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Dynamically Augmenting Wheel System, or DAWS, might sound like some sort of high-tech mumbo jumbo, and for the most part, it is pretty complex. The conceptually designed wheels are divided into eight separate parts which adjust to the car’s center of gravity without losing traction.

You know how motorcycle wheels sort of shift under the driver’s weight as they turn? It’s sort of like that. The segmented wheels allow your car to have the effect of rounded wheels, without the lack of support or balance. And the best part about the whole finished product? They look fucking awesome. The bad news… they don’t taste like pizza. (more…)

The Wii Fit was tough to find this holiday season and it seems that it hasn’t gotten any easier to come across. If you’ve got a Wii Balance Board collecting dust because you’d rather not use it to play video games, why not do as the CCCKC do. Jestin Stoffel and Vince Thompson used an Arduino microcontroller and two servos to operate a labyrinth game.

Not David Bowie’s Labyrinth, either. I’m speaking of the box with a maze on top with holes which you guide a steel marble through. Yeah, this Wii Balance Board controls it. A great alternative use of the device since, well, people got tired of Wii Fit.

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No one wants to stand during a raid. Yet, these German fellows who turned the Wii Balance Board into an interactive control mechanic for World Of Warcraft do want to stand as they play. They’ve done a similar project with Google Maps but this software mod sets the all time precedent of uselessness.

Relaying data to a laptop via Bluetooth, the pressure of your stance on the board is converted into directional instructions for the game. Much like other games for the Wii Fit, such as skiing, this control mechanism proves that much physical prowess is needed to play the game for a long duration. World Of Warcraft is one such game that requires prolonged exposure to the environment in order to achieve success. No lard ass geek looking to do a Gurtogg run wants to stand on his heels all day shifting his weight around like a hula dancer.
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We really have no idea what the inventor was thinking about, when we’re having image problems we already feel bad enough about ourselves and the last thing we need is a machine to rub it in! Tanita is going to start selling this weight measurer that not only tells you how overweight you are, but also your body fat content, muscle ratio and your baseline metabolic rate (in terms of calories per day). If you are still not convinced, you can remove the thumbdrive from the weight balance, plug it into your computer, synchronize with your program and you’ll have large colorful graphs on the screen reminding you just how much you’ve been eating (see the pics below). If that is still not enough, you can compare results with up to 4 family members! If this thing ever sells, expect some surge in domestic violence rates.

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