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Mac Book Pro as Roomba Remote

Posted by Hemos on from the send-arnold-back-in-time-to-stop-this dept.

adelord writes "Alpha Geeks have a new do-it-yourself project to terrorize the cat with: use Perl with a MacBook Pro's Sudden Motion Sensor to control a Roomba. Wired's Cult of Mac cites the original site which has other fun ways to pimp your Roomba . This gets my award for most inefficient use of tech, time, and training for the week. It won't freak out her cat nearly as much as a RoboRaptor on Roam mode. "

2 of 44 comments (clear)

  1. Sarcasm mode on by El+Lobo · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    [Sarcasm mode on] Oh my God, I've seen the light! Now I'm in love with the Mac! I'll start a cult too! This is why the mac is SOOOO good! Gotta love it! [Sarcasm mode off]

    Here goes my karma.

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  2. The obligatory comment blues... by jpellino · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Apple has a 6% market share, and you're just paying for shiny.
    Roomba's market is 2M units lifetime compared to industry 10M units per year, and their cost per pound is... yikes!
    What a chump.
    Give me a Eureka, some coax, a Dell Dimension, and a Wingman 3D.

    Just thought we'd get all that out of the way.

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    "Win treats sysadmins better than users. Mac treats users better than sysadmins. Linux treats everyone like sysadmins."