Silent Annoyatron

You might think that a silent version of ThinkGeek's Annoyatron would be pointless. But you'd be wrong, because it's actually a whole new way to wage psychological warfare on your officemates. Just plug it in to their computer's microphone or line in connection, and send the Annoyatron's noises through the computer's sound system!

Alternatively, you could use some kind of amplifier / speaker to simply make it louder (though this would also make it larger). You could even plug it into the audio input on a Personal Soundtrack Shirt to have an Annoyatron that goes wherever you do.

Step 1 What you Need

What you'll need for this hack:
- 1x Annoyatron
- 2x wires (preferably red and black, but any two wires will do, so long as they're insulated)
- 1x 3.5mm headphone plug (either from an electronics store, or salvaged from dead headphones/speakers/etc)
- Soldering iron and solder, or conductive glue (not pictured)

The wires should be long enough to give you enough cable to go from the microphone or line in socket on the back of your victim's computer to the spot on the back of the case where you intend to hide the annoyatron (using its built-in magnet).

I would recommend using a soldering iron and solder, so long as you have a fine enough tip to get between the other components to where you need to solder, as conductive glue (at least, the stuff I have - linked) takes a while to set, and you need to hold the wires in place while it sets. I used a ColdHeat soldering iron with conical tip.

Comments

[bricker]

sneaky little thing....

[hg341]

well i like this but i would install it inside the case on the mb or on the sound card

[musicninja17]

Or you could connect it on the inside of the compter case to the line-in wires........that would take forever to find :D

[hg341]

i said inside the case..... and all you have to do is find the pins from the input jack and its really not that hard

[Arano]

when you put it inside the case i suggest you should use the computer as energysource instead of the battery to increase the time the annoyatron works

[hg341]

yea that wount be hard

[musicninja17]

sorry i didnt see the word "computer" there..... and by forever to find I meant the person that is being pranked by the annoyotron......

[hg341]

oh I see what you mean^{and its ok}
haha most ppl I know would just give up

[struckbyanarrow]

here is some pictures of mine i used a 1/8 in. plug from the shack... 5/5

[conrad2468]

If you did that to me the first place I would look would be the audio jack......great idea, but you need to make it stealth-ier..... ****

[Maximinus]

Sure, now that you've seen it, you'd look there ;-) People who aren't so technically-minded wouldn't have a clue where to start - they might think their headphones/speakers are stuffed, for example. Also, you'd be amazed at how many people who do know their stuff simply wouldn't think to check the microphone/line in port - especially if they use front audio ports, and you plug it in at the back. People who (at least think they) know what they're doing are quite likely to start looking in the wrong places - such as reinstalling drivers, trying different headphones/speakers, etc.

[yourcat]

Good idea!