Hack your usb missile launcher into an "Auto-aiming autoturret!"

How to make your usb missile launcher aim on it's own.
This instructable will teach you to turn your usb missile launcher in an autoturret which will find and aim at IR targets. (sorry only IR targets)

Step 1: What you need!

What do I need?

You need:

1 wiimote:
a bluetooth enabled pc
1 Usb missile launcher (duh!)
Ducttape
GlovePie (Programmable input emulator) You can download glovepie from: http://glovepie.org/poiuytrewq.php
A little bit of programming experience (not really necessary but, helps you understand the programming part better)

Comments

[lego mindstorms]

you mean to combine the three scripts right?

[Matrix-technician]

Where can i get a launcher like this besides ebay?

[Roshy10]

http://cpc.farnell.com/thumbs-up/usbmis/usb-missile-launcher/dp/LH00842?Ntt=usb+missile+launcher

[frostybob]

I have a Lego Mindstorms 2.0 kit. Just wondering that because it has a IR function on it could the turret track the mindstorms brick??

[dremeldude]

This would be cool if you put an ir led on a rc helicopter and try to outfly the launcher

[account3r2]

will this work with the think geek one?

[toelle]

This one? http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/warfare/8a0f/

Well the missile launcher itself should work the same way, but maybe the software is different and you might have to tweak the code a bit, but it should work fine.

[account3r2]

what one did you use?

[rirdrifta]

Hello I have an ideo you can get some face detection soft ware for the computer than put camera instead of a wii reomte than when the camera has detected a face than the missle launcher can fire. Any thoughts?

[sam1997]

you could always do the easy thing and get this
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/warfare/8bc4/

[toelle]

That thing is not autoaiming like this one (it could be tweaked the same way though). What you are linking to is the exact same missile launcher as the one in this instructable, except that it has a laser pointer.

[Chowmix12]

Wait, aren't laser pointer infrared? You could just point a laser at a target and have it track it and fire.... that would be awesome... 

[shakespeare1212]

No, laser pointers are not infrared. They are red, or some green. If you don't mind ruining your Wii Remote, you can take the IR filter off the front of the camera, and then a laser pointer can work, or so I've heard. I've never tried it myself.

[Chowmix12]

then, whats with the big red "infrared radiation" warning labels? has anyone given it a try?

[A.J.]

no offense but the warning on low power devices such as these are mostly bs. that is unless a fool is dumb enough to hold a magnifying glass up to it :-) which i am assuming most of us won't do (just some info, so no offense)

[Chowmix12]

makes sense because infrared is invisible to human eye... but has anyone ever tried it? who knows.. it just might be able to be detected by the wiimote..

[toelle]

Yea, low power lasers are pretty harmless. Your blink reflex will be triggered long before your eye takes any notable damage. However, those IR lasers in CD drives and such ARE pretty dangerous! Dont mess with them!

[toelle]

I don't think that would work. Without the IR-filter, all wavelenghts would be detected. It could maybe work if you were in a complete dark room, with a laserpointer.

[thezapper602]

This hack does not work in Israel nor on Israeli PC's. You can try, but GlovePie won't boot unless you hack it (witch is not easy, since it is not open source.)

[toelle]

Why not?

[VRAndy]

The author of the software has intentionally crippled it so that it will not function in Israel as a sort of political protest.  He has claimed that he will release a patch when Israel gives equal rights to the Palestinians or when they pull out of the west bank and the Gaza strip.

I'm not at all sure that I approve of this method of protesting, but I guess it's his right.

[ultimatesx9]

IR only?.......... theres a problem, unless you took a web cam out of the case and put it on the missile launcher, and then made it aim at a moving object. yeah, not likly. this project is actully ironic, i wnet to maplins today, and saw the exact same ML, and was tempted to get it, but didnt have my money with me

[kirgy9]

actualy, the wiimote has a built-in IR camera. The "sensor bar" is quick ironic as all it does is light up IR LEDs the IR LEDs are used to help locate movement. If you dont believe me, powerup a wii, go to collaboration, find any old tv remote and point it at the wiimote whilst pressing buttons. On the screen you will see the LED lighting up on the TV remote. Its an odd system I know, but it works nonetheless.

[ultimatesx9]

No, i mean a webcam, you know, not IR-Cam. I know that a sensor bar is IR emitting light diodes inside. I mean using a webcam to track a moving objects motion and fire at that.

