Splish Splash

Well, if you can believe it, it gets even better!

Thanks to the nifty Python control software written by Scott Weston, the awesome Motion Project, and a few handy sound effects (cunningly borrowed from Robocop) we now have the ultimate in automated PC protection.

Who needs to bother locking their screens these days when you can have an automated missile launcher on your desk to do the work for you?!

The way it all works is nice and simple. The Python missile controller sits happily in server mode. We hack up the motion config script to call methods in the missile software when it detects motion. The software performs a few diffs on incoming images and deduces the direction it needs to move the launcher in. Combine this with a small response script which plays Robocop sound files at varying levels of threat, and you have a mighty machine.

See footage of a narrow escape here.