I made a wearable AI assistant for $50. (Rabbit r1 analog)
Hi! I made OpenWearableAI - AI assistant/pendant assembled from widely available components. Here I shared how to do it yourself. Also it would be great to make it an opensource so that everyone can build and use it.
I made a wearable AI assistant for $50. (Rabbit r1 analog) launched on January 15, 2024 with 17 votes, #1,019 of 4,437 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
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OpenWearableAI is a wearable AI assistant pendant built from commonly available components at approximately $50. The project provides instructions for assembling the device yourself, making it accessible to anyone interested in creating their own AI assistant. The maker aims to develop it as open-source software so others can freely build and customize the wearable for their own use.
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