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title: "What is DeepLens?"
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## What is AWS DeepLens?

AWS DeepLens is a fully programmable video camera that help developers expand their machine learning skills through projects, tutorials and sample code.

In particular AWS DeepLens helps developers create projects with deep learning, a machine learning technique that uses neural networks to learn have enabled computers to make accurate predictions based on visual imagery.

#### What can you build with DeepLens?

Out of the box, DeepLens comes with many sample projects that you can use for your application.

<div class="card-group">
{{< sample-project-card 
    title="Object detection"
    img_src="/images/210_deploy_a_sample_project/sample-object-detect.jpg"
    body="Detect 20 types of household objects"
    >}}
{{< sample-project-card 
    title="Face detection"
    img_src="/images/210_deploy_a_sample_project/sample-face-detect.jpg"
    body="Detect all faces in your surroundings."
    >}}
{{< sample-project-card 
    title="Artistic style transfer"
    img_src="/images/210_deploy_a_sample_project/sample-style-transfer.jpg"
    body="Make your surroundings look like Van Gogh’s paintings."
    >}}
{{< sample-project-card 
    title="Action recognition"
    img_src="/images/210_deploy_a_sample_project/sample-action-recognition.jpg"
    body="Recognize more than 30 kinds of actions."
    >}}
</div>

Or you check out many community projects to find inspiration:

<div class="card-group">
{{< sample-project-card 
    title="ReadToMe"
    img_src="https://d1.awsstatic.com/DeepCamAssets/read%20to%20me.0ec2291de2a05a6d707512450914dbc52a0c68e0.PNG"
    body="An ML application that reads books to kids."
    link="https://aws.amazon.com/deeplens/community-projects/readtome/"
    >}}
{{< sample-project-card 
    title="Dee"
    img_src="https://d1.awsstatic.com/DeepCamAssets/dee_on_own.7f8522ceddbec0b6f98b6738f2149360d25daba7.jpg"
    body="Interactive game for children that asks them to answer questions by showing the right things to DeepLens."
    link="https://aws.amazon.com/deeplens/community-projects/Dee/"
    >}}
{{< sample-project-card 
    title="SafeHaven"
    img_src="https://d1.awsstatic.com/DeepCamAssets/safehaven4b.e8eb80ebdc6184cb12480a55b992fe6a0e16434b.png"
    body="Identify \"Who Is At The Door\" using an Alexa Skill. Unknown visitors trigger SMS or email alerts to relatives or carers."
    link="https://aws.amazon.com/deeplens/community-projects/SafeHaven/"
    >}}
{{< sample-project-card 
    title="ASLens"
    img_src="https://d1.awsstatic.com/DeepCamAssets/ASLens4b.9cfd08617d6c2bfd2e15482684158623fad40972.png"
    body="Sign-to-speech for the American Sign Language alphabet."
    link="https://aws.amazon.com/deeplens/community-projects/ASLens/"
    >}}


</div>

Check out more community projects [here](https://aws.amazon.com/deeplens/community-projects/).

#### Where can you buy DeepLens?

You can buy AWS DeepLens on [Amazon.com](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JLSHR23).