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We love nothing more than walking down the street and pointing at random objects, figuring we are nurturing our inherent telekinetic powers and that one day the neighbor's dog will be lifted three meters into the air. In the interim, we need help practicing our finger-pointing accuracy.

Using the above video as tutorial, you can turn use a Nintendo Wii remote for making a finger-controlled interface à la the film Minority Report (and you thought Tom Cruise was using thetans to control the monitor ...). All you need is an array of infrared LEDs and some reflective tape. Remember, the Wii remote is a bluetooth device so you should be able to apply this method for any computer interface. Now to figure out how to simulate a mouse click ...

[Via Hackaday; thanks, Phillip]

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]]>bluetoothhacksinfraredminority-reportnintendoRoss Miller2007-11-11T17:05:00+00:00Nyko introduces BluWave PS3 remote, ships PS3 Charge Basehttp://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/22/nyko-introduces-bluwave-ps3-remote-ships-ps3-charge-base/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/22/nyko-introduces-bluwave-ps3-remote-ships-ps3-charge-base/http://www.joystiq.com/2007/06/22/nyko-introduces-bluwave-ps3-remote-ships-ps3-charge-base/#commentsFiled under: ,


If you're wary of spending $25 on Sony's Bluetooth remote control -- after all, it won't work with your old-fashioned infrared devices -- then you may want to consider Nyko's BluWave remote for the PlayStation 3. Instead of using pesky radio waves, it uses good old-fashioned infrared (not 'blu') light waves to tell that little USB dongle what it wants your PlayStation 3 to do ... like "INITIATE BLU-RAY DISC PLAYBACK." Unfortunately, this device doesn't appear to be a universal remote so, like Sony's product, this is PS3 only. But at $20, you'll save enough to buy yourself a sandwich.

Nyko also announced that they're shipping their PS3 controller Charge Base for $40, good for those of you with an aversion to recharging cables. We understand.

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]]>BluWaveChargeBaseinfraredNykoRemoteControlChristopher Grant2007-06-22T09:53:00+00:00Use a universal remote with PS3http://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/24/use-a-universal-remote-with-ps3/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/24/use-a-universal-remote-with-ps3/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/12/24/use-a-universal-remote-with-ps3/#commentsFiled under: , ,

Universal remote fans -- after trying a Logitech Harmony remote, we can't go back to one-remote-per-device -- will run into trouble on the PS3; its standard remote works over Bluetooth, not IR. So the PS3 remote gains the ability to work in other rooms, but it loses the universal appeal of IR blasting. Remote Central documents the process of adding an old PS2 IR receiver so that you can use that PS2 remote -- or a universal model -- with the PS3.

The steps seems simple enough; all it takes is the PS2 IR receiver dongle and the PS2-to-PS3 gamepad adapter. The translation loses some of the functionality of the PS2 remote -- 14 common commands work, but 35 don't -- but it may be enough to watch Blue-ray movies with a universal remote.

See also: Universal remotist finds fault with PS3, console lacks IR port

[Via Engadget]

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]]>infra redInfraRedIRremoteuniversal remoteUniversalRemoteZack Stern2006-12-24T21:55:00+00:00TV remotes demystify Wii sensor barhttp://www.joystiq.com/2006/11/21/tv-remotes-demystify-wii-sensor-bar/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/11/21/tv-remotes-demystify-wii-sensor-bar/http://www.joystiq.com/2006/11/21/tv-remotes-demystify-wii-sensor-bar/#commentsFiled under: ,

It seems that the Wii's sensor bar isn't entirely necessary to use the Wii remote's pointer functionality. An intrepid Wii user has posted an online video showing intermittent pointer reception using two TV remote controls in place of the sensor bar.

Apparently the Wii sensor bar is actually a transmitter for a dual IR signal that gets triangulated by the Wii remote, not a receiver for a signal that comes from the remote. This revelation would seem to suggest that any correctly positioned, consistent dual IR source can be used in place of the official Nintendo provided sensor bar. With this information in hand, how long will it be until we see hackers rigging up their own custom sensor technology?

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]]>infraredIRsensorwiiKyle Orland2006-11-21T15:45:00+00:00