With our busy lives, who has time to pay attention to TV show schedules? [Tamberg] certainly didn’t and that is why he came up with the web-enabled TV remove he calls the Smart Homer. This miraculous device knows when ‘The Simpsons’ is being broadcast, turns on the TV and switches to the appropriate channel.
Like the real Homer, not too much is going on up in this toy’s noggin. A couple of IR emitters are mounted in place of pupils and the associated wires are run down into his body. Right between a pink donut and a Krusty burger resides an Arduino and ethernet shield. This electronic duo acts as a web server and looks out to the ‘net for an online script. The script polls an online TV Program Guide and if ‘The Simpsons’ are on at that time, it sends a signal back to the Arduino to turn the TV on.
¡Brilliant!
So awesome! Now to do a lifesize zombie version that does this for The Walking Dead.
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Isnt this a repost?
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No. The linked instructable is only a month old, and there are no previous links to it on Hackaday. It is not a repost.
Why were the pics removed from this post? Copyright claim?
Never mind, seems like it must have been a browser blip, I see them again now.
Shouldn’t it be called “The Smrt Homer”?
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Wouldn’t it be easier to program your DVR to record all episodes, and then watch them later (while skipping commercial breaks) ?
Does this mean he will leave an ass-groove on the table he sits on? On second thought, the cables might get in the way. Good job on the polling script.
SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY! (Ooops, wrong show.)
Maybe someone can make a Bender version. Its eyes can slip out when the show comes on while it says “ooh neat!!”
People still watch The Simpsons?
Just don’t cross wire him with the electric monk
I like the homer and wrenches