I think he used a distance sensor to sense the ninja sword flying by, and interfaced it with a video game. Fast forward to 1:00 for the sword action [Samurai Slice from Rhythm Tengoku. With a twist!]

Arduino Samurai

bld November 18, 2010, 4:52pm 2

Yes

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