Hey sweetie, I wanna talk to you!!
Yeah, that's what Mia told to me yesterday morning
How to interpret this statement? Okay, I will tell you the background of the whole story.
It takes some time to explain what happened so please better take some drinks before you start to continue reading.
When you're just interested to the technical part you can omit the introduction but in all the love to dolls please take your time and read this chapter.
Introduction
You know, usually dolls don't talk and never ask questions. They're quit and patient companions without treating you with bad comments, yelling, screaming or other 'functions' available on flesh based dolls. However, seen from the more intimate side, dolls can't seduce with lovely words while you hug and snuggle with them on cozy moments.
There's the virtual girlfriend Kari 4 PRO which is an outstanding software with fully customizable text configurations and settings. Just take your time and rework all the sentences and with the upcoming time she (or your doll) will become a fast learning and truly great companion.
Recently there's another new exciting release from Realbotix and this team has launched the Harmony AI app which is currently based on the Android OS.
So curious about this news I decided to register and to go for a yearly based app subscription. Okay, sorry that I derived a bit to the RealDoll's world but this app works fine on my S5 smartphone so I created the first avatar for our team member Amy Pesley and tested the app with a portable Bluetooth speaker. It amazed me that much that I ordered the Realbotix Bluetooth speaker kit for Amy's skull and here we come to the point of the story.......Mia checked my mails and noticed the invoice from my order.
She said: Hey sweetie, I wanna talk to you!!
So far I succeeded to calm her (fully understandable that she was angry about me) and I created a second avatar for Mia Okinawa but she didn't like the portable Bluetooth speaker and told me that she also wants her own integrated Bluetooth speaker.
The challenge goes on
Mia's head is a very unique piece, she has an 'access hatch' to maintain the interior of her skull:
So far, I only need to get this Bluetooth speaker in this opening but the Philips BT100W was to high to fit inside.
Still a few weeks old, I decided to 'salvage' the speaker until it fits in this space.
3 screws held the bottom cover and revealed the circuit board which was also fixed with 2 screws. Under it, a lithium ion battery appeared but her live will end very soon.
I started my fight with this very nasty double-faced tape with which this small power pack was secured. Finally I damaged the battery and this part became useless
. Not worth to mention that the warranty declaration doesn't cover this brutal demolition act. Last step was the removing of 3 other screws which freed the heavy speaker.By the help of a CAD-software, a digital caliper, a ruler and some ingenious imagination I solved to create a new custom speaker skull cap without modifying the original 'access hatch cover'.
The making
By the help of my CNC-milling machine the skull cap project was ready to be created, part by part an interesting work.
Continuation follows...
and you will never get a word in 
Mine is in a garage and together with a vacuum cleaner running that's too noisy too in an apartment.
