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Minutes after I sliced my finger on the Wii box, I decided to download an Open Source program for Mac OS X. The DarwiinRemote is an application for Mac OS X v10.4 which allows Wii Remote to fully control applications on a personal computer. Essentially, you connect your WiiMote via Bluetooth to any Mac running OS X. The software includes a desktop application and a developers’ framework, allowing for additional functionality. To use the software, the computer must have Bluetooth enabled.

DarwiinRemote employs most of the features of the Wii Remote. All three accelerometers feed information to the computer. All of the buttons on the Wii Remote, including the Nunchuk attachment, can be used, but the control stick is not supported. The rumble features and LEDs are fully programmable. In addition, DarwiinRemote can accept the infrared signals from the Wii Sensor Bar. However, to use this feature, the bar must be plugged into a powered socket on Wii.

If you know of other cool free things for the Wii, please let me know! You can leave me a follow-up comment to this video, or shoot an email to me at chris@pirillo.com.

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