How do the amazing droids from the Star Wars universe “see” and respond to Luke, Han and Leia? This class will introduce students to machine learning by utilizing AIY Google Vision kits. Students will use basic coding commands to take photos using the Joy Detector and allow the program to decide how happy a person might appear. In addition, students will explore how object detection, classification and facial detection works in machine learning processes and use the kit to perform these tasks. We know that Luke has learned the art of talking to his pal, R2-D2, but how does the beloved droid understand what Luke says? Does he use the force? In this class, students will explore the use of a natural language processor which will allow you to ask questions and even give your own voice commands to a computer program through the AIY Voice Kit from Google. For grades 9-12