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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Mind Storm Color Sorter: The Mind Storm Robot uses the color sensor to separate different colored balls into individual hoppers.
Randy Sarafan started Simple Bots on a bet. A coworker wanted a simple introduction to robotics, so Randy set out to prove that he could build a functioning robot in ten minutes. This was the impetus for a family of bots shown at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011 that can be easily made from a variety of parts that are on hand for the average diy enthusiast.
http://www.microbric.com/microbot