SwiitBoard: high impact Wii balance board (flag)

hackaday.com — [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 foam and a piece of plywood, he put [...]

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SwiitBoard: the sweeter way to get fit on the Wii
Engadget — ... of jogging in place into forward motion, with left or right roll turning the avatar in the simple game he worked out (video below). It's perhaps a bit crude, but would you rather have a board that looks good or a bod that looks good? Yeah, we'd pick gadget aesthetics too. If you want your own, frits will sell you the software for €10 -- money that will fund another of his projects: a site that fights global warming via pictures of scantily clad, eco-minded ladies. [Via Hack A Day] Continue reading SwiitBoard: the sweeter way to get fit on the Wii ...

Ghetto Wii Balance Board Is Perfect for Tap Dancing Simulator [Nintendo]
Gizmodo — ... effort, measure the effort and perhaps that it can use those measurements to control a virtual environment. It turned out this can be achieved using a Wiimote controller. For sure, it looks like he's suffering a lot doing that. However, instead of going through that forest of cylinders, this invention calls for EA's Fred & Ginger Sim. Here is how the board is "built". [Swiitboard via Hackaday] ...