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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Remote control airsoft gun MacGyvered out of Wiimote, ioBridge, and Construx]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/remote-control-airsoft-gun-macgyvered-out-of-wiimote-iobridge/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/remote-control-airsoft-gun-macgyvered-out-of-wiimote-iobridge/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/remote-control-airsoft-gun-macgyvered-out-of-wiimote-iobridge/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div align="center"><a href="http://blog.thecapacity.org/2009/03/26/greetings-officefighter/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/03/090327-officedefender-02.jpg" alt="" /></a><br />
<div align="left">It's the weekend, folks, and you know what that means -- time to blow off a little steam. By way of example, the folks that brought us that <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/15/wiimote-pens-coffee-cup-office-putting-toy-deadly-coil-g/">Wiimote coil gun</a> a while back have returned to the scene with a little something they like to call OfficeDefender. Using the very same servo and <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/ioBridge/">ioBridge</a> module as the last time, this hack finds the gun replaced with a Beretta 9mm replica airsoft gun. Also note the nice use of <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/Construx/">Construx</a> in a non-beer or iPhone related context. If that weren't enough, this bad boy has a full-auto mode, moves 180 degrees horizontally, can be sighted with the head-mounted webcam and fired via Wiimote. We're not telling you that you can use this to hassle folks in the office come Monday, but you totally could. Videos after the break.<br /><br />[Via <a href="http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fde.engadget.com%2F2009%2F03%2F27%2Fgroesztmoegliches-jungsgebloedel-der-ambush-airsoft-robot%2F&amp;sl=de&amp;tl=en&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF-8">Engadget German</a>]</div>
</div><p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/remote-control-airsoft-gun-macgyvered-out-of-wiimote-iobridge/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Remote control airsoft gun MacGyvered out of Wiimote, ioBridge, and Construx</em></a></p><p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/robots/" rel="tag">Robots</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/remote-control-airsoft-gun-macgyvered-out-of-wiimote-iobridge/">Remote control airsoft gun MacGyvered out of Wiimote, ioBridge, and Construx</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:34:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://blog.thecapacity.org/2009/03/26/greetings-officefighter/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/remote-control-airsoft-gun-macgyvered-out-of-wiimote-iobridge/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1500331/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/27/remote-control-airsoft-gun-macgyvered-out-of-wiimote-iobridge/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>beretta</category><category>construx</category><category>iobridge</category><category>OfficeDefender</category><category>weekend</category><category>Wiimote</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph L. Flatley]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Serv O'Beer pours when iPhone accelerometer tells it to]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/serv-obeer-pours-when-iphone-accelerometer-tells-it-to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/serv-obeer-pours-when-iphone-accelerometer-tells-it-to/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/serv-obeer-pours-when-iphone-accelerometer-tells-it-to/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Serv_OBeer_with_iPhone_for_the_Perfect_Pour/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/01/1-4-09-serv-o-beer.jpg" alt="" /></a></div>
Now that the holiday season is officially over (<a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/CES/">CES</a> notwithstanding), there's officially no better time to get inebriated and wash away the sorrows of not having another government-recognized holiday for like, ever. After you've drug that dead tree out to the roadside and filled a few buckets with tears, why not try constructing your very Serv O'Beer in order to bring just a sliver of that joy back into your heart? Put simply, the project pictured above utilized Construx as the mechanical platform, a servo driving the action and ioBridge controlling the system; a so-called "perfect pour" was executed by linking an iPhone <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/accelerometer/">accelerometer</a> to the system and turning it up. Have a look at the demonstration vid just past the break -- dollars to donuts it'll make you smile.<br />
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[Thanks, Hans]<p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/serv-obeer-pours-when-iphone-accelerometer-tells-it-to/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Serv O'Beer pours when iPhone accelerometer tells it to</em></a></p><p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/cellphones/" rel="tag">Cellphones</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/household/" rel="tag">Household</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/serv-obeer-pours-when-iphone-accelerometer-tells-it-to/">Serv O'Beer pours when iPhone accelerometer tells it to</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:31:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.instructables.com/id/Serv_OBeer_with_iPhone_for_the_Perfect_Pour/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/serv-obeer-pours-when-iphone-accelerometer-tells-it-to/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1418393/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/serv-obeer-pours-when-iphone-accelerometer-tells-it-to/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>accelerometer</category><category>alcohol</category><category>beer</category><category>Construx</category><category>diy</category><category>hack</category><category>hacks</category><category>ioBridge</category><category>iphone</category><category>kinex</category><category>mod</category><category>mods</category><category>Serv OBeer</category><category>ServObeer</category><category>video</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Darren Murph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Serv O'Beer pours when iPhone accelerometer tells it to]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/serv-obeer-pours-when-iphone-accelerometer-tells-it-to/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/serv-obeer-pours-when-iphone-accelerometer-tells-it-to/</guid><comments>http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/serv-obeer-pours-when-iphone-accelerometer-tells-it-to/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Serv_OBeer_with_iPhone_for_the_Perfect_Pour/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/01/1-4-09-serv-o-beer.jpg" /></a><br /></div>
Now that the holiday season is officially over (<a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/CES/">CES</a> notwithstanding), there's officially no better time to get inebriated and wash away the sorrows of not having another government-recognized holiday for like, ever. After you've drug that dead tree out to the roadside and filled a few buckets with tears, why not try constructing your very Serv O'Beer in order to bring just a sliver of that joy back into your heart? Put simply, the project pictured above utilized Construx as the mechanical platform, a servo driving the action and ioBridge controlling the system; a so-called "perfect pour" was executed by linking an iPhone <a href="http://www.engadget.com/tag/accelerometer/">accelerometer</a> to the system and turning it up. Have a look at the demonstration vid just past the break -- dollars to donuts it'll make you smile.<br /><br />[Thanks, Hans]<p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/serv-obeer-pours-when-iphone-accelerometer-tells-it-to/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Serv O'Beer pours when iPhone accelerometer tells it to</em></a></p><p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/peripherals/" rel="tag">Peripherals</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/misc/" rel="tag">Misc</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/apple/" rel="tag">Apple</a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/serv-obeer-pours-when-iphone-accelerometer-tells-it-to/">Serv O'Beer pours when iPhone accelerometer tells it to</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:54:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.instructables.com/id/Serv_OBeer_with_iPhone_for_the_Perfect_Pour/>Read</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/serv-obeer-pours-when-iphone-accelerometer-tells-it-to/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1418421/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/serv-obeer-pours-when-iphone-accelerometer-tells-it-to/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>accelerometer</category><category>alcohol</category><category>apple</category><category>beer</category><category>Construx</category><category>diy</category><category>hack</category><category>ioBridge</category><category>iphone</category><category>kinex</category><category>mobile</category><category>mod</category><category>peripherals</category><category>Serv OBeer</category><category>ServObeer</category><category>video</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Darren Murph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jan 2009 04:54:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
