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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. Re:I can see this by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Perhaps, but I bet a Beowulf cluster of Macbooks would do the job much more impressively.