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So, now that the device has been hacked, what do we do with it? Could we image the device and get a Netflix client for Linux reverse engineered, add private channels or something akin to VLC http interphase, and or set up a dedicated second screen webserver that you could point a browser or app to, to be able to queue up movies and what not without messing with the onscreen ui? What is the advantage of a rooted box?

Yeah, I might want to go Arduino, especially with the new Android ADK kicking around. </drool> One more thing, what would any of you guys recommend for a force feedback output on handle bars that could hook into an Arduino board? I'm looking for a similar effect to a rumble pak, and rather not use an audio cue, as users would be listening for that, rather than cars and stuff. Any ideas? Edit: Can I change the name of the thread, or add a solved tag to it or something?

Sylvania has a really crappy underpowered tablet for $100 at CVS, and you can always root a Nook Color for $250. Neither have cameras. Second hand maybe?

Thanks for your help, everyone. I rather not mess around in the Bluetooth world, as I'm already going through the trouble of learning a new language to ask for directions, but I think I have a work around, in that the PSoC can be programed to be used as a HID, so if I put it as a Keyboard and map the sensor on/offs to various keys, then I can plug in an Android, (or an iPhone technically) to read the keys and get directions off of that. Thanks again everyone, and I'll update you guys if anything happens with this project.

Yeah, I think I'm going to shelve this project until payday, and figure it out then. Thanks for the help though.

Thanks for the input. To be fair to the idea, crazier stuff has been done in the name of science. That being said, I know that this particular board had a mini-usb on it for programming and was wondering if I could use that to cheat inputs off it to an Android Phone over USB Debugging. If not then, ah well, thought experiment that's a whole lot more trouble than it's worth. EDIT: There is a CyFi low power RF add-on chip, but it's about $150. A lot for a dry run in which I have no idea what I'm doing.

Hey all, FIRST Robotics alum, wondering about a build I wanted to do with a steering assist bike-trike for the blind, with an ultrasonic sensor in front, some reflector sensors on the bottom that can tell the difference between sidewalk pavement and dirt, and vibrate things on the handlebars, with the end effect of keeping the driver safe and on the right side of the sidewalk and to be able to get them to their destination. Ideally, I'd like to interface all of that into an Android Phone, meshing the PWM sensors into the phone as a main computer, and also allowing it to read the inputs and affect the outputs of the sensors. Maybe do something with the talky navigation or a calibration with the compass so that if the driver eschews off path, but still is on concrete, they can get a heads up. I was at a bit at a loss of how to get the two systems to talk, and while they could work as independent systems, I was wondering if I could USB tether the phone onto a PSOC board, and get anything off of it in real time. Figured it couldn't be done, but wanted to make sure.

Back, and after revisiting this project with a DNS and an open port, the range has extended outside of the initial wifi zone and to the Greater Internet. Better, not having the router do all the work killed the buffering problem, and it works for at least a half an hour. no sweat. The problem is that it is a minute after live on the broadcast, but that's no problem if you're out and about. So, I dub this project a success, but wonder if something similar could be done through VOIP to mobile, provided you have enough minutes going to waste...

More than just streaming the MP3's themselves. The plan was to do something along the line of Airphones, where I can start something off the computer, then just open the webstream and be able to continue listening while doing something off the computer. Not to mention, it streams all audio that goes through the sound card, not just any specific file in any specific order. I'll try it with a DNS, then get back to you guys.

Edit: If you reviewed this topic earlier, I got it right! What I did was set up a stream with VLC streaming over HTTP with a Transcode of "Stereo Out" to MP3. (If you don't got one, you could male to male from the headphone jack into the Microphone, and set it to Mic in.) Set it to stream to local ip on port 8080/listen, and let her go, hopefully without local playback. Next, download StreamFurious (or another internet radio app) on your Android, and back on the computer, make a new .txt with the only line of text being "http:[localip]:8080/listen," name it "listen.m3u," and get that to the SD card of your Android phone. Finally, using a file manager of your choice, open the .m3u with StreamFurious, and let it cook for about 20 seconds. Wireless headphones are a go! It's nowhere near real time, but if you want to stream audio from the computer while doing laundry or walking around the house, you have a solution. It works for me, since I use Miro as a podcatcher, and I cannot constantly sync podcasts without it getting annoying. Now to deal with the DHCP dilemma... EDIT: And now it spontaneously cuts out after a while. Still no idea why.

*whack* But that would be a little hypocritical, wouldn't it. There was someone earlier who wanted to do something similar with a Rockboxed MP3 player, since it had composite HID functions, physical latching capability, and depending on the device, access to internal and a micro SD card. So if the key component is a customizable HID, and you have a customizable HID, then go for it.

Well, the source code is open, so one could have a build specifically for HID compatible Macros. And just about everyone has an old MP3 player that could be Rockboxed, so their is a base. Personally, I think this could have legs, especially due to the macro-latching to the physical buttons.

Run Process Explore from a flash drive before malware can take full control of a PC on bootup, suspend it's operation, then follow it back from whence it came and do your regedits without having to crack open safe mode, and know for sure that the malware is gone by killing the process and seeing if it comes back up.

Better yet, that SD card could be an Eye-Fi card....

Well, this project has made me get off my lurking behind. As interested as I am in this crazy keyboard fob and all the wonderful things it can do, I probably cannot help all that much on the coding front unless you guys could use 2 years of Labview experience and a bunch of crazy ideas and expectations that don't transfer well to real life. But that's programming for you.

Hey, I'm kinda new to the forum, but I've been watching the show since Hak 5 was picked up on Rev3. I had this idea when the new MacBook Pro came out with a Display Port output, but had no way to convert the signal into composite without adapter chaining. Being both cheap and a mediaphile, that didn't sit well with me. But then I remembered, My iPod touch has a composite out, and it could access Orb through the internet, which could sync up with a virtual webcam mirroring my desktop. Add in a 3.5 to RCA adapter, and we're golden, right? Naturally, like most "good" ideas, I found some holes in it pretty fast, the fact that if I want to play Hulu, or Boxee over this crazy connection, it would be downloading high res video in fullscreen , then uploading the video through Orb, then re-downloading the same video onto the ipod, and finally making it to the TV. Lag, quality, bandwidth, all of it makes this solution somewhat out of the question. Which leads me to Operation Overcomplicate. My idea was to come up with some way to stream video (audio is optional) from the whatever's on the screen/soundcard over USB (VLC, or a VNC perhaps?). Then, create an iPod app that utilizes MPTVOutWindow to read said stream (with a cool name). And finally, try and do this without impacting quality, and overtly using bandwidth. With no idea how to program any of this. Any of you guys who've been at this for a while got any advice? Or if you wanted to toss some ideas, I couldn't start working on this until I got a new laptop, which started this whole thing in the first place. So, yeah...