Surfing Google Earth with a Wii Balance Board

Two guys at Germany's Research Center for Artificial Intelligence are using a Wii Balance Board to "surf" Google Earth. Brandon has the details and video at Boing Boing Offworld.
"Let my board and me become as one"

[#1 posted by Anonymous , February 17, 2009 4:31 PM]

Hah! Saarbrücken is only a few clicks away from where I grew up! I didn't know they had an AI center there.

With all of the Americans in that area, though, you'd think their English might be a little better. I'm so glad I don't live around those accents anymore.

"Protection? From what, ze Germans?"

[#2 posted by dkMommy , February 17, 2009 4:48 PM]

I find Google Earth to be fascinating/scary. When I can sit in my U.S. living room and look up someone's address in New Zealand and see their house?!? I feel like I shouldn't look...but I can't stop playing with it. Adding one of these would probably keep me on Google Earth all day. Finally, my feet planted firmly on earth, albeit a virtual one...

[#3 posted by Anonymous , February 17, 2009 6:03 PM]

Done by Google at MacWorld...

http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2009/01/flying-through-google-earth-at-macworld.html

[#4 posted by rasz , February 17, 2009 8:01 PM]

looks like it barely works/doesnt work at all, all you can see is a guy swinging in all directions and viewport just running forward
no idea what AI has to do with it