Wiimote finds educational application
Professors at the Instituto Nazionale di Ottica Applicata in Italy have used a Wiimote to illustrate principles of mechanics to students.
By transmitting information from the accelerometer to a portable computer, they were able to record data about the forces acting on the unit as it entered free fall. They were also able to measure the acceleration of a swinging pendulum by swinging it on a piece of string.
More educational experiments have been planned for the Wiimote, which has superseded the humble mouse in similar experiments.
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