 I built this. It was like the first project of its sort that I ever did. So I wanted to share with you. So what is it? It's like Google A.I.Y. So basically the Google, there it is, right there. Yes. However, it's got the cardboard box. I went and built a, yeah, I found some acrylic at a shop there. I had some scraps that I just got. I just cut on the plans, put it together. But basically, I guess he, you know the one now? Yeah, I'm telling you more than open source. OK. Oh, OK. Good, good. Because I looked into, there's an open source sort of digital assistant, which I would, I'm right prompt, I think, for this, which I was looking at. And OK, then we'll talk about that. But let me say that I had to stick with the Google stuff first, because I'm really new to this sort of stuff. But basically, with the Raspberry Pi and the stuff that you can get from the set box over there, which includes a button, the microphone, speaker, and the voice hat, and some cables, you connect it. And you can then have basically what you get with the Google Home, those little things, except it doesn't have that nasty habit of listening to you, even when it's not on. That kind of mattered to me. That was kind of important to me. Why did I do it? You guys are all just met me, but the reason is, I mean, I built some other stuff before. I've sort of car, built a bicycle, built an electric guitar, built the computers that I normally use. And so it seemed like a natural progression in making stuff. I firmly believe, if you build it, you own it, instead of renting it, like our phones or some of the other stuff that we do. So this was something that I thought would be an interesting little experiment. AI is coming. I believe you've got to get on top of AI before AI gets on top of you. We see how we can use it for our own purposes, not for being fed as a revenue stream because of our data and our choices and things like that. There's certainly other things that this can be done that you can use this for. And that's one of the motivations behind why I started to build this. It's actually good for my business, too. Just a brief background, it's only seven minutes. I started out as a filmmaker, and I do a lot of work with corporate clients, such as SAPs and Googles and Cisco. So being able to talk about AI and neural networks and all these sort of things, even though I may not know everything, it actually kind of helps. When I write the script and direct the shoots, I don't look like a total dummy. I don't have to use the words passion and all that other jargon. The other thing that I've done is I've co-founded a company which has built a live streaming app, which is now out on Google Play and it's in the app store. It's been out there since the end of last year. So I got into learning about coding, and I motivated me to learn how to start working with Python. And kids love it. You can do something like this, it's not that hard. My son helped me with teaching it to do stuff. And basically, you talk to it and it starts to learn. I have an example here, which I'll show you. The way to do it, basically, you get the kid over there, get a Raspberry Pi, which is here. Build it. Burn an SD card, which you can put in there. And it has the Raspberry operating system. Your Google account, you can get a Cloud Engine, start loading up APIs, and then just start coding. Start figuring out little things. It's all written in Python. So yeah, it's as easy or as hard as you want. Cardboard's good up to a point, but I want to have something on the aesthetic appeal of a clear box. It looks kind of cool. And this was found online. It is both 3D printable, as well as these laser-cut designs, which you can actually get. And I just went and got some plexiglass from a store, a shop that was some scrap. So I had this cut put together, used a little Subaru to put things together, Velcro, so the thing doesn't slide. And it's pretty solid. So if I need to configure stuff, I plug in a USB keyboard, a USB mouse, of course, the power. And then also, there's a slot for HDMI. And that, I can see it up on the screen with the Raspberry operating system, do a couple of configurations, and then unplug it and let it go. And then yeah, I just keep learning. So here's how it works. This is in action. I hope you can hear it. Can we hear it? The volume button. Well, I'll tell you what it says, anyways. I said to it, what I did was I asked Google about my calendar for the next couple of days. So I was able to configure the API for Gmail and Google Calendar. So what it did was it allowed me to, it started to say what I'm doing by reading off the entries that I had in the calendar. So basically, I asked the question that question. And then by talking to it enough times, one of the things that happened was it started to go deeper into my calendar. So I eventually got to the point. This was not that long ago where I said, give me a three-day calendar. And it started reading out, not just for what I'm back today or what's coming up in the next six hours, but Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. OK, Google, what time is it? And then the time. 1002. OK, yeah, it does that. Wait for this one. What was the score of the NBA Finals game two? Today, the Cavaliers lost to the Warriors 122-103. For other games, try asking about a particular team. So it does that. It starts picking up on these things. It finds out some of my preferences and some of my likes. I like basketball. So it started to dig into it. It asked a few questions over a period of time, and it started to figure things out. And then it starts to, and that's, it's not creepy yet. But I don't know, maybe in the future it might be. But it's really interesting because it's like you start learning about how to learn, which is kind of interesting. And another thing that it does, you can also program a few little mischievous things in there. It has these little Easter eggs buried in it. OK, Google, what is the first rule of the night time? I wouldn't know. That's not something I'd talk about. So if you know the movie, you understand that game. OK, Google, then talk like Yoda. I don't know. So it picks up on different little things. It's all the stuff that you're feeding. What I'm trying to do right now is improve my coding skills, of course. I am kind of self-taught. And that's basically, I mean, I've looked at, started with code.org with my son. And then I've moved up to data camp and took some courses in Coursera as well. So I still have a lot to learn, and I still use a lot of the forms that are available. Not a lot, but the forms that are available. I want to put in a podcast player. I've actually been able to load up the VLC player doing a pseudo app get on the terminal. And from there, I want to be able to play news if I want. So I can press the morning when I wake up. OK, what's the news? A jukebox. I can put, because my card has a lot of space, I can actually put a bunch of music in and replace it every now and then and just have it play stuff. And then also the program that commands will stop. I want to hear that one again. And then hopefully be able to mention the artist or the performer or the songwriter and get some information off a Wikipedia or something like that. Being kind of arty, doing stuff with Magenta and TensorFlow, I'm very interested in trying to find ways to do that. I've still got a long way to go, but I think that one of the things I'm presenting here is maybe find like-minded people and see what sort of stuff we can do. And eventually I get home automation, because yeah, I want to be able to snap my fingers and turn my lights on. Actually, that's it. I'm not sure. But I think basically it's like one of those things where sooner or later you might be interesting. But right now I find that a little bit excessive. To wrap it all up, this is the thing. It's a little bit delicate, because I haven't glued it all together again, because I'm always tweaking with it. But I'll walk around and introduce myself. And you can touch it and see it and play with it. But really, if I can build this sort of stuff, I think anyone can. It's not that hard, but the coding part that's really kind of cool. And I would love to be able to see what other things can be done in terms of different functions, different use cases, finding some new things to do. Even, yeah, I'm interested in finding out an open source alternative to this, because I think that I can visualize it and see it, but it would be interesting to get away from the clutches of Uncle Google sometimes. And that's my email address. I'll be here to watch the presentations and look to meet some more people. And time's up. Thank you very much.