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Specialized Game Controls to a Better Wheelchair

meganthom writes "The BBC is carrying a story about how an Engineering Rehabilitation Unit at Swansea's Morriston Hospital adapted the chin controls Sam Mansel used to play video games to create a special wheelchair that has signicantly improved the teen's life. Mansel, who has athetoid cerebral palsy, hasn't been able to use a traditional wheelchair for years. Now, with the skills he learned playing video games, Sam is able to drive himself almost anywhere. "

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