Matt demonstrates how he uses an Arduino to make a celebrity-silencing remote control for your TV. By decoding the closed captioning track in the video signal, the Arduino is able to look for keywords such as “PALIN” or “KARDASHIAN” and mute your TV, protecting your poor ears from having to hear about them ever again.
For more information, including the code, check out: http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/08/enough-already-the-arduino-solution-to-overexposed-celebs.html
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Sadly in Germany/ …
Sadly in Germany/Europe, no television channel sends data like that. ):
Is there? a way to get something like Teletext with that shield?
I set mine to mute …
I set mine to mute laugh tracks tv is much? more enjoyable now thanks!
great :)?
great :)?
@djrevolution99 Yes …
@djrevolution99 Yes for sure, you just have to marry the right woman and get her on? tv.
what’s? a tv?
what’s? a tv?
oooh i used to have …
oooh i used to have a tV!!!
man those days were good ?
the question is …
the question is will this work with? digial tv as we no longer have analog in our area
what’s that? thing …
what’s that? thing you call TV? Haven’t watched for years lol. But nice invention.
Very cool…’bout …
Very cool…’bout time lol
And Mr. Matt there is quite a hottie ;)?
you? could just …
you? could just stop watching TV…
Next step: create? …
Next step: create? one that works IRL.
I? LOL’D
I? LOL’D
Another awesome …
Another awesome video… Gives me an idea to add a PIR detector to turn the tube off when nobody is watching. Flash an LED for 30 seconds first to give folks a chance to throw a pillow, then click! Maybe add a? clapper style control to it as well?
good for censoring …
good for censoring out stuff, i.e.? Rebecca Black
haha. good man
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haha. good man
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That’s genius… I …
That’s genius… I need one to mute? the sound of auto-tuned ‘so-called musicians’ as they’re ruining the world of music… lady gaga springs to mind…
Ok this? is cheap, …
Ok this? is cheap, but thumbs up if you heard “So long (Gayboys)” from the Hangover movie!
31 celebritards …
31 celebritards have viewed this video.?
Are commercials …
Are commercials close-captioned? If so,? I would program in the names of politicians.
@nikku506 Yup. …
@nikku506 Yup. Developing a circuit and programming a ton of code sure is lazy! Garshdarn kids! Back in my day, our TV had? dials, we didn’t even have remotes!
im sorry but our …
im sorry but our generation being? more complex, on how to be lazy, just hit the mute yourself or change the channel, its one button away and no hack required
This man…Is a? …
This man…Is a? genius! 0.o
I love you.?
I love you.?
Don’t want to hear …
Don’t want to hear snookie?… Don’t watch Jersey Shore.?
I will use this to …
I will use this to silence annoying? commercials 🙂