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1. This guy is really coming up with some neat stuff

   

   Topic by [MILES] · Dec 2007 · Home› General Discussion

   http://kotaku.com/gaming/clip/excite-your-office-colleagues-with-a-wii-whiteboard-marker-332252.php

2. Re: This guy is really coming up with some neat stuff

   

   Reply by Mark Dygert · Dec 2007 · Home› General Discussion

   On his website he links to a tutorial on how to pick up the BlueTooth signal coming from the Wii-mote. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~johnny/projects/wii/ The cool thing is you do not need a Wii, just the mote.

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   Reply by Vailias · Dec 2007 · Home› General Discussion

   better idea: If you can rig the pressure on the pen to control the speed at which the light blinks on and off, (talking miliseconds here) you could have the number of blinks per second be interpreted as stroke strength, depending on how sensitive the wii receiver is.

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   Reply by JKMakowka · Dec 2007 · Home› General Discussion

   Sure, take the infrared laser out of your old CD-R writer, refit it into a laser pointer and you are good to go But you are probably right about the pressure sensitivity idea

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   Reply by Mark Dygert · Dec 2007 · Home› General Discussion

   I'm not sure the Wii mote can make a distinction in signal strength either, its pretty crappy tech really. I wonder if a Laser pointer would work? That could lead to some fun meetings Meeting Leader: "Ha ha ha, very funny... Ok which one of you wisenheimers wrote 'I'm a dumbass' with an arrow pointed right at my head? No…

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   Reply by Mark Dygert · Dec 2007 · Home› General Discussion

   [ QUOTE ] Then you can give presentations without having to stand in front of them, blocking the projection. And play games. Something practical. [/ QUOTE ]pifft... I made a perpetual motion machine last weekend out of string and a potato, what else ya got? All projectors should have a "reverse projection" feature. Project…

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   Reply by ElysiumGX · Dec 2007 · Home› General Discussion

   Gee golly I can't wait to give powerpoint presentations with this. You guys are easily excitable. With a simple series of LEDs (easy to find info on how to make a small USB powered strip), a bluetooth dongle, and GlovePIE, you can use the Wiimote as a pointer (no projector required). Then you can give presentations without…

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   Reply by Joshua Stubbles · Dec 2007 · Home› General Discussion

   slum - never saw that HL2 stuff with the Wiimote. That's cool that it's bluetooth though. Didn't know that, either.

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   Reply by Joshua Stubbles · Dec 2007 · Home› General Discussion

   That's pretty damn swanky. Though I'm wondering how the data gets from the Wiimote to the project/PC? He didn't explain that, so I don't understand how the tracking data gets delivered.

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    Reply by Mark Dygert · Dec 2007 · Home› General Discussion

    Thats pretty neat, I like that it tracks 4 lights at once (I SEE FOOUR LIGHTS!). Too bad its not pressure sensitive, someone call Wacom and get that hammered out.