My First Crowbar - Half-Life Controller

[NotSoLiberal]

Marry me too?

[TheSmokingkiller]

pure win lol

[plunger1212]

This defiantly needs a wrist strap.

[krouviere]

Nice

[thatasianguy100]

Will you marry me? ~swoon~

[itsDJSybo]

What tilt switch did you use?

[Honus67]

You sure know how to have fun. :)

[Dilekz]

haha it was funny :)

[weeeezzll]

Half way through my first game with that, and it would end up embedded in my LCD. lol

[Shadaez]

you look like ellie kemper

[TehRealCanadarocker]

A Girl?

[vk2zay]

LOL, epic. Simple hacks rock.

[adrianmouse666]

great vid but one addition may be a wrist strap in case you let go

[MarijnStevens]

Sounds like Ben Heck.. am I wrong ?

[jeriellsworth]

@MarijnStevens Not Ben. It was Tanio.

[tanioklyce]

@MarijnStevens @jeriellsworth Some say Ben Heck sounds like me.

[lazerusmfh]

@jeriellsworth from one self taught hacker to another, sweet. ;)

[wuv1123]

hooray! i wont wun. =D

[halabihazem]

I wanna see that on TF2!

[dragonLord441]

lil miss fix it, YOUR MY HERO, MAKE LONGER VIDS PLEASE AND EXPLANATIONS OF HOW YOU DO THINGS.

I'm trying to create miniature hydroelectric d amn in my back yard to power up my home. i might post it on here or blow the fuses in my home. WISH ME LUCK.

[laserfreak1111]

This happens if you combine girls, electronics and video games.

[mofman1]

Pros: Kills headcrabs

Cons: Kills anyone who walks in front of you.

[denry13]

This is simply brilliant.

[pspheaven]

pickup that can!

[farmdve]

Mind=blown.

[intheshitter]

roofles

[P4W3R]

Give me a son...

[robertsulley]

Definitely need a wrist strap for that thing... else the TFT is going to meet a premature end at some point! Nice pun btw.

[fakeprogrammer1]

@jeriellsworth

What's that equipment on your table? Apparently a Tek scope, what model? Also what brand and type is the multimeter? Thanks.

[jeriellsworth]

@fakeprogrammer1 It's a Tek2024b and a Fluke289

[sixstringmania]

What????Electronics AND half life?????

ahhh dreams come true then...

[andywalkerplumber]

that is actually a flat bar, a crow bar has an arched curve, is more rounded, and typically longer. (more dangerous too) now, design a computerized robot to manipulate the flat bar, and you have an invention worth something.

[batterymaker]

"Sir...I wanna kill. KILL!" :-)

[FailDrummer]

Half Life looks like a great game!

[okkietube2]

loving your work!

[alexalexoe]

OH MY GOD, YOU'RE A GIRL!

[grarosting]

now cook with it :D

[X0verXDriveX]

Smart and cute and probably a gamer... Are you married? lolll.

[tianxuehao2011]

lol,that 's so nice~

[GiorgioCapocasa]

Loved it :D

[Chrls5]

Awesome!!!!

[JewishLumberjackk]

You are so cute.

[theCountniggula]

marry me?

[MateenK]

Nice engineering :D

[nawkwan]

@jeriellsworth

What is the make/model of the monitor you have in portrait mode that is perfectly aligned with your 3008WFP?

I have the same 30" as you and also have two 19" inches running in portrait mode. Your's look bigger than a 19" to me in this video.

[jeriellsworth]

@nawkwan I'm not sure. Work set me up with the monitors.

[tehtron]

@nawkwan it's a 22 or 24ich

[w3bguru]

hilarious

[andrew21slash]

i hope you never break the monitor xD

[ithehairyjedi]

kewl

[mrdegare]

My bench is worse and then i clean it entirely and the next hour it's even worse then before!!

and then i clean it again and start over and oh well.

It's just that i don't feel like cleaning it when I'm working on some important project coz it takes all of my brain power.

If your working on several projects it becomes chaos and insanity strikes again.

But i know exactly where to find what part when it's messy while I'm always searching for things when the bench is clean so it needs to be messy

[pandahero707]

THAT IS EPIC

[JewishLumberjackk]

Great!

[walkerjian]

gr8! in hl2 ep2 there is head crab called lemar - after hedy lemar of course, the inventor of spread spectrum techniques... just thought you might like that :)

[keenantims]

Jeri you are amazing.

Thank you!

[mureleeish]

Haha awesome as usual! Take down them head crabs!

[stovebolt50]

That's pretty neat.

[bkraz333]

I am sorry that I missed this build. Great idea!

[jeriellsworth]

@bkraz333 We need to figure out a way to make a head crab next week.

[peewack]

Tilt switch? as in a pinball machine? it looks useful, I'll maybe put an external keyboard with footswitches for jump, duck and run/walk too, now that's first person

[jerryjoe88]

That is the shiznit.

