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quickdeer 10 hours ago [-]
As a grandparent without your skills, I am impressed with the idea and how you included your son in the development. Especially useful for parents who (like you) wish to delay smartphone purchase for their kids. Is any of this patentable? Sell to a toy company for mass production?
nonstopnonsense 7 hours ago [-]
Thank you!
None of these are patent-able or sell-able. Many such ideas already exists and are sold. This is a one-off solution where I have built for my son and his friends. I could have bought a subscription and devices from elsewhere - but thought otherwise.
I could, potentially, build up infrastructure and expand - but, that's too much of a financial constraint and too much time away from my personal life.
The code and designs are out there for anyone to stand this up for themselves. Or I can help assist to set it up.
xchip 14 hours ago [-]
You should play more with your kids before they grow old.
nonstopnonsense 7 hours ago [-]
Fair point and unsolicited parental advice. There is only so much a son or daughter wants to play with you. By the time they are 10, they have their social circle built up. You also want them to have a circle (na unsolicited advice from me), as you don't want them to grow up all alone with none but their parents.
To answer: Yes, I am trying as much as possible I can (and he can) with each other.
smalltorch 2 days ago [-]
It's a really great idea! How much for all the parts?
nonstopnonsense 2 days ago [-]
All the 6 boards with mic and speakers set me back by $250 Canadian. And the 3D prints are $17 a piece.
I didn't realize a esp could run the tor binaries. I may have to dive into seeing if I can get it running on one now!
Cool project thanks for sharing.
nonstopnonsense 6 hours ago [-]
Looks like, Tor may be an overkill for this project - according to Claude. That said, it advised there are several things we can borrow from your project:
1. Opus at 16 kbps
2. The voice-message model as a saved voicemail
3. In-call text chat
4. PTT chime
I may borrow the Opus, as I now send uncompressed PCM. May consider voicemail and chat (this may kill the joy, though - going away from ham-like experience).
Thank you for sharing your project, again.
nonstopnonsense 2 days ago [-]
Nice! I'll check this over the weekend and see what I can borrow from Tor perspective. Thank you so much for sharing.
None of these are patent-able or sell-able. Many such ideas already exists and are sold. This is a one-off solution where I have built for my son and his friends. I could have bought a subscription and devices from elsewhere - but thought otherwise.
I could, potentially, build up infrastructure and expand - but, that's too much of a financial constraint and too much time away from my personal life.
The code and designs are out there for anyone to stand this up for themselves. Or I can help assist to set it up.
To answer: Yes, I am trying as much as possible I can (and he can) with each other.
I didn't realize a esp could run the tor binaries. I may have to dive into seeing if I can get it running on one now!
Cool project thanks for sharing.
I may borrow the Opus, as I now send uncompressed PCM. May consider voicemail and chat (this may kill the joy, though - going away from ham-like experience).
Thank you for sharing your project, again.