Enough Already Arduino mutes TV’s overexposed celebrities, frees you to live again (video)

Are you besieged by celebrities? Sure, it is easy to try turning off the television, but now there is a more complex, DIY solution: Enough Already, an Arduino box that mutes your television at any mention of certain names — Lady Gaga , as an instance. The setup’s fairly simple in case you are pleased with hardware hacking; it uses the Video Experimenter Shield to read closed captioning data , then sends the mute command via IR whenever offending words appear. Needless to say, you could tweak the blacklist however you prefer, so Pippa Middleton updates will still get through. Follow the educational after the break and you will be capable of once again channel-surf in peace, knowing you’ll never again need to hear the word “Snooki.”