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Power Glove 20th anniversary edition
Hack a Day —
... Using an original Power Glove, a bluetooth module, an Arduino, and an accelerometer, [Biphenyl] brought the system up to date. As you can see in the video above, the new version is wireless and much more useful in the games. Skip to 11 minutes in if you just want to see it in action. There’s a ...
Power Glove: Reloaded features accelerometer, Arduino chipset
CrunchGear —
... (I own two). I really don’t know why Nintendo hasn’t released a Powii Glove yet, but if they make it like this thing, I’m sure they’d sell a bundle.
One feature I don’t see implemented is a open/closed hand sensor. Could be as simple as a button on the palm, but it would add yet another layer of glove-like control to the thing. Of course, beggars can’t be choosers. But they can beg!
So you can get the whole set of instructions at the creator’s website, or at Instructables.
Power Glove granted infinitely more power, bluetooth, and accelerometer in honor of 20th birthday
Engadget —
... Matt Mechtley has augmented it with Bluetooth and accelerometer chips for a more modern take on the hand peripheral -- think of it as a more assimilated version of the Wiimote-embedded glove we covered in 2006. If you're interested in following in his footsteps, instructions are available at Instructables and in the video form after the break -- jump to 10:50 if you want to see it in action both with a test program and a brief glimpse at virtual boxing. Read - Product page Read - Instructables How-to Continue reading Power Glove ...
Nintendo Power Glove Updated With Accelerometer, Bluetooth, Irony [Power Glove]
Gizmodo —
... anniversary present to the original Glove. The video below gives a pretty detailed instruction for how to tear apart your own Power Glove, presuming you can find one, and also shows him using it with an iPhone boxing game he's developing. Power Glove 20th Anniversary Edition — Build Video from Matt Mechtley on Vimeo. Finally, the future looks like we imagined it would in 1989. [Instructables, creator's blog]
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Updated Power Glove with Bluetooth and Arduino
MAKE Magazine —
... Matt Mechtley is responsible for this maker's dream project: getting a classic Nintendo Power Glove to work with custom games by replacing it's brain with an arduino, implanting an accelerometer for motion detection, and using a bluetooth modem for wireless connectivity. He's outdone himself with downloadable code, schematics, this awesome video, and an ...
Power Glove Adds Functionality; Still Not Necessarily Useful [Mods]
Kotaku —
... years, the availability of sophisticated sensing equipment to hardware hackers has grown by leaps and bounds. Technology like programmable microcontrollers, accelerometers, and Bluetooth are readily available - and cheap. In short, the time is ripe to re-make the Power Glove - and make it right. Of course, he shows his work over on mod forum Instructables, but you're also going to need some code he makes available if you're going to rig up any games to be Power Glove 2.0-compatible. The Power Glove - 20th Anniversary Edition [biphenyl via ...
Nintendo Power Glove modded better for its 20 anniversary
Gizmo Watch —
... considering which, for the 20 anniversary of the peripheral, Matt modified it using accelerometer for the ultrasonic sensors, putting open-source Arduino in place of the microcontroller and Bluetooth to replace the wired connection. It doesn’t take much to glue one into gaming, yet turning a gamer into a modder must demand a lot. If you are an interested gamer then Matt has all the information for you to do something more with your Power Glove. Catch the video for a demo and the information for a step-by-step guidance to be a DIYer yourself. ...
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