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Control a telescope with a Wii remote

black_wing79 | July 26, 2007 | Video | Wii 
Check out this guy as he programs his Telescope to move under the command of a Wii Remote. Pretty intersting and useful if you are one of those people with very shaky hands.


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    Inuyasha19 | July 26, 2007
    That doesn't surprise me much... You can play WoW using the Wii. I'd say XBox is going to get a run for its money, thats for damn sure.
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    Xenctuary | July 26, 2007
    For those wondering, the reason why he's hooked it up to his Wii Remote is because usually you have to type commands to move the telescope (as opposed to moving it physically with your hands). Interesting video.
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    Storm | July 26, 2007
    Cool. I always wanted a remote-controlled telescope The Wii is getting more innovative by the day...damn.
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    Wolfwood | July 26, 2007
    If someone ticks you off while you're stargazing, you can always break your Wiimote wriststrap and fling the whole thing at the guy. Two features in one!
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    xsynergyx | July 26, 2007
    Pretty cool, but like Inuyasha19 said, it's no surprise.
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    Rinkydink | July 26, 2007
    Haha nice, at this rate the Wii remote is going to end up like the universal remote off the film "Click". The remote sure can do one hell of a lot of different things now.
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    ar_cat | July 26, 2007
    Oh wow, so if I have a telescope and a Wiimote, can I do the same?
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      Xenctuary | July 26, 2007
      If it's the same rather expensive-looking model
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    FRoGBuster | July 27, 2007
    Not bad... though I don't think he gets any more control from that than without the wii-mote... maybe a friendlier user-interface, which may be enough to justify doing it.


    somewhat cool anyways.
    at least it opens up possibilites for other wii-mote controlled things... like... maybe.. parallel parking my car with it ...opening and closing my garage with a wii-mote...
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    Vermillion | July 27, 2007
    This is what I call "Ëxoplode The Mote". It's awesome how people find other different uses for the Wii-remote.
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    tidus04 | July 28, 2007
    This is insane at times for what people are being able to do with the handcontrole. Its mad. But yet you wonder why they bother at times ¬¬
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    sten mk II | August 04, 2007
    Kinda cool. I don't think it's the fastest way to do it though. I like doing it manually. Telescopes ftw.

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