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Modded Nintendo Lets You Play Mario With Your Eyes
hasanabbas1987 writes "A group of engineers going by Waterloo Labs in Austin, Texas created a way of controlling an original NES by simply moving your eyes. By using electrodes placed around the eyes to track the movement of a players eyeballs, they were able to jury rig a Nintendo to accept eye movement as controller input." Quite the production on the video (attached below) too.
Now with even less exercise. That's right! No more tiresome finger muscle use.
Talk about undressing her with your eyes!
Living With a Nerd
I don't care if they get Fred Savage and Jenny Lewis to make a sequel to The Wizard, I'm not saving up my allowance for six months to buy a goddamned Power Glove for my eyes.
for porn!
Self proclaimed typo king, and inventor of the bear destroying coffee table (patent not pending).
Stephen Hawking deserves to play StarCraft 2.
I get the feeling I'm playing with disabled people all the time when I log into WoW
I keep wishing for a hands-free mouse. Taping electrodes to your face every day at work--won't, but glasses (or something using your webcam) might. Anyone seen something like this?
I haven't seen anything because these annoying electrodes are glued to my eyes.
You wake up. The room is spinning very gently round your head. Or at least it
would be if you could see it which you can't.
It is pitch black.
>obviously, you insensitive clod. i'm blind.
I don't know the word "obviously".
>feel around
That sentence isn't one I recognise.
>listen
What do you want to listen to?
>listen to environment
I don't know the word "environment".
>echolocate
I don't know the word "echolocate".
>examine
What do you want to examine?
>examine surroundings
I don't know the word "surroundings".
>examine vicinity
I don't know the word "vicinity".
>get up
Very difficult, but you manage it. The room is still spinning. It dips and sways
a little.
>get my gown
It's too dark to see!
>but i know where it is. i remember stuff like this.
I don't know the word "know".
>you just used it yourself!
I don't know the word "you".
>ok. what am i supposed to do?
You sound rather positive.
I don't know the word "supposed".
>help?
I don't know the word "help?".
>quit
We are about to give you your score. Put on your peril-sensitive sunglasses now.
Your score is 0 of a possible 400, in 2 turns.