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Day: November 1, 2006

Online Skill Crane

November 1, 2006 by Will O'Brien 11 Comments


[Ethan] sent in the online skill crane. It made it to shmoocon, but now it’s online for anyone to play. The machine is interfaced to the parallel port and controlled with a C program. It lacks a bit on the tech details, but you know you want one. Playing nets you a video of the results linked via email.

Posted in computer hacks, Misc Hacks

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