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DIY Bluetooth Headset And Other Inventions

Posted by timothy on from the frobnabulator dept.

NETHED writes "Circuit Cellar has an blurb about a guy who obviously got sick of waiting for a cheap solution to the BlueTooth cellphone headset. So in true geek tradition, he rolled his own. Here is the description of the toy (which looks bulky as-is, but could be fixed w/ some refining). It actually didn't win any prizes in the PSoC contest, but you have to admit, its pretty cool. There are other honorable mentions like a poor man's O-scope to something that seems to attach to a moth and check its muscle movements. Neat and nerdy stuff for the circuit etching crowd."

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  1. DIY by Omkar · · Score: 5, Interesting

    And SciAm just ran an editorial lamenting the demise of DIY. I guess that these innovations need a higher profile if we are to encourage science and technology as interests for youth.

  2. Wierd Results by mritunjai · · Score: 5, Interesting
    OT: But is it just me who finds it wierd that a simple Ultrasonic Distance meter won first prize whereas other more useful devices were dumped ?

    eg. See this Ultra sonic mapper which does all what the No. 1 does plus MUCH more, and Geeky Keep-in-touch device.

    May be their stress was on purely pSoC based systems (No. 1 doesn't have any other semiconductor device than pSoC). Even if it was this, they should have mentioned this in their competition.
    I all my impression is that creativity and effort has been brushed aside in this competition.

    Regards
    - Mritunjai

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    - mritunjai
  3. WOW! by ctar · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This entry won 2nd place, and for good reason...Here's the gist of it:

    This device sits in between your TV and your cable or antenna source. It strips out the close captioning information, and replaces it with custom information from your PC and/or caller ID, and prints it as a headline on your TV using the close captioning feature.

    He says the box itself can decode caller ID info from your phone, and has a wireless link to get IM or 'You've Got Mail' type updates from your PC...Pretty sneaky. er...Geeky