Build a Tiny Virtual Pet on Arduino in 60 Minutes 🐾

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What if your first hardware project wasn't another blinking LED, but a tiny pet that gets hungry, plays with you, falls asleep, and reacts to what you type? Meet Kiku. 🌸 Kiku is the mascot and in-house pet of Her AI Studio, a community program helping the next generation of women learn and build with AI. In this mini workshop, we're shrinking Kiku down until the entire pet can live on an Arduino Uno Q. Full tutorial is available in the Her AI Studio curriculum What you need: an Arduino Uno Q a USB cable your laptop Arduino App Lab about 60 minutes Tip!

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