Tongue-Controlled Gameboy Advance SP Launched

Hangin10 writes "Simmunity Corporation and newAbilities Systems Inc. is going to introduce a specially modified tongue-controlled Gameboy Advance SP for young people with quadriplegia. They say 'We retrofit the Gameboy Advance SP with an internal PIC microcontroller to decode the wireless tongue transmitter signals and activate the GBA buttons. Games which do not require multiple simultaneous button presses can be played. We also offer custom games and special programs for augmented communication.'"

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My great uncle had quadriplegia...

[ImTwoSlick]

And he used to kick my butt in Atari 2600 video games. He had very limited use of his hands, and could only hold the controller, while moving the joystick with his chin.

It's nice to see some gaming devices being made to help people with limited movement abilities.

Charmed Labs Xport

[morcheeba]

From the picture, it looks like they are using Charmed Lab's Xport development kit. Glad to see it being put to good use. Although you could use this product to pirate games hopefully Nintendo won't sue again. I just wish courts could clearly see the benefits of home-brew development tools.

Re:Wait'll the porn industry gets hold of this!

[Rick the Red]

The porn industry is way ahead of this.

Charmed Labs XPort 2.0

[thpdg]

If anyone is interested in the XPort FPGA and I/O Adaptor used in this project, there is a good article about it, in the May 2004 issue of Dr. Dobbs Journal. They use it as a spectrum analyzer, and said it's very easy to use. Almost any set of I/Os is possible, making it a super simple embedded platform.
I just read it this morning, and am thinking of getting it myself. Sadly, the article on the website is $$ to view. But, if you're interested in the device, it would be worth paying to view it.