The New Screen Savers with Leo Laporte

Feb 11th 2017

The New Screen Savers 91

Android Wear 2.0 and New LG Watch Style & Sport

Hosted by Leo Laporte, Florence Ion

VR's first Oscar nominee 'Pearl,' New LG Watches and Android Wear 2.0, the right to repair, and more.

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Guests: Kyle Wiens, Patrick Osborne, Jason Howell, Megan Morrone, Mike Elgan, Greg Ferro, Becky Worley, Bryan Burnett
Category: Help & How To

Florence Ion joins Leo Laporte to talk about Android Wear 2.0 and the latest LG smartwatches. It's Leo's LG Watch Sport versus Flo's LG Watch Style. Leo and Flo talk with Kyle Wiens from iFixit.com about the 'Right to Repair' and why this is legislation that techies should support. Megan Morrone and Jason Howell completed their month-long experiment of swapping iOS and Android devices. Hear their final takeaways on switching operating systems during the #TWiTSwitch. Have you seen the short film 'Pearl?' It's the first film nominated for an Oscar with VR capability. We talk to Director and Academy Award winner Patrick Osborne about his film. Bryan Burnett builds a DIY Amazon Echo with a Raspberry Pi. Becky Worley, Mike Elgan, Greg Ferro plays another round of the PlayStation VR game, 'Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes.' Finally, we answer more of your Android questions in Call for Help and the Mail Bag!

Building Your Own Amazon Echo with a Raspberry Pi:

  • Parts: Raspberry Pi (Model 3 or Model 2), Micro USB cable and power adapter, 8 GB or larger Micro SD, USB MicSpeaker, Keyboard, and Mouse
  • Amazon Developer Services site: https://developer.amazon.com
  • Web Settings:
  1. Allowed Origins: https://localhost:3000
  2. Allowed Return: URL's https://localhost:3000/authresponse
  • Terminal Commands - Install Alexa:
  1. cd Desktop
  2. git clone https://github.com/alexa/alexa-avs-sample-app.git
  3. cd ~/Desktop/alexa-avs-sample-app
  4. nano automated_install.sh
  • Fill in the fields with the information from your Developer account.
  1. Hit CTRL X to save
  2. cd ~/Desktop/alexa-avs-sample-app
  3. . automate_install.sh
  • Run Alexa Service:
  1. cd ~/Desktop/alexa-avs-sample-app/samples
  2. cd companionService && npm start
  • Run Sample App to Confirm Account:
  1. cd ~/Desktop/alexa-avs-sample-app/samples
  2. cd javaclient && mvn exec:exec
  • Start Wake Word:
  1. cd ~/Desktop/alexa-avs-sample-app/samples
  2. cd wakeWordAgent/src && ./wakeWordAgent -e kitt_ai

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