Do you fail at Guitar Hero? Can't beat TTFAF on expert? Perhaps you should get yourself a Cythbot and no, it doesn't use the force.

The Cythbot is comprised of a camera for vision pneumatic fingers for playing the popular video game series Guitar Hero.

So why make a perfect Guitar Hero player? To show off what the company is capable of doing.

So far the bot has managed to hit 98%, one percent higher than one of the best human players in the world. The problem is that the fingers are...

Dark Arcanine via blog.wired.com »

Eric Ruckman from over at hackaday has retrofitted a DS into a PS2 Guitar Hero Controller.

He wired the controller buttons from the DS fret attachment to the buttons on the actual guitar, and then even went a step further and hooked the sound to an FM Transmitter so he can play it externally and not just through the tiny DS speakers.

Rock on Eric. We salute you.

Deathsythe via www.hackaday.com »

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We've seen a lot of Guitar Hero bots in our time, but we're pretty certain that Mechanized Rock's take on shredding automatons is something special. The system -- dubbed DeepNote -- actually watches the on-screen action with "eyes" that it uses to analyze notes, which the bot then plays in real-time. Using photodiodes aimed at the screen, the components pick up changes in light within eight nanoseconds, then convert that information to brazen, parent-shocking, full-throttle rock n' roll. ..."

Deathsythe via www.engadget.com »

IGN reviewed Guitar Hero: On Tour and they thought it was very impressive, giving it a 9.0! They really had nothing bad to say about the game, their only concern was cramping up if you're playing the game for a long period of time. Check out the video interview below and hit the link for the full article review of the game.

tyranitar24 via ds.ign.com »