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Big Mouth Billy Bass Videoconferencing

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the now-there's-a-project dept.

scubamage writes "Whilst browsing the net today, I found a link to a hardware hacking project by a well established Stanford graduate. His goal is to take those annoyingly popular Big Mouth Billy Bass singing fish, and not only allow users to interface it with their favorite linux box, but also to allow it to lipsync, and eventually be used as a videoconferencing peripheral. Quite an interesting read, complete with step-by-step instructions to make your own, and software source to be played with."

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  1. Re:Just what we need by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting
    That's pretty sad.

    No, I'm serious. The world is full of stuff we don't like, it takes some bad karma to have to go to the trouble of putting together s shockwave animation to express one's dissatisfaction with something, especially one that isn't humourous or satirical. Relax, drink some chamomile tea, and go into the sunlight. Sounds like the author needs it.

  2. Re:Serious copyright violation by Xenographic · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Someone modded this funny, but it's actually true!

    In one of the more bizzare rulings, the courts determined that any tape manufactured for use in the Teddy Ruxpin (but not approved by the original maker) violated the copyright holder's exclusive rights regarding public performance...

    Personally, I think that's a bit odd.