October 3rd, 2008 by
Filed under: Displays, Misc. Gadgets
So you’ve got a spare Microsoft Surface and Wii Balance Board laying around, whaddya do? Well, you could try stacking them on top of each other and hope that big-ass table doesn’t crush your little plastic Nintendo toy, and with some code slapped on what you’d end up with is pressure-sensitive surface computing. This clever little concept was cooked up by Josh Santangelo from “Stimulant.” In his demo, featured after the break, he rocks Surface from side to side while colored spots roll back and forth, using a physics engine he developed for MS Silverlight. It’s a great start and we would love to see this resourceful hack put to good use — beyond that of a totally awesome yet ridiculously expensive tilt-a-maze game, minus the maze.
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June 27th, 2008 by
Filed under: Gaming, Portable Video
It may never garner quite the same broad appeal among DIYers as the incredibly versatile Wiimote, but it looks like the Wii Balance Board is nonetheless spurring on some hackery of its own, including being used as a navigation device for Google Earth and World of Warcraft. While those hacks are certainly impressive enough, the board has only just recently fully earned its DIY cred by being used to control a robot, which you can see in action after the break. What’s more, the man responsible for that hack, Juan González, isn’t about to rest on his laurels, with him now promising to create a Segway-like device that’s controlled simply using the Wii Balance Board. Needless to say, we’ll be keeping an eye out for any progress on that one.
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October 10th, 2007 by
Filed under: Gaming
Wii Fit, out in December. Great news huh? Thing is, the ¥8,800 (about $75) Wii Fit is only announced for Japan so far. The kit features the Wii Balance Board which enables gamers to interactively head soccer balls and ski jump while partaking in other activities like yoga and aerobics typically thought to be cigarette-free. But you’re at home moms, so feel free to sneak a few while pulling into a Downward-Facing Dog, we won’t tell.
[Via Joystiq]
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