Well here you go, something novel that any Maine fisherman would appreciate!

A fellow by the name of Brian Kane, who is an industrial design instructor at the Rhode Island School of Design, has coupled up one of the more popular items of the 90s, Billy Bass, with Alexa, Amazon's virtual personal assistant.

Watch what Billy has to say via Alexa when asked about the weather!

This was made as an in-class demo on rapid prototyping for my new ai design course at Rhode Island School of Design in the industrial design dept. we're looking at ai through the lens of artists and designers, to make new experiences for people that are engaging emotionally, Kane said on his Facebook page.

Now this would be something extremely cool to have hanging on the wall out to camp!  Maybe you'll see it in the "As seen on TV" aisle soon!

 

 

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