MacBook Marionette

Most puppets scare me. Horrid little creatures, only coming alive when controlled by some being of perceived omnipotence manipulating every aspect of their pathetic little lives. But enough about my puppet paranoia, and on to this awesome hack. Some cunning (and brave! I'd never swing my notebook around like that!) soul has created a piece of digital artwork using the motion sensor built into his PowerBook. When he swings the machine, a little animated man on the screen reacts with realistic physics to the movement. Hooray for digital inertia!

[via UneasySilence]

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Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6ZpsqOD4rU&eurl=

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Eric

Oh, sorry, didn't realize it was the same video. I was going by the title of this article to determine that they were different.

November 24 2006 at 7:27 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Eric

Someone did (http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/powerbook-digital-marionette-puppet) this with a PowerBook.

November 24 2006 at 7:23 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

fetchy

im more impressed with the zip-tie "chain" that they created... ha

November 24 2006 at 1:16 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Adrian vG

Realistic you said? How come the body (not the legs and arms) are THROWN to the sides of the screen when the puppeteer just slightly tilts the PB? Cool idea, though. Don't scratch the screen!

November 23 2006 at 12:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

bob

using the motion sensor built into his PowerBook

November 23 2006 at 11:42 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Christopher L. Williams

Re: JT

which means . . . absolutely nothing. Some of the later Powerbooks have a motion sensor.

November 23 2006 at 11:38 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Mark

Here is a challenge. Could someone write an application/screen saver that made it look as if the screen on a MBP was full of water? When you moved the MBP around the water sloshed around in a realistic manner? Maybe moving the on screen icons around. How about leaving a high water tide mark. :-)

November 23 2006 at 11:36 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

No isight = powerbook

November 23 2006 at 11:12 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply