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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. "

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  1. It's a Mac article by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a Mac article, but there's so much text-based scripting my head asplode.

    1. Re:It's a Mac article by prencher · · Score: 2, Funny

      However many times I read this comment it refuses to make any sense to me.

    2. Re:It's a Mac article by adelord · · Score: 2, Funny
      However many times I read this comment it refuses to make any sense to me.
      Try to type a first post after your head has "asploded"- it can't be easy.
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  2. I can see this by joshetc · · Score: 3, Funny

    As a viable, inexpensive alternative for the general public to control their Roombas

    1. Re:I can see this by I+Like+Pudding · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yes. A 3000$ MacBook Pro.

  3. Re:I had to check it out ... by kelzer · · Score: 2, Funny

    To me, a vacuum is not a cleaning appliance, but the reason people would explode if they were in space without a spacesuit.

    You spelled "asplode" wrong.

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  4. What about the Wii remote? by manfredz · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wouldn't the Wii remote be a great remote for the Roomba? Image what you can do with the Nunchuk :-)