[mr.incredible]

 The Wii remote is the IR web cam, NOT the IR emitter. You need a IR emitter for it to track. That is why you can make a White Board with the remote.

[kirgy9]

oh right, I thought the guy was geting at the idea of using it to target an IR LED, rather than actualy using a webcam? Cus it wouldnt be too difficult if he was doing that

[Chowmix12]

 can't you use lasers to point at the target? laser pointers have these infrared warning labels so the should work right?

[watermelonhead]

umm...you duck-taped the wiimote to the turret?

[toelle]

That's right! All hail duct-tape!

[watermelonhead]

JAAA
it just seems
um
crude?
but you're right. duct tape is awesome.

Yop.

[DELETED_Joe141]

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[toelle]

You could try to change the code in glovePIE so it moves the mouse over a button and presses the mouse button.

[d2j5]

what does the missel launcher do on its own? and where can i even buy one?[ i know it shoots missles]

[Colonel88]

why don't you stick a coin cell and an IR led on the back of a nerf dart? Then you just shoot someone and watch them get obliterated by multiple other nerf darts :D

[Gamernotnerd]

Or a low-power IR laser.

[conradev]

ADD THIS TO THE THINK GEEK HACKS CONTEST BCAUSE YOU CAN FIND THIS MISSILE LAUNCHER ON THINK GEEK.COM

[venomireland]

Caps lock?

[junits15]

wouldent it be cool if you took the ir laser out of a cd drive and put it into a pen hen all youd have to do would be to point it at the target person!

[luke]

that should work but playing with IR lasers in very dangerous, they will fry your retina over easy without you seeing anything at all.

[Inmate1440]

or ever again for that matter

[Capt. Fat]

Wheredid u buy the usb launcher to?

[gamefreak171]

what would be REALLY nice was if you could hook up a universal remote to it, program it to a specific set of button presses, so it would be like a macro gun. (assuming that if you were smart enough to do this, you could figure out how to make a portable circuit board and make a casing and trigger. (I know this is kind of far-fetched, and off-topic, but i felt the need to speak my idea.)

[Fasteners]

This is Uber-Cool, straight gangster

[toelle]

Thanks =D

[luke]

if you want to buy a wii mote i would sejust buying one from here as there only $29.99 including shipping

and the bluetooth adapters are $3.99 including shipping here

[markterry95]

I had an Idea - If you want to make loads of IR targets cheaply and without using LEDs you could just light a few candles* and spread them round the room! - Candles (or any types of fire) Produce something like 96% heat energy (infra-red Radiation**), and 4% Light energy (Visible Light

• Try to be careful where you put the candles! (if you can understand this instructable, you are easily smart enough not to burn down your own house :)
  

**SCIENCE FACT! (lol) Infra-red radiation is RADIATION - IR is radiant heat and is not part of the visible wavelength - IR leds don't feel warm, because they are very low power, but they are efficient because they only produce IR (heat) and not light

[Derin]

random fact time!
concrete will be very hard and strong when made with a 1=1 ratio of cement and sand

[Noodle93]

That sounds like a splendid idea! So the missles catch alight right? Right? :P

[red-king]

they wouldn't hit the flame right on... lmao

[MasterMediaXD]

put some explosives where the rocket pon fire will land great fun all round!!!!

[SuperiorChaos]

I just like the idea of putting candle round your room and having a usb missile launcher shooting foam rockets at them.........

[Arx]

there's different frequencies of IR. the IR from a LED is not the same as radiant heat. The led's light is barely outside the visible spectrum, radiant heat is a much longer wavelength. A candle does produce a lot of heat energy, but you would probably find that the portion in the correct frequency band would be not much brighter than that LED.

[sona]

Isn't science fact a contradiction in terms? anyway if you wanted to protect your stuff, you could put capsaicin on the darts. ouch.

[robots199]

great ible but the finished product looks bulky. A tip is to remove the Wiimotes case to expose the internals

[scott8692]

you can get it here http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/warfare/8a0f/ its not the not the same but it should still work

[mdgnys]

Where do i get usb missle launcher in the first place

[jeymeowmix]

hmm... not bad

[peanutthegreat]

put it on top of your tv and have it shoot at the remote!

[raykholo]

never got the hang of this instructable Head tracking with a webcam but can this be done with a webcam and track people's heads?
(yes i know that glovepie only works with the wiimote) and (this probably cant be done) but its still something id like to see happen

[ravebot]

hmmm missed this one it would be good with this one http://www.instructables.com/id/Das_Uber_Airsoft_Gun_Turret/

[nerd12]

whats a usb missile launcher??

