The Wii is waggle this and waggle that. Fanboys are whining about when they are going to get hardcore games and blah blah blah. Now you can maybe put down your copy of Chicken Hunter and go do something productive with your life.
Kjeld Jensen has developed a robotic lawnmower called the Casmobot which can be controlled using your Wiimote. Using Bluetooth, the Wiimote communicates to a receiver in the Casmobot. It can be controlled manually, or be completely automated. Jensen says:
"We have been introducing [Casmobot] to the professional workers at the municipalities and the minute they got this Wiimote in their hands and started cutting grass, they were smiling and laughing all the time so I guess I'm not the only one that thinks this is a very good idea."
"This robotics module could, in theory, be put in to any kind of vehicle. In theory, you could actually take this module and put it in to a wheelchair, and walk your grandma just by sitting inside at the window and using your Wiimote."
Not having to push a lawn-mower is fun and all, but standing? Outside? That is just madness! I'd rather just let the grass grow up and hide my house before I'd put myself though that hell.
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