Wii Remote measures 0-60mph acceleration times and G-forces

Filed under: Autos, Gaming, Nintendo Wii | By: Peter Chubb
Posted on: July 31, 2007 | No Comments

Wii Remote measures 0-60mph acceleration times and G-forces
Millions of people from around the world are happy people when playing on their Nintendo Wii, they are just wiggling their Wii remotes around knowing that when it moves they are able to make headshots or hit a tennis ball.

Now it seems as if one clever individual who also has a passion for autos, has decided to measure 0-60 times and calculate G-forces just by using the Wiimote. Klee from VW Vortex, a site for Volkswagen enthusiasts did the math and combined the Bluetooth accessibility that is used in Wii hacks, with the use of software, drivers and also some scripting and the end result, a clever system that uses Microsoft Excel to process all the data.

See the results of the test

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