{"id":2729,"date":"2010-01-01T11:44:11","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T19:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=2729"},"modified":"2015-09-26T11:11:04","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T18:11:04","slug":"retro-wireless-handset-featured-as-make-weekend-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/retro-wireless-handset-featured-as-make-weekend-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Retro Wireless Handset featured as Make: Weekend Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"295\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/FR_2dnBEapM&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>In this week&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.makezine.com\/archive\/weekend_projects\/\">Make: Weekend Project<\/a>, KipKay shows us how to turn a Bluetooth headset into a retro-styled wireless handset.<\/p>\n<p>This project is based on the <a href=\"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/retro-wireless-handset-in-make-magazine\/\">&#8216;Retro Wireless Handset&#8217;<\/a> article I wrote for Make: magazine volume 20.<\/p>\n<p>KipKay also posted <a href=\"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/retrowireless.pdf\">a pdf version of the article<\/a> so now you can read about this project even if you&#8217;re not a Make: subscriber.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week&#8217;s Make: Weekend Project, KipKay shows us how to turn a Bluetooth headset into a retro-styled wireless handset. This project is based on the &#8216;Retro Wireless Handset&#8217; article I wrote for Make: magazine volume 20. KipKay also posted a pdf version of the article so now you can read about this project even &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/retro-wireless-handset-featured-as-make-weekend-project\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Retro Wireless Handset featured as Make: Weekend Project<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[443],"tags":[296,101,36,19,294,103],"class_list":["post-2729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-projects-2","tag-article","tag-bluetooth","tag-diy","tag-make","tag-makezine","tag-retro"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pioCd-I1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2501,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/retro-wireless-handset-in-make-magazine\/","url_meta":{"origin":2729,"position":0},"title":"Retro Wireless Handset in Make: Magazine","author":"Jeff","date":"October 28, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Volume 20 of Make: magazine, which hits newsstands on November 15th, includes an article I wrote about DIY Telephony titled \"Retro Wireless Handset.\" The article is based on my Bluetooth Handset Hack and includes additional illustrations and step by step instructions to help you build one of your own. If\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Electronics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Electronics","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/electronics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"DIY Telephony: Retro Wireless Handset","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/retro_wireless_handset.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3005,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/bluetooth-headset-handgun\/","url_meta":{"origin":2729,"position":1},"title":"Bluetooth Headset inside a [toy] Handgun","author":"Jeff","date":"August 3, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"MayorMike,\u00a0inspired by the article I wrote for Make vol. 20 (Retro Wireless Handset), stuck a bluetooth headset in a plastic toy gun to create his\u00a0Handgun Bluetooth Earpiece Project. \u00a0The best part - the earphone is located at the end of the barrel, so to answer a call, you stick it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Electronics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Electronics","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/electronics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/bluetooth-handgun-mike-haeg.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2960,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/maker-faire-retro-bluetooth-handset-talk-on-ustream\/","url_meta":{"origin":2729,"position":2},"title":"Maker Faire Retro Bluetooth Handset Talk on Ustream","author":"Jeff","date":"June 2, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I didn't know at the time that I was being recorded, but here's a somewhat low quality video of the Retro Bluetooth Handset talk I gave on Sunday of the 2010 Bay Area Maker Faire. 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