Design Squad
Hack a Greeting Card
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Watch as Design Squad shows you how to hack a greeting card so that it works for you!
Surprise your friends with this sound system that you can hide or wear.
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Design Squad
Hack a Greeting Card
Clip | 2m 24sVideo has Closed Captions
Surprise your friends with this sound system that you can hide or wear.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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Hi, this is Design Squad.
(recording): Hi, this is Design Squad.
It worked.
Hi, I'm June from Design Squad, and I'm here with Arun, Elliot, and my sister, Njuere.
We are hacking greeting cards!
When you hack something, you're taking it apart and turning it into something brand new.
Testing, testing, one, two, three.
A recordable greeting card allows you to record sound and then play it back.
(recording): Testing, testing, one, two, three.
We're going to take apart this greeting card and use it for other purposes.
I don't want Njuere to drink all the juice.
Don't drink all the juice!
(recording): Don't drink all the juice!
So Njuere, how do you like my refrigerator alarm?
Now when I open the door, it will pull this piece of paper and then the alarm will go off.
(recording): Don't drink all the juice!
It uses an electrical circuit.
ARUN: The current flows from the battery to the recorder, but the switch blocks the path.
Once this piece of paper is removed, the circuit is closed and it will play a sound.
(recording): Don't drink all the juice!
This is my bedroom drawer alarm.
(recording): Keep out, keep out, do not open.
Cool!
This is a good design for keeping people out of your private stuff.
This is my recordable jewelry.
(recording): Hi, my name is Elliot.
Actually, Elliot made it for me.
I put the entire sound recording system in this white square.
I also added a rubber band onto it so it will automatically go back to its original position.
(recording): Hi, my name is Elliot.
And the best of all, the pizza box trick.
Hey, stop eating my pizza.
(recording): Hey, stop eating my pizza.
I like it.
Since the pizza box works just like a card, all we have to do is tape the card itself inside the pizza box.
Let's test it.
(recording): Hey, stop eating my pizza.
We're going to find our victim.
(recording): Hey, stop eating my pizza.
(laughing) The instructions for hacking a greeting card are on the Design Squad website.
It wasn't exactly successful: he took some pizza anyway!
He was hungry.
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