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Tiny Goggles Turn Nintendo's R.O.B. Accessory Into the Worst Smartphone-Controlled Personal Assistant gizmodo.com

posted by  AkihabaraBot | 4 years, 5 months ago

Thirty years later, some hackers at Croxel have found a clever way to revive that long-forgotten accessory.
Modern flat-screen TVs work differently, rendering accessories like R.O.B.
and the NES light gun unusable, but instead of turning to outdated TV technology we’re all happy is long gone, the folks at Croxel fitted their still functional R.O.B.
Photo : CroxelUsing a custom iOS app that talks to a low-energy Bluetooth chip inside the goggles, R.O.B.
can now be controlled without the need for an NES console at all.