Could you grab two TI-83 Calculators and modify them to speak to one another? A bit like a phone I suppose, but more of a walkie talkie. The range would probably around 100-200 ft. or something. So basically could it be done without modifying the outward appearance of the calculator?
Extensive modification, it would be possible. You'd have to somehow hide the microphone and speaker that you'd have to attach to them. The comes the antennae. Then you'd have to modify the software installed on the calculator to handle the modifications. All in all, you'd have to know some electrical engineering and some programming.
Extensive modification, it would be possible. You'd have to somehow hide the microphone and speaker that you'd have to attach to them. The comes the antennae. Then you'd have to modify the software installed on the calculator to handle the modifications. All in all, you'd have to know some electrical engineering and some programming.
My fault for not being clear but you pretty much answered it. I was suggesting having a simple send and receive text function, not a full on audio exchange, just a simple text message interface.
Anyway, you pretty much answered my questions, thanks!
My fault for not being clear but you pretty much answered it. I was suggesting having a simple send and receive text function, not a full on audio exchange, just a simple text message interface.
Anyway, you pretty much answered my questions, thanks!
You'd still have to program the calculator how to interact with an antennae.
One thing I never understood is how people never seem to use Morse code to cheat on a test...I've never heard it before. Not that I'd understand it, but I think I'd be able to tell if they were talking to each other.
"Programmers never repeat themselves. They loop."
My fault for not being clear but you pretty much answered it. I was suggesting having a simple send and receive text function, not a full on audio exchange, just a simple text message interface.
Anyway, you pretty much answered my questions, thanks!
You'd still have to program the calculator how to interact with an antennae.
"Programmers never repeat themselves. They loop."
Practical? No.
Not exactly. It could be used to cheat on a math test, for example. That's not a good thing to do, but it is a use.
I'm sure there are many uses for a disguised communication device.
I believe that's the very reason he asked.
Having unlimited uses of "Phone a friend" on a test you didn't study for? Priceless.
But honestly, putting a Ti calculator case around a phone and using that would be much easier.
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-Derek Shunia
He would have far too much work on his hands to do it.
Also this kind of exists already, it was popular in the early 2000s:
I think not cheating on tests would be far easier.
But maybe I'm just not "hip" and "with-it".
Let's see...
Soldering Iron - $15
Solder - $30
Antenna - $7
Studying for the test - worthless... I mean priceless
Thinking about coming a mod to simply not moderate.
i agree.
then again I'm one of the lucky few who don't have to study for my semester finals and still get A's on them.
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-Derek Shunia
Hah. I had one of those.
Too bad no-one else I knew did.
Ah, here it is:
http://people.ece.cornell.edu/land/courses/ece4760/FinalProjects/s2011/mdb236_wpb35/mdb236_wpb35/TI%20Calculator%20Wireless%20Chat.htm
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