Build a Wiimote from utensils and pins

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Build a Wiimote from utensils and pins
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These homebrew Wiimotes consist of an infrared LED from RadioShack, a 1.5v button battery, clothes pins, electrical tape, optional chopsticks for support, and a few more choice ingredients. Check out the below link for the full recipe.

WiiMedia in $5 and 15 minutes, [via]

4 thoughts on “Build a Wiimote from utensils and pins

  1. Tommy says:

    The article is about making the LED emitters that the Wiimotes read, not the Wimotes themselves.

  2. Jay says:

    Yeah, it may seem obvious, but it isn’t to some people.

    I also hate the word “wiimote”. Wii remote.

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