In this session I am showing you how I combined the hottest AI-topics to create an assistant for my grandma, in an attempt to help her with some of the difficulties that many older people face.

Upon an edge device, I designed, implemented and deployed a solution that acts as a communication bridge between the elderly and the outer world, including care takers, nurses, doctors etc. To achieve that, it uses local resources as well as Azure resources for multiple heavier tasks.

I will go through all the challenges I faced, stretching from hardware and software to people skills and the fear of the unknown.