Inventor Open Sources "TV-B-Gone," and Why

ptorrone writes "Inventor Mitch Altman explains why he open-sourced his TV-B-Gone kit, the original stealth keychain fob for defeating TVs in public places. The title of the article is 'Patent-B-Gone' and perhaps the most interesting fact is that Mitch's brother is a patent attorney, but he still decided to release an open source hardware version of the TV-B-Gone, with pretty impressive results."

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Best Buy Adventure

[Lord Apathy]

I picked one of these up a few months ago and used to carry it every where I went. Here is some fun you can have with the bitch.

I was in the local best buy near the dvds across from the Wall of TV's and waited for the sales droid to turn every one of them on. I pulled this little toy out, pointed it, and all the tv magically went off. The look on the sales monkey's face was worth the price of admission. The real joy is seeing how many times the dumb ass will turn them back on before he catches on. For me it was twice. The local walmart never did catch on.

Works good in walmart and circuit city too.

Re:Best Buy Adventure

[Lord Apathy]

I am Asshole! Here me roar!