[locofocos]

Nah, it's kinda like the RPG in half life 2. You get a little IR laser and point it where you want it to shoot.

[locofocos]

I just read somewhere (I think it was a recent edition of popular science) about this robot that could move around your home and pick stuff up for you. It's intended for the elderly, so you aim a laser pointer at whatever you want the robot to pick up. It will then put its hand around it or whatever, and if it's what you want it to pick up then you point the laser at it again and it will bring it to you.

[vakama380]

I just read that same article today (it was in Popular Science). It's pretty cool.

[vinnygx3pimp]

lol a little ir laser costs upwards of $600 usd. lol not that cheap

[vakama380]

You can get high output IR LEDS from RAdio Shack for 2 bucks.

[Arx]

or you could pull the laser diode out of a cd-r drive.

[realcelestialphoenix]

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[vinnygx3pimp]

laser pointers r not infrared

[Arx]

no, but I think he's talking about transplaning a cheap IR diode from a CD-R into a laser pointer chassis (for columnation, etc)

[vinnygx3pimp]

i understand what hes saying but like i said before the calumniating lens may be powerful the laser itself is not.

[Arx]

how much power do you think you need? Several dozen mW isn't unheard of in a high speed burner.

[realcelestialphoenix]

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[Arx]

Yeah, but it is a safety problem. I was being a little facetious in response to saying that the laser isn't powerful. They're hot enough that people melt plastic with them, and you can't see the beam. Not something I'd like to play with without some really good protective eyewear rated for IR lasers.

[realcelestialphoenix]

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[Arx]

Hmm.. I don't know about that. They're mainly designed to block UV, and maybe far IR? A dark pair might work alright, but then you wouldn't be able to see what you're doing. I

[vinnygx3pimp]

you could but that is an unfocused laser and even if you focus it its not powerful enough to point at anything farther than 3 inches.

[Arx]

you could just use the columnating lens from a laser pointer. I think they're pretty powerful. Don't have specs, but I've seen people cutting electrical tape, and popping black balloons with them.

[vinnygx3pimp]

they are but the laser itself is not powerful enough

[Arx]

Here's a guy burning some plastic with one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnFFyuH31ow

seems pretty powerful to me. I think you could get a point easily bright enough to track, but safety is definitely a problem.

[marinevet1010]

Just a thought but maybe you should take this down as people may use this for criminal reasons (aka strapping it to a real gun, etc)

[ExtraMedium]

firstly I can't see many reasons why someone would choose to trust their attempts of murder to a wiimote its just silly. However not as silly as adamvan2000's claims that paper is fun.

[gamefreak171]

seriously, who ever heard of a "usb gun" anyway?

[Fatvod]

That is one of the dumbest requests ive ever heard.

[adamvan2000]

Wow.... That's just like saying one shouldn't use paper because it might be used to write plans for an atom bomb, or something. It's a fun, harmless toy. If someone has the know-how(and desire) to link this to some sort of weaponry, then chances are this instructable being here or not being here would not be a factor. They'd still find a way to do it regardless. Just like a knife, it can be used for cutting steaks or cutting off body parts. It's the intent of the user. That said, excellent 'ible. I really love the (unique)marriage of two commercial tech products. All you need is a sighting laser to make it extra freaky. I can imagine someone seeing the laser tracking an IR emitting source and freaking. ~adamvan2000

[shaneomacmcgee]

seriously if someone is demented enough to do that they're gonna do it if there's an Instructable or not. it'd be fun to put some IR lights on a toy car... drive it around, try not to get hit good Instructable

[cormac3050]

cool

[chriswillb]

I don't think they could do that really. This is a USB controlled device and most people who have a gun could do this anyways.

[Spreegem]

It can only aim at things that emit infrared light, so unless a criminal goes around taping infrared LEDs to people they cant use it for any illegal purpose. They would also have to carry around a laptop doing all the controlling, and create some sort of device to hold a real gun that can communicate back and forth between the computer. The possibility of a criminal doing all that is very low.

[jhvh.one]

IR led throwies!

[account3r2]

i had the same kind of idea. just make a bunch and give them to people or throw them at them. they will likely not know what it is, they will probably look at it for long enough for the missile launcher to find them! mwahaha

[Epimetheus]

Hahahahahaha nice

[marinevet1010]

No I'm thinking of a criminal at their house waiting for the police to show up.

