OK, THIS is cool. A Google engineer wrote an application that allows you to “surf” through Google Earth, literally, using a Nintendo Wii Balance Board and the Google Earth API.
The Wii Balance Board transmits the your movements to the Earth Surfer application using Bluetooth and allows you to maneuver a virtual milktruck by shifting your balance as if you were on a surfboard.
Check out the following video to see it in action…
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Also, not that the Google Adsense interface will be down tomorrow from 10am - 2pm PST / 1pm – 5pm EST.
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