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Wonder At The Guitar Hero Muscle Controller [Clips]
kotaku.com - 10/28/2009
Wonder At The Guitar Hero Muscle Controller [Clips]
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Welcome to Bobby Kotick's nightmare, a world in which Guitar Hero controllers could be rendered useless, a world in which video games can be played by monitoring muscle actions. A brave new air...
procrastineering.blogspot.com - 10/27/2009
Guitar Hero without a guitar
— procrastineering.blogspot.com — This year, I'm helping the User Interface Software and Technology (UIST) conference put their proceedings videos online... so that more people can access them. So far, I've gotten most of the videos from this year uploaded to the conference YouTube ... (more) Guitar Hero without a guitar

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Football Hero mod takes Arduino to the Kasabian-approved big leagues (video)
engadget.com - 10/27/2009
Football Hero mod takes Arduino to the Kasabian-approved big leagues (video)
— engadget.com — Some folks say less is more, but we'll bet they never saw Guitar Hero being played by... kicking footballs against a giant wall. This epic undertaking will give your plastic axe a major inadequacy complex with its huge wall-mounted piezo vibration ... (more) Football Hero mod takes Arduino to the Kasabian-approved ...

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uk.ps2.ign.com - 10/25/2009
Activision: Initial DJ Hero Sales Might Be Slow
— uk.ps2.ign.com — October 23, 2009 - Activision's newest upcoming music title, DJ Hero , has a lot to live... up to. After releasing several successful iterations of the Guitar Hero franchise, the publisher decided to try something new by releasing a DJ-based game using a ... (more) Activision: Initial DJ Hero Sales Might Be Slow

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Joystiq:  Science makes Air Guitar Hero a reality

Gizmo Watch:  Muscle-computer interface to play Guitar Hero without the guitar

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Science makes Air Guitar Hero a reality
Joystiq — ... his thumb, and strum by, well, strumming the air. See it in action after the break! This is just a demonstration of some experimental technology. It's not specifically a game controller, and Activision won't be shipping electrodes to stores any time soon. This is a presentation for the Association for Computer Machinery's Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology -- the Guitar Hero thing just makes for an impressive show. [Via Kotaku] Continue reading Science makes Air Guitar Hero a reality ...

Muscle-computer interface to play Guitar Hero without the guitar
Gizmo Watch — ... devices without the need for physical touch, just like the other gestural interfaces of course, the difference here is that EMG electrodes directly sense the electrical signals in the arms to detect finger movements which mimic the button presses. Check the video from ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology and see the wide-range of applications the tech can be used for. Via: Kotaku/PSFK

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