[Spreegem]

Still, the police would need IR LEDs on them, the wiimote can only see relatively intense IR. Also, the IR LEDs have to be pointed within a certain angle dependent upon the LEDs for the wiimote to see the IR. You wouldn't be able to just put a single IR LED on someone and expect for it to work, LEDs dont emit the same intensity light 360 degrees in a sphere, they have certain angles where the light is more or less intense at. That's why trying to play your wii from the side doesn't work well, the wiimote can't see well without pretty much a straight on view.

[collard41]

oh, a thought popped into my head.. oh yeh, what about termal imaging cameras they work on infrared light emmited from the body.

[marinevet1010]

Yeah that's what I was thinking.

[linkmaster03]

Nobody emits infrared lol. Thermal cameras display thermal energy that is emitted from heat, ie: the heat your body gives off.

[collard41]

thermal energy is emitted in the Infrared wavelengh, think of it as very very red light that you cant see.

[Arx]

That's FAR infrared though, it's at a much longer wavelength than the NEAR infrared that standard sensors pick up.

[totally_screwed]

Unless I'm being dumb, the target doesn't need to emit IR, it could reflect IR. Just like laser guided bombs or missiles work. The LGB or LGM steers toward the basket which is the cone of reflected laser light which is aimed at the target by the aircraft or special forces target designator. Of course with laser designation, the laser has to be encoded (presumably not too different from IR used in a TV remote control), so that the bomb or missile doesn't or shouldn't look for the sun or a reflection of it, or any other strong IR sources. My old TV used to be confused by the IR emanating from a compact fluorescent light bulb, the new TV doesn't (old TV didn't use encoded commands and was designed before CFLs, new one does and is unaffected by CFLs). So an IR laser or collimated IR beam would do the trick. But the comms link could defeat many criminals.

It's amazing what you can learn from TV!

If a criminal is smart enough to crack the computer / gun comms link, then they wouldn't bother with this! They'd be into bot nets and DDOS attacks and big time extortion to get rich. No-one with any sense is going to use this to control a firearm to commit a crime. Firearms are too heavy and recoil. It would need to be thoroughly re-engineered. It's far simpler to pay someone to do the dirty deed.

All that hoopla aside - great Instructable!

[yobwoc]

Great. now some criminal's gonna set that up on the side of a highway and kill anyone in a silver car...

[TheLucster]

If you want to be really old school with tv remotes you need to forget about IR completely! We have a TV that uses ultrasonics in the remote to communicate with the TV.

[vinnygx3pimp]

zenith right? no batteries. just the sound made from the metal inside the remote being hit. Still would've been great today no betteries needed.

[TheLucster]

Nope afraid not! It was some old B&O tv, the batteries it uses are near enough impossible to find now.

[account3r2]

what kind of battery?

[vinnygx3pimp]

oh well zenith made one that just used the high pitched click of the metal. it was featured on hacknmod.com contest guess the thing.

[ExtraMedium]

any idea why this became obsolete? (other than the likelyness that it could change the channel if you drop the remote and it would interfere withe other peoples tvs)

[vinnygx3pimp]

just the fact that newer technologies produce ultrasonic sounds that would interfere with the television. Like do you hear the high pitched whines and sounds when you turn your tv on. would interfere. lol it would be a cool experiment to do.

[TheLucster]

Yeah it does sound cool, but I guess it was impractical to make (PCBs can be made for next to nothing, where as this sounds quite complicated to make), plus I guess it will wear out eventually.

[pieplay]

IR- laser for target lock-on??? Would it work?

[toelle]

IR laser? not sure a laser would work for targetting, as im not sure if the reflection would be bright enough for the wiimote to catch. But you could try. IR leds will definetly work though.

[Arx]

gotta be careful not to burn your retinas with ir lasers too. ;) You can't see them, so they're really quite dangerous

[pieplay]

An Ir laser is rare to find but most red laser pointers go also into that ir spectrum as wel as they emit red light. they still don't give more that 1mW. Human eye isn't that sensitive to red light as it is to blue, and UV. just think about sunglasses.........

