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  2. Voice-activated radio-dispatched alarm - Wikipedia

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    A voice-activated radio-dispatched alarm, or VARDA-alarm, is a type of burglar alarm that, when activated or "tripped", broadcasts the type of the alarm and the transmitter location over the local police radio frequency using a pre-recorded audio message. [1] In 1968, the voice-activated radio dispatched alarm (VARDA), was invented.

  3. R2-D2 - Wikipedia

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    R2-D2 (/ ˌ ɑːr. t uː ˈ d iː t uː /) or Artoo-Detoo [1] is a fictional robot character in the Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas. He has appeared in ten of the eleven theatrical Star Wars films to date, including every film in the " Skywalker Saga ", which includes the original trilogy, the prequel trilogy and the sequel trilogy.

  4. Kenny Baker (English actor) - Wikipedia

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    R2-D2 Short film, uncredited Sleeping Beauty: Elf [18] 1988 Willow: Nelwyn Band Member Uncredited [1] 1993 U.F.O. Giacomo Casanova: 1999 The King and I: Captain Orton Voice, credited as Ken Baker Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace: R2-D2 [1] [14] 2002 24 Hour Party People: Zookeeper Uncredited Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the ...

  5. ARP 2600 - Wikipedia

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    The sound designer Ben Burtt used an ARP 2600, combined with his own voice, to create the voice of R2-D2 in the Star Wars films. [6] Burtt also used the 2600 to create the sound effects of the Ark of the Covenant in Raiders of the Lost Ark .

  6. List of Star Wars characters - Wikipedia

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    Linguist Larry Ward performed the voice, speaking in a simplified form of Quechua, a South American language. [43] A younger version of him was played by Simon Rose and Oliver Walpole in a deleted scene from the 1999 prequel film Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace .

  7. Droid (Star Wars) - Wikipedia

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    Voice: Justin Ridge (Star Wars Resistance) Nicknamed "Bucket", is an R-series astromech droid owned by Jarek Yeager, the former Rebellion pilot. R1-J5 raced with Yeager, serving as his co-pilot before the pair retired to the Colossus refueling platform and began Jarek Yeager's Repair Station and formed Team Fireball. R2-D2

  8. Technology in Star Wars - Wikipedia

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    In the film, BB-8 is a semi-automated robot, operated by remote control, unlike C-3PO (played by Anthony Daniels) and R2-D2 (played by Kenny Baker), who were portrayed by actual actors. The BB-8 toy is operated by remote control, [ 98 ] [ 99 ] but it also has some independent features, and shares its manner of movement and other features with ...

  9. R2D2 (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    R2-D2 is a fictional robot in the Star Wars franchise. R2-D2 or R2D2 may also refer to: R2d2 (mouse gene) Right 2 Dream Too, a homeless people's organization in Portland, Oregon, US; Phalanx CIWS, a naval defensive weapon system, nicknamed R2-D2; Staatstrojaner, a German state-sponsored trojan horse computer program, nicknamed R2-D2