Xboxtoday.com is reporting on a "breakthrough" that will allow a PSP (or even the lowly DS) to control an Xbox.
Sure, you're thinking that somehow the PSP's wireless capabilities are being utilized. But, you would be wrong. This is being done via a physical mechanism. A very strange implementation for a very strange project.
"What is this? It's a system that will allow basically anything that can talk udp to control an Xbox. Why would you want to do this? I have no idea. I have my reasons, maybe you have some too. How this works: The XBOX buttons are physically pressed by arms (stiff wire) attached to servos that are controlled by a Basic Stamp 2. The BS2 is controlled by a gumstix over a serial port. The gumstix talks udp and accepts commands. So if you want to control an xbox, you basically have to talk a simple udp protocol to the gumstix."
I find the picture a little disturbing. It looks more like alien abduction or a torture scene from the set of LOST than it does a fancy remote control.
