old swear jar — a hip, innovative, cool, over-
engineered digital swear jar. Don’t worry, this
artificial intelligence-powered, Internet of Things-
enabled teddy bear is here to help!
How does it work? Well, the Swear Bear listens
to your every word and detects profanity using
AI. When you’re caught, it instantly tells on you,
to a very public data stream, not only revealing
the committed crime but also providing time-
stamped proof.
BUILD AN EVER-VIGILANT SWEAR BEAR
Before you build, you might like to watch our
project overview video atyoutu.be/ASSAGECmZt4.
1. SET UP THE HARDWARE
It all starts with a Raspberry Pi computer. The Pi
orchestrates the data flow between the different
platforms and provides computing power for our
dirty language detection.
On top of our Raspberry Pi we connect two
TIME REQUIRED:
A Weekend
DIFFICULTY:
Intermediate
COST:
$200–$300
MATERIALS
» Raspberry Pi 3B+ Starter KitAmazon
#B07BC567TW
» Google AIY Voice Kit v1Amazon
#B075SFLWKX
» LifePO
4
wered Pi+ power supply board
(optional)For our Pi projects we like this UPS
and power manager add-on board. It makes The
Swear Bear a stand-alone project so you don’t
have to plug it into the wall.lifepo4wered.com
» Hookup wireAmazonB01KQ2JNLI
» Teddy bearof your choice. We used Amazon
B07VQ92YHV.
TOOLS
» Computer with internet connectionYou’ll
need to set up accounts on Google Cloud
Platform(cloud.google.com/gcp)and
ThingSpeak(thingspeak.com).
» Scissors, needle, thread, etc.for putting the
hardware inside your bear
DANEHERMSEand NICOLEHORWARDare two makers in Brussels,
Belgium, who create tremendously terrible tech and share it on their
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