"We have been introducing [Casmobot] to the professional workers at the municipalities and the minute they got this Wiimote in their hands and started cutting grass, they were smiling and laughing all the time so I guess I’m not the only one that thinks this is a very good idea."
Because, honestly, we are all too lazy to cut the grass the old fashioned way.
These guys are just straight up industrious! They built themselves a robot out of legos that throws perfect strikes on via the Wii.
"You are looking at a Wii Remote mounted on a robotically controlled swing. A second motor is used to trigger the bowling, by first Pressing the A button and left arrow, and then holding down the B button, swinging, and finally releasing the B button."
That beats the heck out of the pyramid that I built with legos. Apparently some were born to create feats of engineering, and I was born to make fun of it. They've got a plethora of pictures and a video to go with it over on their site.
More Wii modchip news and this time they promising the second coming. Who knows if it's legitimate or not, but as long as you're promising things, you should promise big I guess...
"In addition to Wii and GameCube homebrew and backups, apparently the WiiXT also promises region-free DVD playback (wait, huh?), Virtual Console support, stealth operation, recovery mode, and uses 128MB ROM flash memory, 512MB flash storage (presumably for games), and an external USB dongle for enabling and disabling the chip, upgrading, and reflashing."
You can check out WiiXT's site and few all of the splendid promises for yourself, but it no word on street date yet, just some hinting at a few months from now.
Remember that zany Wii laptop that we marveled at not too long ago? Wasn't that fun? Any way, that mod master is back. He's Ben Heck and he's written a tutorial on just how he built it.
"In today's How-To, part 1 of 3, we'll describe how this mod was accomplished, starting with the disassembly of the unit, initial computer drawings, and "reworking" of the heat sink. A week from now, part 2 will cover the rebuilding of the Wii internals as well as the design of the case. Finally, part 3 will cover cutting and building the case and installing everything into it. Let's take a look!"
Not only is this post a great bit of news regarding Wii mods and that sort of thing, I am doubly proud of myself for having made it through the entire thing without making a pun joke about Ben Heck's last name. Holy crap on a stick has it been difficult. I've got an entire tablet of pun jokes written down that I used to let out the frustration. I can't resist that sort of temptation forever.
Doubtless, you will remember that when we chatted about CycloWiz and Wiinja they both failed with the region code part of the Wii. Now we have a third offering, named WiiKey, that is on it's way, and it brags about being capable of handling different NTSC region discs.
Specifications:
Fully upgradable via DVD/disc (future proof, expect cool features to come)
Direct boot of Wii backups (like originals)
Direct boot of GC backups (like originals)
Boots different region GC games/backups
Boots different NTSC region Wii games/backups
Supports multi-disc games
Supports DVD-R and DVD+R
Built-in audio fix (for games using streaming, no patch required)
Stealth mode
4 wires & quick solder interface
Compact design, best quality components, rock solid high speed controller
Professional ESD packing
They are promising more features to be arriving soon, and to be shipping by the 7th of February.
The parade of alternative uses for your Wii remote continues. This time it's a dude that wants us to pronounce DJ! as "DJ Shift One." Now maybe it's because I'm not a huge fan of the DJ music style or maybe I'm just hooked on phonics, but both his name and this particular use of the Wii remote seems a little silly to me.
I'm still bringing it to you hot and fresh though, because if you've been waiting patiently for a way to do your DJ thing through interpretive dance, this is your early birthday. My favorite part is the inventive nomenclature he's invented for us all to use. This includes everything from "flickstarting" to "flickjuggling." I'm not sure this is as "flickinteresting" as he thinks it is, but I'll let you decide.
Maxconsole has finished up their promised review for the Cyclowiz modchip that I was telling you about earlier. Maxconsole seems to love this chip almost as much as they love exclamation points, which are a near constant feature of their article.
"CycloWiz is a dream come true for many Wii owners. While it still doesn't allow you to run Wii imports or Wii homebrew it has all the features you'd expect from a drivechip and can not be easily detected by the Wii. We probably already have a winner in the Wii modchip competition that just started! With the chips expecting to hit resellers on Friday, what are you waiting for? Pre-order CycloWiz at your local reseller before they are all gone!" -Maxconsole
The really touching part of the article is when the Maxconsole writers get down on one knee and beg Cyclowiz to marry them. Naturally I'm exaggerating a little, but not much, they are pretty darn excited. If you want to read the entire love affair, you can check it out on their site.
Here's a new mod for getting your Gamecube ports up front. Cheap Ass Gamer writes...
"CAG hollowfreak grew tired of giving his Wii a reach-around when he wanted to access its Gamecube controller ports. His solution was to perform a little modification magic."
While it is unarguably easier to plug controllers into the front vs. the back, this seems like a lot of work to end up with a Wii that is twice the size, only to put the ports up front. I suppose that if you're a hardcore Gamecube player that for some reason doesn't already have a Gamecube, this mod's for you.
RSS feeds straight your Wii. Swank eh? TheFurryOne.net has posted some instructions on getting your Wii to be all set to notify you when sites such as ours have some news for you. The Furry One explains...
"Well, the News Channel is great and all, but quite frankly it's a little lacking. Specifically, the Technology section. Well, with this little hack, it's possible to read RSS feeds on your Wii. You'll even be notified when new ones come in-- the glowing disc tray will let you know!
You'll need an email address that can be accessed via SMTP. Next, you'll need an always-on computer with a connection to the Internet. You can use this on any OS capable of running Python-- which, of course, leads me to the next requirement. You need to be able to run Python 2.x. This is because the hack relies heavily on rss2email, a free script to convert an RSS feed to emails..."
To be honest, the instructions are a little involved what with needing SMTP server access and a computer to run the Python script, but I think it has some cool potential. Who wouldn't want the latest www.wiihaveaproblem.com being delivered right to their Wii?
More Wii modchip action. I told you about the Wiinja chip a little while ago, and already there is another one out named the CycloWiz. According to MaxConsole.net...
"The chip is supposed to be shipped by the end of the week, so in fact this may be the first "real" Modchip to reach the market! It looks like a very pro and easy to install solution! We're not sure Wiinja has built-in audiofix, but this is definitely a must-have feature. Expect a review soon, including a video of the installation process!" -MaxConsole.net
MaxConsole apparently suffers from the disease where everything has to be followed with an exclamation point. Three out of four sentences seems high to me. Was it really that exciting for you?
The chip's designer has a website that is soon to be up at the address www.teamcyclops.com, which I'm sure will soon be filled with useful information. It's worth noting that neither one of the chips are currently capable of cracking the region lock. I'm sure we'll be hearing a lot more about this in the days ahead.
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