Wiimote hack measures your car’s acceleration times
In the world of Wiimote hacking, there’s a lot we can say about a hack that allows you to measure your car’s ability to go from 0-60 mph. Most of those words are synonyms to the word “Awesome!” though, so we might as well explain what this is all about.
Over on the VW Vortex forums, Volkswagen fan Kevin Lee decided to turn his Wiimote into a measuring device that calculates his car’s acceleration and g-forces. As he explains,
I wrote a script to dump all the g-force readings from the wiimote to a comma separated value file, then did some post processing in MS Excel, and voila, I can see every bump, every curve, my acceleration and braking, and even calculated my current speed using high school physics (v=a*t)
He notes that the Wiimote isn’t exactly the most accurate measuring device out there, but it’s certainly an inventive Wiimote hack that has a pretty nifty scientific application as well. If you want to know more about it, or perhaps build your own, feel free to visit the link posted below.
In the world of Wiimote hacking, there’s a lot we can say about a hack that allows you to measure your car’s ability to go from 0-60 mph. Most of those words are synonyms to the word “Awesome!” though, so we might as well explain what this is all about.
Over on the VW Vortex forums, Volkswagen fan Kevin Lee decided to turn his Wiimote into a measuring device that calculates his car’s acceleration and g-forces. As he explains,
I wrote a script to dump all the g-force readings from the wiimote to a comma separated value file, then did some post processing in MS Excel, and voila, I can see every bump, every curve, my acceleration and braking, and even calculated my current speed using high school physics (v=a*t)
He notes that the Wiimote isn’t exactly the most accurate measuring device out there, but it’s certainly an inventive Wiimote hack that has a pretty nifty scientific application as well. If you want to know more about it, or perhaps build your own, feel free to visit the link posted below.
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