wraggster
April 16th, 2012, 21:53
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/04/mario.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/16/mario-kart-on-an-exercise-bike/)Canadian modder Brent Smith has managed to connect an aging exercise bike to Nintendo's perennial racer (http://www.engadget.com/tag/MarioKart/). Naturally, there's some Arduino (http://www.engadget.com/tag/arduino) involvement, but the whole setup plugs directly into an originalSNES (http://www.engadget.com/tag/snes) console -- no emulation necessary. Power-ups are accessed with a button in the center of the exercise bike's handles, each of which has a directional button for steering, while the pedals function as the acceleration button, accurate to one sixth of a rotation. According to Smith, "it's a lot harder than it looks" -- and we believe him. Watch his test-drive kart plow off-track in the video demo after the break.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/16/mario-kart-on-an-exercise-bike/
http://www.engadget.com/2012/04/16/mario-kart-on-an-exercise-bike/