{"id":19118,"date":"2018-08-23T18:30:54","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T17:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19118"},"modified":"2018-08-23T17:06:14","modified_gmt":"2018-08-23T16:06:14","slug":"expression-sensing-flower-opens-up-its-petals-for-you-via-a-raspberry-pi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19118","title":{"rendered":"Expression-sensing flower opens up it&#8217;s petals for you via a Raspberry Pi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/expression_flower.gif?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19119\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/expression_flower.gif?resize=560%2C315&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>This is a lovely idea, really well executed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Using a variety of techniques, a team has developed the <strong>Expression Flower<\/strong> that senses when it is being smiled at and then opens up to smile back at you. Powered by a Raspberry Pi, the flower is coded using Google&#8217;s IoT platform,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/developer.android.com\/things\/\">Android Things<\/a>. There&#8217;s a camera module at the centre which reads in image data, passes it to the Pi which itself uses the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/ml-kit\/\">ML Kit<\/a>\u00a0learning &#8216;machine&#8217; from Google. Oh, if you wink at it, it closes up again in a bashful kind of way! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackster.io\/thingsexperiments\/expression-flower-82210b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The entire project, which uses 3D printing and laser-cutting, has been open sourced and documented over on Hackster.io<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0;\" src=\"https:\/\/gfycat.com\/ifr\/WatchfulPositiveBullfrog\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a lovely idea, really well executed. Using a variety of techniques, a team has developed the Expression Flower that senses when it is being smiled at and then opens up to smile back at you. 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