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Surf the Alps with Wii and Google earth

Posted By Paul Ryan On 19 February, 2009 @ 11:06 am In Anthill TV,Anty-Climax | No Comments

Some technically-minded Germans from the Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence ^[1] have managed to mashup a Wii balance board to Google Earth and enable you to “surf” the globe. The mind boggles at where this will all be in a decade or two.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKUDU9lE–E&eurl=http://www.offworld.com/2009/02/let-my-board-and-me-become-as.html[/youtube]

(via OffWorld/BoingBoing ^[2])

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[1] Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence: http://www.dfki.de/iui/advanti/lab/research.html

[2] OffWorld/BoingBoing: http://www.offworld.com/2009/02/let-my-board-and-me-become-as.html

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