Bauhinia coronata and nitida: Wii Remote technologies for a sustainable world

Resumo

coronata and nitida are open-source software projects that enable using a Wii Remote on a computer for tasks like remote controlling a slides presentation. The Wii Remote, also known as Wiimote, is the main input device for the Nintendo Wii videogame console. It can be connected to a computer via Bluetooth and controlled by software. coronata is a Java library that makes the development of Wiimote applications easy. nitida is an application built on top of coronata that transforms Wiimote into a remote presenter, game controller or similar; this is accomplished by generating keyboard events. Similar applications and libraries exist; however, nitida and coronata are much simpler to use and are cross-platform, with easy deployment both on Windows and Linux environments. The technologies presented in this paper enable people to harness electronic devices that they already have to perform daily tasks in a user-friendly and environment-friendly way.