11:53 PM on 12.26.2006 |
Nex
This guy decided that having a vaccum creature crawling around his house of it's own volition was a little too unnerving, so he added manual control; that is, he hacked the thing into accepting commands from his Wiimote. After brewing a dark concoction of perl scripting and bluetooth voodoo, he now has a Roomba sans it's most compelling feature: autonomity. The ingenuity behind this little project is only matched by the sheer vagina-eschewing nerdery of hacking a game controller to control a cleaning robot.
His next project? A toaster that shoots deadly lazers at any woman who ever imagined the idea of procreation with him.
[Via Slashdot]
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Somebody is going to be on the verge of some innovative and creative new way to use technology, but then stop themselves because of how people like you have created this negative stigma. Just let people do their thing. I find it intriguing and inspiring - there's no need to insult him.
We get it. The Wii isn't as high-tech as we thought. Essentially all these people have done is make something that wasn't intended to be remote-controlled, controllable. Yay for you, now find something more productive to do. It's almost 2007, I want my flying car dammit!
And, Nex, Vagina-eschewing nerdery is the best statement I've heard all day. Then again, I just got up an hour ago... :)
Why would he want to destroy women that have imagined having sex with him?
Am I bullspitting you? Ok. Any people with with decent technology knowledge can tell you that the Wii controller could be used to guide missiles and other infrared guided artillery.
Is not about the cleaning robot is about how you guide a missile from a tall building using the Wii controller. And where are the largest concentration of buildings in America? Exactly. New York.
So that guy must have been picked by some Taliban forces or whatever becasue he looks like the average Newyorker... a mix of Matt Damon, Raab Himself and a retard.
So I would be afraid very afraid.