Here's a closer look at the programming behind my animatronic mouth. Using Arduino, Python, and a few open-source libraries, I take a typed sentence and convert it into an animation sequence. #Animatr ...

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Matt has made the Arduino script, which makes use of Facebook’s Graph API, public and you can find out more information about his DIY project here.

Inside the Arduino script, you can add your favorite telephone numbers and combine it with a specific integer number. For example, I’ve stored my favorites combined with numbers from 1 to 8.

The result is a reasonable animation, although we’d say a little tweaking of the Arduino script might help the syncing. And those eyes and that nose really need to get into the game as well.