Smartphones Race Robotic Balls Through Golf Maze

Find this and other technology news stories at http://vid.io/xqV. A golf game controlled by Bluetooth-enabled smartphones is luring conference attendees looking to putt around in between technology sessions at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco. The maze-like game is one of several interactive, digital carnival style games built by Los Angeles-based Two Bit Circus at the annual gathering of hardware and software engineers.

"We call this one Stearable Mini Golf, but we'll probably change the name," said Dan Busby, lead engineer at Two Bit Circus, pointing to the giant floor maze with a goal and a smartphone controller at each corner.

A player uses the touchscreen on an Android-based Motorola smartphone to control an Orbotix Sphero robotic ball connected by Bluetooth. Four players can compete at once to navigate their ball through the maze and into a goal.

"Bluetooth lets you steer the balls and have races through the maze," said Busby.

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