YAPC|10

Driving a USB Rocket Launcher from Perl in User Space

By Mike Schilli
Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 11:15 AM
Duration: 20 minutes
Target audience: Any
Tags: libusb

You can find more information on the speaker's site:

• Abstract: http://perlmeister.com/talks
• Talk: http://perlmeister.com/talks

Gadgets like USB rocket launchers often come with Windows-only CDs, but can be controlled on Linux with libusb and Perl.

Learn how to write a Perl script on a Ubuntu Laptop, that turns and tilts a USB cannon, which finally fires styrofoam rockets into the audience. Live demo!

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