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Gamer Overcomes Disability with Custom PlayStation 3 Controller


Yeah, we may be hardened cynics -- our cold, black hearts have closed off to all but the most extraordinary tech-related stories, and we don't talk about the triumph of the human spirit a lot, but PlayStation 3 forum user KitsuneYume has us stepping outside our usual box today. With the help of an engineer, he made an "adaptive controller" that allows him to game with the pros despite serious disabilities. 20 out of 25 functions are accounted for by the system, and he uses his fingers, toes, and even his tongue to play -- your regular, everyday controller mod it ain't.

The creator said he uploaded the pictures to make sure folks who might need it are aware the technology exists, as he contacted Sony a while back and they weren't able to tell him where to look. We hope this helps gets the word out, because we think everyone should have and chance to lie, cheat, and steal their way through 'Fallout 3.'

[Thanks, Jason]
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Interactive Mirror Dazzles Onlookers With Touch-Based Graphics



It was just a month ago that Alpay Kasal of Lit Studios was impressing us with LaserGames, beaming all sorts of fun, interactive visuals on the wall. Now, with a few tweaks, he's turned that projector around and made a two-way mirror into a sort of digital portal.

"Interactive Mirror" uses the same basic mouse emulation as LaserGames -- it seems to lack multi-touch but offers some interesting ideas, like showing how a custom T-shirt would look if you were wearing it. That's potentially useful, but its primary function seems to be inducing childish wonderment in your friends. If the wide-eyed participants in the video below are any indication, it seems to do that quite well.
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'Tis the Season With Microsoft's Wireless Red Xbox 360 Controller


Here's an interesting one. That red / black Xbox 360 controller that was showcased back in July is now available to any ole consumer in the US, Canada, Latin America New Zealand and Asia, and it comes bundled with a Play & Charge Kit and red rechargeable battery for $64.99. For whatever reason, Microsoft's totally missing a golden opportunity to cash in on the holiday shopping season by reserving the green counterpart as some "promotional item." C'mon guys, is it really that hard to understand how irresistible a red and green gamepad tandem would be in late December?

[Via IGN]
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New Add-Ons Turn Your Wii Controllers into Musical Maracas


'Samba de Amigo' is barreling towards the Wii, and we all understand that it'll be a lot less exciting without the Wii Maracas. Thanks to Amazon's quick trigger finger, we now know that Sega's Wiimote accessories will go for $14.99 per pair, and if all goes to plan, they'll be shipping out on September 23rd. Of course, we'd suggest you pocket that and just craft your own wildly colored (and slightly gourd-shaped) Wiimote covers, but we understand not everyone was blessed with those DIY genes. [From: Amazon via Nintendo Wii Fanboy]
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Guy Stuffs Entire Video Game System Into Retro Controller


This one has been around the block a time or two, but considering you have absolutely nothing else to do on a Sunday, you might as well dust off that DIY kit and get to work. What you're looking at above is a genuine (albeit modified) NES controller playing a bona fide classic on a laptop.

Amazingly, all of the software required for such a marvelously good time is stuffed tight within the controller itself. Take a step back and digest that -- your very own NES emulator (with ROMs), shoved inside a Nintendo Entertainment System controller. Does it get any more awesome than that? Hit the read link to start building your own and let us know. Video of the action after the jump. [Source: Ed's How-To's Via Hack-A-Day]

DIY Nintendo Controller for iPod

Old School Nintendo Controller for iPod

Sure the Wiimote's motion-detection wizardry is all the rage these days, but for some gamers, that childhood love affair with the original Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) controller never ended. Yesterday brought news of a touch version of the NES gamepad being hacked onto the iPhone to play such classics as 'Super Mario Bros.'

Now, a super geek has cracked open one of the old controllers and rewired it to control his iPod. His work, along with a how-to, is on display at the Instructables Web site, a place dedicated to DIY projects for hacking almost anything you can imagine.

You may want to keep your eye on that Instructables page. Down in the comments, a fellow Instructables solder monkey suggests building the ultimate iPod dock out of an old NES console where you'd push the iPod down into the cartridge slot and control it with the gamepad.

Holy Luigi, do we want one of those ...

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