Enough Already: Silencing Celebs with Arduino

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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25 responses to “Enough Already: Silencing Celebs with Arduino”

  1. tbsys31061 Avatar
    tbsys31061

    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?

  2. mrRiceman2000 Avatar
    mrRiceman2000

    I set mine to mute …
    I set mine to mute laugh tracks tv is much? more enjoyable now thanks!

  3. zetzero Avatar
    zetzero

    great :)?
    great :)?

  4. erikmadsengreve Avatar
    erikmadsengreve

    @djrevolution99 Yes …
    @djrevolution99 Yes for sure, you just have to marry the right woman and get her on? tv.

  5. XareSoft Avatar
    XareSoft

    what’s? a tv?
    what’s? a tv?

  6. DarkRaven118666 Avatar
    DarkRaven118666

    oooh i used to have …
    oooh i used to have a tV!!!
    man those days were good ?

  7. heyhey1385 Avatar
    heyhey1385

    the question is …
    the question is will this work with? digial tv as we no longer have analog in our area

  8. linkuei83 Avatar
    linkuei83

    what’s that? thing …
    what’s that? thing you call TV? Haven’t watched for years lol. But nice invention.

  9. tartsonawire Avatar
    tartsonawire

    Very cool…’bout …
    Very cool…’bout time lol

    And Mr. Matt there is quite a hottie ;)?

  10. cogito451 Avatar
    cogito451

    you? could just …
    you? could just stop watching TV…

  11. MegaShroom22 Avatar
    MegaShroom22

    Next step: create? …
    Next step: create? one that works IRL.

  12. bastje Avatar
    bastje

    I? LOL’D
    I? LOL’D

  13. jcims Avatar
    jcims

    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?

  14. beeped100 Avatar
    beeped100

    good for censoring …
    good for censoring out stuff, i.e.? Rebecca Black

  15. daafies2 Avatar
    daafies2

    haha. good man
    ?

    haha. good man
    ?

  16. scroggg Avatar
    scroggg

    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…

  17. localho Avatar
    localho

    Ok this? is cheap, …
    Ok this? is cheap, but thumbs up if you heard “So long (Gayboys)” from the Hangover movie!

  18. vcvracarkad Avatar
    vcvracarkad

    31 celebritards …
    31 celebritards have viewed this video.?

  19. vcvracarkad Avatar
    vcvracarkad

    Are commercials …
    Are commercials close-captioned? If so,? I would program in the names of politicians.

  20. Senoska Avatar
    Senoska

    @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!

  21. nikku506 Avatar
    nikku506

    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

  22. Th3RealJ0K3R Avatar
    Th3RealJ0K3R

    This man…Is a? …
    This man…Is a? genius! 0.o

  23. kakashi19983795 Avatar
    kakashi19983795

    I love you.?
    I love you.?

  24. Drakinus1988 Avatar
    Drakinus1988

    Don’t want to hear …
    Don’t want to hear snookie?… Don’t watch Jersey Shore.?

  25. austinjpritchett Avatar
    austinjpritchett

    I will use this to …
    I will use this to silence annoying? commercials 🙂

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