You can back this Alexa-powered Terminator smart speaker on Kickstarter - and bring us one step closer to the robot apocalypse
Check out AC Worldwide's video about "The Terminator" speaker with Alexa.
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As of Friday, you have 29 days to fund The Terminator on Kickstarter.
![As of Friday, you have 29 days to fund The Terminator on Kickstarter.](https://staticbiassets.in/thumb/msid-60085318,width-700,height-525/60085318.jpg)
To encourage you to put its killer robot in your home, Cyberdyne AC Worldwide is offering an early bird special discount on the T-800; you can pre-order it now for around $316. When the campaign is over, AC Worldwide will charge more than $400 for the speaker bot.
The company will ship the T-800 just about everywhere. It expect to start mailing out its Terminators in February.
At the time of writing, about $7,600 has been pledged towards AC Worldwide's $176,572 funding goal for The Terminator T-800.
As with an Echo, you can command Alexa on the T-800 to control smart home devices like thermostats, door locks, and alarms, as well as ask The Terminator about the weather.
![As with an Echo, you can command Alexa on the T-800 to control smart home devices like thermostats, door locks, and alarms, as well as ask The Terminator about the weather.](https://staticbiassets.in/thumb/msid-60085318,width-700,height-525/60085318.jpg)
But who's kidding whom? Alexa inside the T-800 will soon be asking you about the weather.
Much like Amazon's Echo, the T-800 is a Bluetooth speaker that connects to your WiFi network.
![Much like Amazon](https://staticbiassets.in/thumb/msid-59815752,width-700,height-525,imgsize-721593/much-like-amazons-echo-the-t-800-is-a-bluetooth-speaker-that-connects-to-your-wifi-network-.jpg)
The T-800 has a tweeter and subwoofer to produce "crisp, clear sound and powerful bass," according to the speaker's Kickstarter page. In case you don't have a Bluetooth-compatible music player, the device comes with an auxiliary port.
It also has a built-in microphone for voice calls.
Here's Amazon's Echo for comparison.
![Here](https://staticbiassets.in/thumb/msid-59815753,width-700,height-525,imgsize-635255/heres-amazons-echo-for-comparison-.jpg)
The device itself seems pretty big, much larger than the Amazon Echo.
![The device itself seems pretty big, much larger than the Amazon Echo.](https://staticbiassets.in/thumb/msid-59815754,width-700,height-525,imgsize-1058528/the-device-itself-seems-pretty-big-much-larger-than-the-amazon-echo-.jpg)
The gadget looks like it's slightly larger than the average human head.
You can apply a filter to shots taken with the speaker's camera to replicate the T-800's head-up display.
![You can apply a filter to shots taken with the speaker](https://staticbiassets.in/thumb/msid-59815755,width-700,height-525,imgsize-809546/you-can-apply-a-filter-to-shots-taken-with-the-speakers-camera-to-replicate-the-t-800s-head-up-display-.jpg)
Each of the T-800 speaker's eyes is illuminated with a red light to replicate the T-800 robot's menacing gaze. The gadget's left eye also contains a high-definition camera.
![Each of the T-800 speaker](https://staticbiassets.in/thumb/msid-59815756,width-700,height-525,imgsize-1020831/each-of-the-t-800-speakers-eyes-is-illuminated-with-a-red-light-to-replicate-the-t-800-robots-menacing-gaze-the-gadgets-left-eye-also-contains-a-high-definition-camera-.jpg)
Yes, with your funding, you can give Alexa — via the T-800 speaker — the gift of sight, which should accelerate its efforts to kill off the human race.
The T-800 will even come with motion sensing so it can keep an eye out for intruders ... or study your behavior before it strikes.
The Terminator T-800 smart speaker is modeled after the T-800 robots from "The Terminator" films. That's the robot Schwarzenegger depicted.
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