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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. "

3 of 44 comments (clear)

  1. Re:I had to check it out ... by Conanymous+Award · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That, and /or die from hypothermia or become a king-size shish kebab.

  2. Re:I had to check it out ... by FLJerseyBoy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No, you would asplode.

  3. The obligatory comment reply... by Psychoactivist · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    But a Dell configured with the same specs as a 17" MacBook Pro actually costs $500 to $1000 more and you have to deal w/ a bulkier case, no webcam, no remote, no FireWire 800 and an inability to legally run OS X.

    There we go, now that's out of the way as well!