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April 13, 2008

Wiimote Mouse

Filed under: Uncategorized — mbrazell @ 9:35 pm
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I have just completed an executable that allows the user to control the cursor (mouse) with a Wiimote. They only need support for Bluetooth, a Wii sensor bar (or an infrared light source), and a Wiimote.

I came up with an effective (and possibly novel) way of reducing jitter (the Wiimote is very sensitive) using the accelerometer within the Wiimote. If the user is pointing at a specific location, the Wiimote will be relatively still, and the accelerometer’s acceleration vector will also be relatively stable. Hence, if the accelerometer isn’t changing (much), I don’t send mouse move messages to the OS.

Here’s a screen-shot of the interface:

Wiimote Mouse Interface

Pretty spiffy, eh?

What’s also cool is this is my first C# program. I love C# and Visual Studio 2005 so far!

April 2, 2008

Spam can be quite hilarious…

Filed under: Uncategorized — mbrazell @ 7:07 pm

Today I received a rather funny spam message. It was so funny in fact, that I just had to share it. Here it is:

“Subject: I understand what females do on a farm. DO NOT leave them there abandoned!

Body: Do not leave your lady on a farm lonely. She might trade you for beasts and you will be way out of the competition for the rest of your life. I discovered it the hard way.”

Poor guy… :)

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