Charlie Sheen and Natalie Kenly at Chateau Nightclub & Gardens on Saturday, April 30, 2011, at Paris Las Vegas.
Turns out even the most verbose celebs are not entirely “mute proof.”
Video producer and noted gadget guy Matt Richardson has developed a method of hacking up a traditional remote control so it will read the closed-captioning text furnished by TV outlets, which runs across TV screen to assist hard-of-hearing viewers.
Richardson has invented a means for a remote to read specific words, the most fitting example being repeat Las Vegas visitor “Snooki,” so the device’s remote kicks in automatically.
He calls the device Enough Already.
Enough Already falls silent for 30 seconds after reading the offending word or name, be it “Sheen” or “Palin.” Whatever the viewer programs, the remote will read for that period.
Richardson tells Newser.com that when he first operated the modified remote, he felt “silent bliss for that 30 seconds I didn’t have to hear about Kim Kardashian.”
Richardson is debuting the unit at this weekend’s Maker Faire technology showcase. He has no plans to mass market Enough Already just yet, but anyone handy with electronics can build one by following Richardson’s YouTube how-to video.
The next logical step would be to build a remote that would wipe out entire shows, but we can feel confident “Jersey Shore” will one day wash away on its own.
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