PSP As Home Remote Control 31
LiquidIce writes "Control your house with a PSP, using the wipeout browser hack. Currently, you can control a TV, DVD, and Lighting using the WiFi on the PSP. There are so many more possibilities for using a PSP as the controller to a home automation system."
Not working (Score:1, Redundant)
Re:Not working (Score:1)
Link dosn't work (Score:2)
So i have no idea how this works , ? does it require a pc to go through as with the PSP IRC , and if so could i not use the same web interface with other devices
Perhaps i am wrong but does the PSP not use bluetooth as opposed to wifi
Re:Link dosn't work (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Link dosn't work (Score:2)
Right now though the homebrew scene is rather static
Hey Infact , i just created a page on my computer so i can control all the major functions of my debian box , using webmin
Re:Link dosn't work (Score:2)
I love hacking devices , but the real cool hacking here is the web interface and control mechanism the guy made , the fact he uses a psp to click the buttons is not really important .
Maybe hoax? (Score:1)
hoax [gizmodo.com]
Re:Maybe hoax? (Score:2)
Correct link (Score:5, Informative)
http://psphacks.blogspot.com/2005/04/psp-home-con
Nothing more than viewing a web page (Score:5, Informative)
All it involves is using the existing "hack" for the browser embedded in Wipeout Pure to load a normal website that just happens to control various devices around the home.
It doesn't use the PSP's IR port or anything like that and as it uses the Wipeout browser it is an absolutely pain to load as Wipeout has a rediculous number of button presses and a large load time to get into the game.
Nifty yes but not exactly a PSP hack at all, it's just like the "IRC client" for the PSP that was just a web page.
Re:Nothing more than viewing a web page (Score:2)
Re:Nothing more than viewing a web page (Score:2)
TV remote control? Make it convertable into a keyboard. A computer wireless mouse? Make it a garage door opener as well. SUV? I want to be able to remove the roof and lower the sides to turn it into a flat-bed tru
Re:Nothing more than viewing a web page (Score:2)
If they came with a projector that would just be it... there wouldn't be any innovation ever again.
Re:Nothing more than viewing a web page (Score:2)
Re:Nothing more than viewing a web page (Score:1)
Because I find it interesting. Just pretend the PSP is an Apple product, or something - except if Apple did it it would come in a tacky pale-blue box and cost twice as much, and not be connectable to a (Windows) PC.
Fun hacks but... (Score:3, Insightful)
People sure are hacking this thing for all it's worth.
Re:Fun hacks but... (Score:3, Interesting)
Look, I think the PSP is overhyped. I think some of the uses for it (like playing movies) sound cooler than in practice they really are.
Despite my feelings on the PSP, however, I think you are missing the point. The point was to do something kind of fun and learn a few things in the process, not to make the remote obsolete.
I think it's pretty sad that Slashdot has attracted such a main-stream audience that collectively it has lost the ability to appreciate the true
Re:Fun hacks but... (Score:3, Insightful)
Wow. (Score:4, Insightful)
Yeah, great. The PSP has a web browser. What's the next PSP hack that slashdot will report on? Google have hacked the PSP so you can check you mail on GMail?
Does this actually matter - it's main rival the DS can already have arbitrary code run on it and great leaps and bounds are being made into deciphering WiNi/NiFi every week. There is already a gcc and set of libraries for it and we can actually make games and have several active emulators.
And the PSP has a web browser? Great... my phone five years ago had one of those.
Re:Wow. (Score:1)
Oh of course don't forget watching Spiderman every night before you sleep gets pretty tiring.
GO SPIDEY!
Re:Wow. (Score:1)
PSP not important (Score:1, Informative)
The real hardware hack is the WACI NX. which is allowing him to control all of these devices from a standard web page. According to http://www.waciworld.com this WACI NX box can be programmed using:
Macromedia Flash, Javascript / DHTML, C#, ASP 3.0, HTML, or Visual Basic / VB.NET
This is very intresting, I want one!!
More Complicated than it needs to be. (Score:1)
Page updated (Score:1)