Interactive Punching Bag is Like a Simon That You Hit

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March 7th, 2011 6

Which is something I’ve been wanting for years, and not because I harbor any kind of weird anti-Simon resentment. I just think it would make bag workouts way more interesting. The project has an Arduino for brains, and has been pretty well documented by its creator Lior Elazary. Next: Spice it up a bit, add more striking zones, different color LEDs, maybe some screaming, groaning, grunting, and/or Steven-Seagal-style bone-breaking sound FX. Nice work, Lior! [via Hacked Gadgets]

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6 thoughts on “Interactive Punching Bag is Like a Simon That You Hit”

Anonymous says:

March 7th, 2011 at 5:06 pm

Kinda reminds me of the bow practice area from Paycheck. :-)
Alex says:

March 8th, 2011 at 8:21 am

An artist in Rotterdam, Stefan Gross, has made one a few years ago with a lot of punch zones, lights, and as far as I know, it was also arduino controlled.

http://www.stefangross.nl/love_hate_punch.html
Darrel E. Edson says:

March 8th, 2011 at 9:08 pm

bummer, I was hoping it was a Simon Cowell that you hit.

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Interactive Punching Bag is Like a Simon That You Hit

By Sean Michael Ragan