Man hacks his Alexa to speak out of a skull and it's horrifying

As if Alexa wasn't creepy enough.
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Brian Koerber
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Man hacks his Alexa to speak out of a skull and it's horrifying
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The Amazon Echo is creepy enough -- with fears of Alexa listening in on every conversation, it's convenience may come at the price of security for some anxious users. But since it's creepy already, why not make it a little worse?

Inspired by the Big Mouth Billy Bass Alexa, Mike McGurrin managed to make his Alexa speak out of a talking skull he used previously for a Halloween decoration, and it's as creepy as it sounds.

The whole thing, dubbed Project Yorick, is well documented on Hackster.io, just incase you have a talking skull lying around and you prefer your Echo to be as weird as possible.

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Brian Koerber

Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.


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