[Arx]

IR lasers aren't that rare. Pretty much any old cdrom drive has a weak one. I believe cd (not dvd) writers generally have IR lasers as well (and reasonably strong ones), though I'm not certain of this. Human eyes aren't that sensitive to blue light either, The peak senstivity is in the green/cyan range, and it tapers off on either side of that. UV is just even farther out past blue, and your eyes are less sensitive to that as well. The thing you need to remember though is that this doesn't make them safe. An IR led of a couple dozen milliwatts can very quickly cause some major eye damage, and even lower wattage ones aren't safe. Due to the fact that your eyes aren't very sensitive to it, you may either not see it at all, or see it as a dull red glow. Meanwhile, it's burning your retina.

[kostmo]

For all interested, I've developed a controller for this launcher (Striker II) for Linux (Ubuntu). You can get an installer or the source at http://pyrocket.googlecode.com

Karl

[cormac3050]

a video please.

[evilgenius 398]

it be even better if it shot rocket engines. >:D

[TheLucster]

This would be cool if someone could hack the launcher so that it connects to the ext port on the Wiimote, then you would have a wireless autotargetter! Does anyone have a link for any docs on the launcher?

[toelle]

That's a great idea!

[thebboy]

cool, but this won't really serve any purpose other than to impress people. if you want to use it with an airsoft gun or something, then it will protect your stuff.

[comander01]

Or you could stick a needle in it and put a tiny amout of arsenic. Not enough to kill, but enough that they may have to miss a day of work.

[thebboy]

ya. good idea.

[brian26]

I inferred from the fact that you are running glovepie, bluesoleil, and the usb launcher program how it all launches. But I do not see where you actually aim the device... is it here :

if wiimote.dot1y<462 then keyboard.Down=true else keyboard.Down=false
if wiimote.dot1y>562 then keyboard.Up=true else keyboard.Up=false

if wiimote.dot1x<462 then keyboard.Left=true else keyboard.Left=false
if wiimote.dot1x>562 then keyboard.Right=true else keyboard.Right=false

Does it make steps or does it keep running this in a loop until the target is launched? How fast does it launch?

A nice feature would be to know when you need to reload and stop aiming at that point. A simple counter would do.

[chriswillb]

This is a cool instructable. Is there any possible chance that you could send me a video link of this? e.g "Metacafe" or "Youtube"

[electronic boy]

this is fun as i strapped a set or ir leds to my brothers back and placed it at the back of him hidden in a box ,he walked in and as soon as he turned on the computer it auto connected and ran the program bang bang bang!!

[comander01]

Hmmm... Someone should try making tranquilizer darts for this.

[raver1975]

Use the program Roborealm and a web camera instead of the Wiimote, and you can target colors, shapes, or movements.

[Chard]

awesome! go to the LED throwies ible and replace a normal LED with an IR led and you have a sticky targeting device! wrap in velcro and aim at the dude with an afro and he will be targeted automatically

[toelle]

I thought about making an Instructable about how to make an IR target. But apparently it's not needed :D

[Chard]

one step ahead :P

[bikerbob2005]

just thinking i dont want to be an IR target yikes cool build hope to see video soon

[puffyfluff]

Neat idea!

[Plazman]

This is a neat sounding article, but all I see is a Wiimote duct taped to a missile launcher. Without a movie, that's all it really is. How 'bout seeing this thing in action?

[rbolio]

Great Tut! makes me wish i had a wii and a usb turret haha xD cheers!

[toelle]

UPDATE! Now the firing code is there too. It'll not just aim now, it'll fire too!

[James (pseudo-geek)]

this is brilliant. Now hook it up to an airsoft machine gun.... no more snooping sisters!

[sharkstun97]

sisters emit infared light

[whitish]

just tape an infrared LED to them while they sleep

[sharkstun97]

it was supposed to be a statment not a question

[Plazman]

You were stating that sisters emit infrared light? Because I don't think that's true.

Without punctuation, it's hard to be certain, but your comment reads more like a sarcastic question than a statement.

Like this: "Sisters emit infrared light?" (sarcasm)

See? That's a question, not a statement.

[collard41]

yeh, thats why they have red eyes in photos, devil eyes

[James (pseudo-geek)]

yes, so true.

[builder968]

lol

[sona]

Methinks this comment stopped being contructive after sharkstuns post. :P

[generalmayhem]

What's a sister?

[builder968]

um... is your brain working right?

[itsmanofpopsicle]

His brain is working...

ON MARS :P!!!!

[builder968]

LOL

[The Nate Dawg]

Explain to me how sisters emit infrared light.

