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A USB Typewriter?
jashmenn asks: "In my search for a furthering of the arts combined with technology I recently had the idea of hooking up an electronic typewriter to my USB port. The idea is to eventually write a script that would automatically send the text of emails to be typed on the typewriter. Does Slashdot have know of resources I can use for combining new and old school technologies such as these?"
... you can use a printer - I hear they work quite well for hard-copy output of emails.
I suppose Dan Rather might be interested in one of these...
What I'm listening to now on Pandora...
The force that blew the Big Bang continues to accelerate.
That would be pretty bitchin' if you hooked it up to a tiny wireless print server, cleverly hidden and attached underneath a table!
:)
I'd like my $1 million in Ben Franklins, Mr. Randi, thank you
Bill Clinton: Pimp we can believe in. - The Shirt!!!
For your next project: Connect a thermistor or other temperature sensor to a port (a joystick port is good). Then when the door is open, check the temp outside. If it's less than n, have a text-to-speech program shout "Hey! Close the door! Do you think we're made of money or something?"
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
seriously, it will be a lot more impressive if you electrified one of those OLD manual typewriters. I have no idea how you might do that though.
First, attach your household power source to the chassis...