Seems like you can do almost anything with a Wiimote these days, including letting the sun shine in through your windows. A gadgeteer has managed to synchronize a Wiimote and a PC with a set of motorized window curtains, and describes how you can do it too on a website. You typically control motorized curtains via infrared or with a flip of a wallswitch, but apparently you can also control them with something called a CAN bus, which connects to your computer. The Wiimote then connects to your computer via USB Bluetooth, so you’re basically controlling the curtains through your PC. The aforementioned instructional website provides the code that helps you synchronize your Wiimote with your PC applications to get your window curtains moving. Watch the video above for a demo of the finished product.

So does the system work for other window treatments, like blinds and shades? My guess is yes, as long as they’re motorized and use the same general technology as the aforementioned window curtains. Anyway, it seems like a pretty interesting contraption if you can get it to work. Looks like the Clapper has some serious new competition.