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Roomba + Wii remote + Perl = Awesome
Anonymous Wii Lov'n Coward writes "Check out the WiiRoomba, a mashup using a Wii remote, a perl script, and the Darwiin Remote software. While a little sluggish to respond, the Roomba is entirely controlled by the Wii remote accelerometers." All of the source code to do it yourself is available at the site linked, along with a youtube video of how it works.
This is like an odd parallel universe movie where a younger Matt Damon controls his vacuum with a remote control.
FLR
It should be "People who have too much time on their hands" department. :P
It sucks.
sucks alot. But good work on the Wii remote!
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Turing completeness.
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Before they REBEL!
You're tired of vacuuming by hand, so you buy a robot vacuum that works all by itself. Then you add a clever hack that allows you to control the robot vacuum just like the manual vacuum you had before...
(sorry. I couldn't help it.)
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wtf...
you mean what the flip?
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So, for the cost of the Roomba, the Wii, and a computer (so let's say, what, $1500?)... he's basically duplicated my $100 Hoover vacuum. Except my Hoover is more responsive to its handle than the Roomba is to the Wii remote.
(Of course it is cool nonetheless...)
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So is "mashup" the hip new word for "programming"?
I guess if programming is something 3rd world starving people do for $0.50/day, we need a new word.
I better get back to mashing, hahahahahah
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They designed this so that when people throw their Wiimotes at televisions while playing Wii Sports, the Roomba will go clean up the glass shards.
This is what happens when you buy only the controller without the console & games.
I attached a handle to my roomba so I can control it by hand.
Hopelessly out of touch guy in the 1950s:
"Seriously, this term "rock and roll" just doesn't make any sense.
In English "rock" refers to either an action of rocking back and forth or a relatively hard, naturally formed mineral or petrified matter. The term "roll" refers to either an action of turning around or revolving on or as if on an axis or a small loaf of bread served with dinner. I just don't see how either of these words have anything to do with a current trend (which will no doubt not be around for very long and not have much influence) in teenage music.
Are there some different meanings for these words? I have checked various dictionaries, including American English ones, but found nothing."
I've always prefered a command line interface. GUIs are such a cursory way to interact with a computer.