Found Footage: Dalek controlled by iPhone accelerometer
Self-respecting science fiction fans will remember the Daleks. They're the mutant alien villains from the Doctor Who television series with armored casing, warbling voices and a penchant for extermination.
Steve at BotBuilder is a fellow fan who combined his love of sci-fi and bots into the iPhone-controlled Dalek you see above. In what he calls "a cool and ultimately pointless experiment," Steve uses the iPhone to send messages to the board in the Dalek over Wi-Fi which, in turn, operate servos and lights up LEDs. The cool part is that he can move the bot about using the iPhone's accelerometer.
This isn't the first iPhone-powered remote control device we've seen of course (The Parrot AR.Drone was clearly our favorite), but it delights us as Dr. Who fans. Well done, Steve!
[Via Cult Of Mac]
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G. Lloyd
It KILLS me that you have to explain a Dalek to your readers, where the mere mention of The Borg apparently requires no such explanation. Also, are you sure this came from Cult of Mac, and not the Cult of Skaro?! :)
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bob
Nice work! The app he uses on the iPhone is called TouchOSC btw, it's like a little jazzmutant lemur, has an editor to make your own controls and sends OSC, together with OSCulator it makes a nice little MIDI controller as well, control Ableton and all, http://hexler.net
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