Video: Breath-over-IP concept is a fun way to creep out your friends

This might have been a Crapgadget contender but for the fact it's a homemade system and therefore deserves some kudos for the ingenuity shown. An irrepressible geek by the name of Thomas Edwards has concocted a system for communicating breathing over the interwebs -- a surefire way to take your cyberstalking game to the next level. Employing an Arduino protoshield, AdaFruit Xport shield, Lantronix Xport Direct, and a Kestrel impeller to create the device, Thomas demonstrates a taste for obscure technology usually not seen outside of prototyping labs. Click through for video of a candle being blown out remotely, perhaps the one and only family-friendly use for an instrument like this.

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[ferrell @ Jul 17th 2009 5:54AM]

Great pic!

[Return of Jackson...whoo! @ Jul 17th 2009 6:45AM]

$100 says someone photoshops a green penis into that picture!

AHAHAHAH!!!

Attention whore is gonna get it!

[neofolklore @ Jul 17th 2009 8:15AM]

This is my O-FACE

[Pre-determined @ Jul 17th 2009 6:03AM]

get yours at iBlow.com*









*model not included

[BDizzleFizzle @ Jul 17th 2009 6:07AM]

Does that mean it's BroIP or BoIP?

[domoPod @ Jul 17th 2009 6:09AM]

replace the fan with a fleshlight, then the fun begins...

[Ellianth @ Jul 17th 2009 12:48PM]

Sorry, I'm slow. Why would she blow on a flesh light?

[Why should I have all the fun? @ Jul 17th 2009 1:13PM]

Ellianth,

Do not attempt to disect the minds of the perverse. You will only find yourself in a dark place.

[tgluak @ Jul 17th 2009 6:16AM]

"Subtitle Text Here"

[urandom @ Jul 17th 2009 6:17AM]

that's almost as bizarre as the carrier pigeon system for delivering ip packets, described here:
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1149.html

[ToniCipriani @ Jul 17th 2009 7:02AM]

What happens if I pass wind on it?

[NotMe @ Jul 17th 2009 7:45AM]

The blades spin.

[Joseph @ Jul 17th 2009 8:08AM]

It only passes wind. Not smell.

[Galley @ Jul 17th 2009 8:06AM]

O-HI-O!

[Shiz @ Jul 17th 2009 9:14AM]

I have something else she can blow on.....heheh alright.....

[Ron @ Jul 17th 2009 9:30AM]

I kept waiting for Axel Foley to show up.

[kal326 @ Jul 17th 2009 9:54AM]

Mouthbreathers of the world rejoice!

[Shane @ Jul 17th 2009 10:25AM]

I wonder what would happen if I turned a leaf blower on this thing. Would it burn out the other end? Or would it be considered a D.O.S.?

[F. C. @ Jul 18th 2009 3:42PM]

Was thinking along those lines. The output is not proportional to what shew blew (perverted minds will go to town on this one) and may need another type of fan entirely.

[Makavre @ Jul 17th 2009 11:08AM]

Chubby girl in video is chubby ....

but I'd still do dirty things to her tho ....

[sjdurfey @ Jul 17th 2009 11:47AM]

you think shes chubby? thats crazy talk

[jclay34 @ Jul 17th 2009 11:42AM]

Wassup with the 80's porn music

[J Zulkeski @ Jul 17th 2009 12:05PM]

I predict this image being photoshopped and used in many other ways.

[midiwall @ Jul 17th 2009 1:22PM]

What's with all the steel putty? They even used it on the wires to the anemometer...

[TimeZone4 @ Jul 17th 2009 4:01PM]

WOW, if I only had one of these when I was younger. Invention of the year, decade, century?? All of mankind's advances have led up to this moment. I'm glad to be here to see this crowning achievement, as it brings a tear to the eye and a gentle breeze to dry it away.

[Derek @ Jul 17th 2009 4:02PM]

Is that friggin' Tonya Harding?

[Ethan @ Jul 18th 2009 7:56PM]

Now all we have to do is find a way to communicate spittle.