Technabob » insteon http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:00:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Wii Hacked to Control Entire House http://technabob.com/blog/2006/12/24/wii-hacked-to-control-entire-house/ http://technabob.com/blog/2006/12/24/wii-hacked-to-control-entire-house/#comments Sun, 24 Dec 2006 14:58:47 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2006/12/24/wii-hacked-to-control-entire-house/ Wii hacker, LiquidIce has set up an integration between his Wii console and his home automation systems.

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The system lets him control his lights, thermostat, security and home entertainment systems, all from his Nintendo Wii.

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The system is actually a web-based interface written in PHP and Flash running on a MySQL database. The software controls IR emitters, Insteon lighting controllers and an Aurora WACI NX+, an IP-based controller for real-world devices. That all said, I suppose that he could also control the system from any web browser, so it’s not necessarily Wii- specific. As a matter of fact, he originally wrote the interface for the Sony PSP.

While it’s not necessarily as practical as a portable universal home automation controller, it’s still a great hack.

[via Joystiq]

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