balanceboardblog.com - 8/21/2008
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We've already seen the Wii Balance Board used to surf Google Earth , but we think this fella's usage of Google Street View is even cooler. Using the online tool, one homebrewer has programmed the device so that stepping on the spot sees you walking through the street, while leaning on one foot or the other allows you to spin around on the spot for a view in 360 degrees. Virtual Balance Board ...
balanceboardblog.com - 8/24/2008
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balanceboardblog.com —
We've seen a variety of Wii Balance Board
hacks over the last few months, but this one
has to be the most bizarre yet. One Japanese gentleman has used the Bluetooth capabilities of the Wii Balance Board with this Roomba (a normally-robotic vacuum ...
(more)
Wii Balance Board Roomba hack cleans up
blog.katsuma.tv - 8/21/2008
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Wii Balance Board navigation through Google’ Streetview
SlashGear —
... causes the view to spin round in the direction of whichever side you’re balanced on. The source code - the Balance Board connects via Bluetooth to your computer - is available for download if you want to try it out yourself.
Right now the interface is still pretty clunky, perhaps more because of the way Google Maps Streetview works than anything else, but there’s plenty of promise. I can see plenty of potential as a way of navigating online worlds.
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Pretend You're Actually Venturing Outside With Wii Balance Board and Google Street View [Wii]
Gizmodo —
... Earth, but a little more down to earth, this mod will let you act like you're strolling through town with Google Street View. You walk to move forward or lean on one foot to turn—it actually seems to work pretty well. With a giant display, you could visit New York and walk around without suffering from the gross and smelly summer, or you know, just use it as another excuse to never leave the massive pillow fort you've converted your living room into. [blog.katsuma.tv via Balanceboarding - Thanks Mark!]
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The Wii Riser Aerobic Step Adds Height To Balance Board
gamerfront.net 4/23/2009 — For those that are attempting to get the perfect bod from the Wii Fit, here’s an attachment to raise the Wii Fit Balance Board. It goes underneath your Balance Board for when you’re doing aerobic steps. It raises up the Balance Board a whopping ...
Microsoft Surface And Wii Balance Board Ideas Merge
ubergizmo.com 10/3/2008 — Stimulant: Microsoft Surface + Nintendo Wii Mashup from Stimulant on Vimeo .
Now here's a marriage of convenient ideas - the Microsoft Surface and Nintendo Wii Balance Board have merged into this pressure-sensitive surface computing. In the video ...
SwiitBoard: high impact Wii balance board
hackaday.com 12/10/2008 — [Frits] sent us the SwiitBoard, an improvised version of the Wii balance board. He wanted to be able to do something a little higher impact than he could on the Wii balance board, and required more space to do it in too. Using two different kinds of ...
Wii Balance Board controlled Labyrinth Game
hackedgadgets.com 1/14/2009 —
Jestin Stoffel and Vince Thompson of the CCCKC have created a cool Wii Balance Board controlled Labyrinth Game which uses an Arduino microcontroller to handle some of the interface.
"Currently the game is using two servos and an ...
Google Maps for Mobile gets Street View
intomobile.com 9/18/2008 —
The My Location upgrade was nice, but adding pictures right from the street to your mobile maps is even better. Street View has been included in the latest build of Mobile Maps for BlackBerry and Java-enabled phones, so head on over to ...
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