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DIY Apple TV Balance Board

Denise Nepraunig on February 22, 2018

Several years ago I broke my leg (horseback riding) and I used a balance board to train my muscles. The training with the balance board was ver...
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Adam Tenhouse • Edited

Oh, neat! As much as people poke fun at Nintendo's Ludo and similar "life hacks" to extend motion control, there's no shame in it. Nothing like using duct tape to make a tiny module a huge asset!

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Ben Halpern

Wow this is so cool. @jess I think you'd be into this.

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Jess Lee

Whoa! I love this, thanks for sharing!

I think we might have the same balance board, too! Though, they probably all look the same..

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Andy Zhao (he/him) • Edited

This is super cool!! I have the old Apple TV remote that I picked up in a free bin from the street once, and I have no idea what to do with it. I don't think it has an accelerometer or gyroscope, but this post is definitely giving me ideas...

Also @chardane you might like this post :)

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Charlyn Gonda

Wow! That is super cool, thanks for sharing. I didn't even know that the Siri Remote has an accelerometer and gyroscope :D Would be kinda cool to create wii-esque remote accessories that look like tennis rackets or a steering wheel πŸ€”

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Peter Kim Frank

This is absolutely awesome. I love that you took some reasonable steps to simplify the project where it made sense (such as just using your lunchbox + some tape + the Apple TV remote).

Great to see the full info in the Github repo, I was definitely curious about how you got the sensor values from the remote.

Thank you for sharing!

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Boris Gordon

Wonderful.
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