Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Whiteboard placement

One position for the whiteboard that does not work well with the wiimote system is where there is a window either above or alongside. Unless you can block the sunlight, the wiimote will probably pick up too much stray infrared light. Of course, if you use SmoothBoard, you can easily check if there is stray infrared by using the calibration assistant.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

An interesting site


Check out this site which is put together by the Georgia Department of Education. It is full of interesting and useful links in several different curriculum areas. Definately worth a look!

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Permanent power insert


We note that a couple of other sellers are now offering mains power options for the wiimote. This is good as the only way to usefully set your wiimote up permanently is to mains power it.
However, it is worth noting that the 3pi insert is the only purpose designed and built option available. Using a rebranded rechargeable battery insert for this purpose is looking for trouble in the long term - they are simply not designed to be permanetly plugged in and the low quality batteries in them are a hazard.