Update on the breakout dock
C.K. posted about the iPod breakout dock back in Nov. - essentially it's a DIY tool for testing "signal interactions with a microcontroller and an iPod." While I don't understand what exactly the tool does much better than C.K., it looks like hack a day noticed that the mastermind of the project, Panocamera.com, has made a bit of progress. The iPod breakout dock has "achieved relatively painless interaction with a BS2 microcontroller," which to my crude knowledge of hacking sounds like they're slowly figuring out how to build a device and write the code to make an iPod control various kinds of devices - maybe, some day, not just the accessories we're used to from the likes of Belkin and Kensington. No word, however, on whether I'll some day be able to use my iPod nano to wirelessly shut my blinds or start up a car.
The one thing I can tell is that the project is chugging along and has a ways to go. If any TUAW readers who understand a little better what's going on here, feel free to educate the rest of the class in the comments.
