Wiinyt

Det tog mig ikke mere end 5 minutter, at finde ud af der var en knap som åbnede et slags låsesystem bag på controlleren. Men jeg har brugt adskillige timer på at finde ud af, hvad søren den skulle bruges til. Jeg fandt så frem til at Nintendo vil udgive en genstand man kan sætte fast på den så man kan låse sin Wii mote fast til sin Classic Controller så man ikke sidder og balancerer med den på sine ben eller på et bord.

Jeg var åbenbart ikke alene om denne tanke, Chris Williams har nemlig lavet sin egen genstand, som han nu bruger. Det tog ikke mere end 3 timer for ham og hans hi-tech udstyr. Se billeder på joystiq.com

Her er hans egen kommentar:

“I thought you guys might be interested in a little weekend project of mine. I fabricated a clip that attaches the Wiimote to the Classic Controller, using the ‘mysterious’ 3rd shoulder button.

“I’ve always hypothesized that the ‘mystery’ button (un)connects an as-of-yet unreleased clip that would allow you to attach your Wiimote to the Classic Controller. The idea being that such a thing would be good for (a) getting the Wiimote out of the way and (b) for any games that may want to have a mix between dual-analog controls and motion-sensitive controls.

“I’m working on my PhD in mechanical engineering, and as such I spent some time in my research lab over the weekend working on graduating. I figured that while I was there, I’d spend some time trying to bring this hypothesis to fruition. So, using the lab’s Stereolithography machine (a type of rapid prototyping machine), I made a clip. It took about an hour to draw in CAD, and it took the machine about 2 hours to make it.

“You feed it a CAD model, the computer slices it into cross-sections, and then the part is built one cross-section at a time. SLA does this by tracing a UV laser over a vat of photo-polymer resin — a viscous material that solidifies once it is exposed to concentrated UV light. One layer is made via a series of laser scans, the part is lowered deeper into the vat, a new layer of resin is spread over it, and the process repeats itself. “

Kilde: Joystiq.