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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. "

4 of 44 comments (clear)

  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.

  2. I had to check it out ... by joe+155 · · Score: 4, Informative

    A roomba is an automatic hoover,

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roomba

    --
    *''I can't believe it's not a hyperlink.''
  3. I can see this by joshetc · · Score: 3, Funny

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

  4. Palm Pilots are Great Roomba Pilots, too! by FunkeyMonk · · Score: 5, Informative
    This isn't my own work, but I use my Palm Pilot to control my Roomba!

    Download codes here: http://www.remotecentral.com/cgi-bin/search/search .cgi?Match=1&Terms=roomba