Create your own smart baby monitor with a RaspberryPi and Tensorflow

Some of you may have noticed that it's been a while since my last article. That's because I've become a dad in the meantime, and I've had to take a momentary break from my projects to deal with some parental tasks that can't (yet) be automated. While we're probably still a few years away from a robot that can completely take charge of the task of changing your son's diapers (assuming that enough crazy parents agree to test such a device on their own toddlers), there are some less risky parental duties out there that offer some margin for automation. One of the first things I've come to realize as a father is that infants can really cry a lot, and even if I'm at home I may not always be nearby enough to hear my son's cries. Commercial baby monitors usually step in to fill that gap and they act as intercoms that let you hear your baby's sounds even if you're in another room.