#electronics #hacking #hardware #vintage

#TIL that you could buy a device in the 1980s US that would filter out "foul language" from TV, DVD, and video, called the #TVGuardian. It used the closed caption text to recognize offensive words, mute them from audio and replace them in text.
In this fascinating and entertaining video, Ben Eater uses an #Arduino to extract the word list and the replacements:
https://youtu.be/a6EWIh2D1NQ

yeah, #BenEater hat den #TvGuardian zerpflückt, #TechnologyConnection hat noch drum gebeten

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6EWIh2D1NQ