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SlashGear: Huge Media Center remote hacked from dance mats
CrunchGear: Because It’s There: Six-foot Media Center remote control made from two DDR mats
Gizmodo: Largest TV Remote Ever Controls Windows Media Center [DIY]
Engadget: Dance Dance Remote Control adds a few steps to your TV experience
Huge Media Center remote hacked from dance mats
SlashGear —
... as HIDs/joysticks. Some custom C# code acts as the interface between them and the Media Center, with buttons mapped to different keystrokes.
The last step is redecorating the two dance mats with some suitably large icons. Who knows, perhaps this is the best way to get fit while watching TV. If you’re interested, the source code is free to download and tweak for your own projects.
Click here to view the embedded video.
[via Hacked Gadgets] ...
Because It’s There: Six-foot Media Center remote control made from two DDR mats
CrunchGear —
... Here’s a video of the remote in action:
Not bad at all, assuming you’re not big on the whole “sitting down and passively enjoying media content without moving” thing. On the bright side, you could burn tens of calories this way. Tens! Full source code can be found at the link below if you’d like to build your own.
World’s largest Media Center Remote Control? [michbex via SlashGear/Hacked Gadgets]
Largest TV Remote Ever Controls Windows Media Center [DIY]
Gizmodo —
Behold the MEGAREMOTE! Actually, roll onto it, because you can't hold it: It's made with two flexible Dance Dance Revolution mats for the PlayStation 2, hacked to control Windows Media Center with your feet. I wish it was even larger. Large enough to control the TV with my butt. [Michbex via Hacked Gadgets]
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Dance Dance Remote Control adds a few steps to your TV experience
Engadget —
... but he had to best it -- by fashioning a controller for Windows Media Center so large that one would need an entire appendage to get any use out of the thing. Our intrepid modder achieved his goal by stitching together two PS2 Dance Dance Revolution mats, a PS2-to-PC controller converter box, and some homebrew source code. What can we say about this? It certainly does seem to work. But we'll be sticking to the tried and true, thank you very much. Video after the break. [Via Hacked Gadgets] ...