[collard41]

good idea

[John_234]

thinkgeek.com has all the types

[bounty1012]

Where do you get a usb rocket launcher turret?

[whitish]

this isn't the exact on but its close

[littlewit]

that is really cool! can u post a video of it working cause i would love to see it in ACTION!!

[chi chi chippy]

cool cool I have a question were did u get the gun and wat was the price

[toelle]

You can get it from thinkgeek.com

[collard41]

i dont want to have to buy a usb missile launcher to make this, but if someone could donate one to me i will make an airsoft gun with ir targeting, then you could just shine an infrared laser and it would follow it (where you are pointing, because the ir light would reflect off the surface back to the wiimote). then you could hide behind your office desk and shine the invisible (yes ir light is invisible to the human eye) and therefore they wouldnt know that they are being targeted, then using an electronic airsoft gun you could build an electronic relay that would fire the gun. and then on top of that you could mount it to a remote control car and then fing a way to make the usb missile launcher bluetooth (or mobile in some way). then you have your own gun wielding robot (just dont give it A.I.).

[Gjdj3]

Very nice! You should post a video of this in action.

[toelle]

Im going to.

[benjgvps]

This is very neat! If only my missile launcher wasn't broken (One of the rockets won't go in).

[JellyWoo]

where do you get the missile launcher?

[trayo]

Thinkgeek.com has them.

[toelle]

Depends on where you live. I bought mine from gadgets.dk but you can get it other places too.

[Plasmana]

That is cool!

[Undead]

Would it be possible to configure it so that you could use a Wiimote in another set location and calibrate it accordingly?

[toelle]

That would be completely possible. Dont know what you would use it for though.

[Undead]

I just thought it might be cooler if you have the remote mounted seperately somewhere else, kinda set up like a security camera

[toelle]

That is possible (somehow) but it's much more difficult because the missile launcher doesn't "know" where it is and what direction it's pointing. For that kinda setup the missile launcher would need to "know" what direction it is pointing and what direction it should point in order to hit it's target.But i'll try to figure it out.

[Undead]

ok then I see, I don't know too much about this stuff so I don't know the limitations another idea I had though was using 2 wiimotes maybe on seperate axes to determine the target's location in 3d space, do you think that would be possible?

[toelle]

Everything is possible! :P .... To check the distance from the launcher to the target? that would be possible by placing 2 wiimotes next to each other on the launcher.

[Undead]

interesting, thanks for all the help

[timmy1234s]

i want to do this, but if i want to use this for a while and use the wii remote for the wii later, how do i reverse the code? I dont want to screw up the wii remote.

[toelle]

You dont have to reverse the code. you just disconnect the wiimote from your pc, and then you should be able to use it for the wii again. If it doesn't connect to the wii you have to press the red "sync" button on the back of the wiimote. Open the lid on the back of the wiimote (where the batterys are) and there should be a red sync button.

[collard41]

Blue soleil does not work with my bluetooth module in my laptop, can u think of anything that might work. it also didnt add a shortcut to the desktop and to the start menu when i installed it, maybe that might be why. any help?

[toelle]

Sorry I dont know what is wrong. Try reinstalling bluesoleil.

[collard41]

ok, thanx

[collard41]

if a nightime burglar came in with infrared night vision goggles you could attatch a more deadly payload and you have a personal security system!

[toelle]

lol yea good idea. The wiimote sure can be used for A LOT of stuff.

[collard41]

do you think you could add a video to this instructable. and also, how does the missile software know that Glovepie is communicating with it? is it because you are using it as a mouse and the missile software detects where the mouse is pointing? good I'ble

[toelle]

No. The GlovePIE software doesnt directly communicate with the missile launcher software. The script I made checks if the target is too much to the left or right, (or up or down) it then simulates a press on the keyboard. For example if the target is to the left, the glovepie program simulates that you press the left button on your keyboard. And because the missile launcher software can be controlled by pressing buttons on your keyboard, this makes the missile launcher aim. and thanks for the comment.

[cyrozap]

You also need a bluetooth adapter so that you can actually connect your wiimote to the PC. I use a Targus USB dongle. It has been working quite well for me. I also have experience with these kinds of things.

[toelle]

Sorry, I thought I said so in the Instructable, but apparently I didn't. I'm gonna edit it :)

[budsiskos]

you could also use this to control the missile launcher with the wiimote. ive done many things like this before and they always turn out great. glovepie is awesome