Adjustable Sensor Bar for Nintendo Wii

Diagram for Adjustable Sensor Bar Problem Statement Does anyone facing the trouble of wanting to move your Nintendo Wii sensor bar from projector screen to normal television and back to projector screen? The fact when we are playing Wii with projector screen, we are sitting further away hence we need a sensor bar that can cover larger area so that the Wiimote can detect the Infrared source more efficiently. But when we are using with the normal television, a long sensor bar may not be efficient. Technique In this post, I proposed to use 2 mirror to construct a sensor bar that can reflect the IR ray on each other. While the using the mirror, we can adjust the length between both IR ray spot. If we need shorter sensor bar, we just make both the mirrors closer (for television use). If we need a longer sensor bar, we just open both mirrors further away making both IR ray spot further apart for projection screen. Pro Adjustable, Save battery life (using a IR ray source), Wireless Cons IR ray might not be bright enough, Fragile mirror (continue reading &aquo;)