Cubicle-dwellers rewarded for reflexes
posted Jan 13th 2010 7:15am by Mike Szczysfiled under: toy hacks
[StudioJooj] is trying to torture or test his colleagues in his office. A lot of folks leave a candy jar on their desks for all to enjoy but he’s making his friends work for their reward. Like cubicle-dwelling lab subjects, they must successfully navigate his maze to be rewarded with chocolate. The game piece is an amazingly orb-like peanut M&M candy. The maze is constructed from plywood and moves on two axis with the help of a couple of servos. The user interface includes a couple of NES console buttons to release the game piece and a PS2 joystick to control the maze. [StudioJooj] was nice enough to include a music video in his project clip.
We wonder the M&Ms will disappear faster or slower than they would from a candy jar.
[via SparkFun]
Awesome!
One problem: the candy falling down the fail ramp is still given to the user at the front of the maze. I would much rather see a clumsy coworker try again and again…