Super Mario Kart Played with an Exercise Bike
Rigged an exercise bike up to an old Super Nintendo controller using An Arduino microcontroller, some sensors/switches and some transistors.
Peddling at a certain rate holds down the A button to accelerate, left and right are buttons on the handlebars and there is a red button in the middle of the handlebars for using special items.
I have another video I'll upload soon which better describes the bike controller.
EDIT:
There is a quick overview of how it works here:
http://statuswoe.blogspot.ca/2012/04/super-mario-kart-cycle.html including a link to the github project where my very quickly written android sketch is available. I'm hoping to put up schematics of both the bike and SNES Adapter (part of which actually uses an SNES controller) there when I get the chance.
For anyone interested in seeing it work with a non-SNES game Mike McGraw and I came up with a game/adapter that is played on a Computer via USB. I think the game is pretty neat.
Super
Mario
Kart,
played
with
an
exercise
bike,
SNES,
controller,
Arduino,
electronics
kit,
DIY,
USB,
adapter
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Annie Leonard with her infamous approach to informative videos, discusses the problems with the "design for the dump" philosophy of the Electronics Industry.
story
of
stuff,
story
of
electronics,
junk,
waste,
recycling,
design
for
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dump
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The Pulse Pen is a note taker's dream. This smart pen remembers every movement and sound it hears.
gadget
lab
gadgets
wired.com
wired
magazine
electronics
pulse
pen
smart
technology
pen
is
mightier
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DLP Technology at IFA 2008 Booth Tour Hall 26, Booth 102
Michael Guillory, Marketing Communication Manager (DLP at TexasInstruments)
DLP Products Discover the latest innovations in DLP, including the industry's first lamp-free home theater projector, a 3-D projector, projectors featuring filter-free designs, a pico-projector that fits in the palm of your hand and several other projector innovations.
DLP picture technology from Texas Instruments is an innovative imaging device which creates stunning, life-like images for today's latest projectors. With millions of tiny mirrors on a single chip, DLP creates a new level of picture quality that will change everything you know about projectors.
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highlights
IFA
2008
Consumer
Electronics
Trade
Show
Michael
Guillory
marketing
TexasInstruments
texas
instruments
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