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Earlier this year Google introduced the AIY voice project, which allowed makers to turn a Raspberry Pi into a voice-controlled assistant, using the Google Assistant SDK.

The company has now launched the AIY (AI yourself) Vision Kit that lets you turn Raspberry Pi equipment into an image-recognition device. The kit is powered by Google's TensorFlow machine-learning models and will soon gain an accompanying Android app for controlling the device.

According to Google, Vision Kit features "on-device neural network acceleration", allowing a Raspberry Pi-based box to do computer vision without processing in the cloud. The AIY Voice Kit relies on the cloud for natural-language processing.

As with the AIY Voice Kit, makers will need to provide their own Raspberry Pi Zero W, a Raspberry Pi camera, a 4GB SD card, and power supply. The Vision Kit itself includes the VisionBonnet accessory board, cables, the cardboard box and frame, lens equipment, and a privacy LED to tell others when the camera is on.

The VisionBonnet board was developed by Google and is powered by Intel's Movidius MA2450 vision processing chip. This chip is the secret sauce of the Vision Kit.

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Google is increasingly focusing on neural networks and artificial intelligence to solve problems in search, image processing, and other areas of computing. It’s also doing what it can to foster interest in artificial intelligence among the developer and DIY communities with initiatives like “AIY Projects,” which stands for artificial intelligence yourself. Google has announced a new AIY hardware project to help you experiment with computer vision and object recognition.

This is the second release as part of AIY Projects. The first one was the AIY Voice Kit, which was based on a project from a Raspberry Pi enthusiast magazine called MagPi. The new AIY Vision Kit has a very similar vibe. It too is based on a Raspberry Pi (See on Amazon) and comes with a simple cardboard enclosure. It certainly doesn’t look fancy, but it can do some very fancy things. Although, the $45 kit doesn’t come with everything you need.

The AIY Vision Kit includes a cardboard enclosure, a button, a speaker, a pair of camera lenses, the AI board, and various bits of wire and connectors. You need to add a Raspberry Pi Zero, a Raspberry Pi camera, an SD card, and a power supply. The Raspberry Pi camera is the most expensive of those components at around $30. The Zero itself is only $5, but it doesn’t need a lot of power. All the cool computer vision features are controlled by the included VisionBonnet board.

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