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.