<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484947320859_2919">Hi all,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484947320859_3037"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484947320859_2938">There was news not too long ago that JPL had built an Alexa skill to enable people to get more detailed, real-time information about Mars. Here it is.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484947320859_2991"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484947320859_3020" dir="ltr"><a class="edited-link-editor" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484947320859_3019" href="https://www.ahttps//www.amazon.com/Jet-Propulsion-Laboratory-NASA-Mars/dp/B01LYTB0MSmazon.com/Jet-Propulsion-Laboratory-NASA-Mars/dp/B01LYTB0MS/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8">https://www.amazon.com/Jet-Propulsion-Laboratory-NASA-Mars/dp/B01LYTB0MS</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484947320859_3018" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484947320859_3017" dir="ltr">I have no desire to bring an Amazon Echo into my house, but I might be interested in building an Alexa-enabled speaker using a Raspberry Pi. It would be fun to learn more about Alexa skills. All I need is a usb microphone, which I just ordered from Amazon for under $5.<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484947320859_3047" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484947320859_3097" dir="ltr"><a id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484947320859_3096" class="" href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/25/11307066/amazon-alexa-echo-speaker-diy-guide-raspberry-pi">http://www.theverge.com/2016/3/25/11307066/amazon-alexa-echo-speaker-diy-guide-raspberry-pi</a></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484947320859_3148"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484947320859_3487" dir="ltr"><br id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1484947320859_3488"></div>Lan<br></div></body></html>