Cool stuff, from someone with a cool name. he he he..

[PatheticComputing]

Nice video! I played a lot of half-life back in the day. Also, I used to have an FPGA hooked up to a controller just like the one you have so I could che... I mean gain an advantage in an online game. Yeah that's it.

[tiburciod]

NICE!

[jacgoudsmit]

Ha! I got the exact same crowbar; it came in a set of three and I only had a use for the bigger ones so this one is unused. UNTIL NOW! ;-)

[nerdyrcdriver]

Cool

[fettfettmerafett]

niiice

[justincasekazoo]

Haha, that's amazing!

[eatmycakeshow]

How sweet is that!

[scafativ]

I am so disappointed... I thought that you were going to talk about power-supply over-voltage protection.

[TheEPROM9]

You have just inspired me to make a crowbar controller for my computer.

[RavenRof]

LOL awesome ;D Lovely mini-project ;)

[RatkoUSA]

Jeri, you are awesome

[LunaVorax]

Hahahahahahahahahaha

[hippodude100]

looks so simple, yet so awesome

[rtzigga]

Awesome.

Now let's see you make one for Doom, with a chainsaw.

[blenderuser]

Awesome!!!

[tng1701e]

Awesome as always. :)

[TheEPROM9]

My favrat game, and you just made it better. I am going to have to do that!

[markybhoyuk]

Nice,  watch you don't crowbar your tv!

[SciStarborne]

Ahaha, this is just an adorable hack. I love it! XD

[TheWickedPanda]

So messy desk..

[jimday666]

@TheWickedPanda hey! that's how a we geeks roll!

[jeriellsworth]

@TheWickedPanda A messy desk is a sign of a clean mind. So I have read.

[squirrelbong]

@jeriellsworth I've always thought it's good to have a mess around...it's shows you have more important things to do then cleaning :)

[destinws2]

@jeriellsworth

(looks down at messy desk). Whew! I wonder if my wife will buy this excuse?

[antadefector]

@jeriellsworth Well, then You should see my working room at home, my two desks at work. Totally crowded, few days ago I had to do a crude disassm of security cam on the chair.

[madmodders]

@TheWickedPanda An empty desk equals an empty mind. A genius masters the chaos. ;-)

[jossi166]

So this is what you get paid to do... I want a job like that!!

[xasdrubalex]

she already knew i was laughing!

[refa42]

"Dear diary - todays badassness completed. Tomorrow I'll blow something up. Again."

[markvergeer]

Very cool idea! :)



[markiduval]

Watch out Combine. Jeri has a crowbar!

[MistahHeffo]

All of a sudden I have an urge to make a USB crowbar controller. Throw in some accelerometers and creative software and you could also use it for movement

[TheJennetteFan]

was that ben heck who said "Pickup that can"

[jeriellsworth]

@TheJennetteFan It was my friend Tanio

[iToasterman]

@jeriellsworth Now use the whole controller to make one with feedback. and more violent feelings

[loonyat11]

Hey, now you know how to vent some steam when anybody starts with the snark! :-)

That's a great idea - but maybe best not suited to a klutz like me... even the mini-crowbar is going to make an expensive mess when I accidentally smack the front of the monitor with it...

As always, the joy of your hack goes further than the hack itself - it inspires a whole chain of thought that'll lead to all manner of *related* hacky goodness too. Thanks Jeri :-)

[Heart111ful]

at the 0:10 to 0:11, in the TV, cowbar hits 1st, than you started hitting....LOLLLLL

[Films4You]

I didn't know 'jer' could be so vicious, LOL

Next a bank breaking job :)

[sk7ca]

hahaha that's an awesome little hack! :D so simple, yet so cool! :P

[Gomisan]

The wireless version is next right?

[Gomisan]

So simple, but so cool. You rock :)

[DanFrederiksen]

new camera and lighting? looks pretty good

[jeriellsworth]

@DanFrederiksen It is a different camera and I'm in an office building.

[alphaotakux]

Awesome.

[AntiProtonBoy]

Head crabs, look out!

[KarriKoivusalo]

Aperture Labs gives you an ASHPD, Black Mesa a crowbar...

[taradfong]

Want

[HPZeta]

The moment I heard your evil laugh, I knew you had something interesting, I wasn't disappointed.

[magidavid]

I love it!

[sbjennings99]

Cool Informational Video, Don't marry that dude unless you get a bigger crowbar..

[Forssa1]

When is your first portal gun ready?

[jeriellsworth]

@Forssa1 The Portal gun needs a little work.

[iWinRar]

i dunno if ur married but ummm... after this... Will you marry me? This is 100% serious....

[sonicase]

hahahaa

[R2C13]

Simple and fun!

[jugglelulz]

soo cool



[w0mblemania]

I'd LOVE to see the Nintendo/Wii warning for this peripheral!

Nice work Jeri.

[jeriellsworth]

@w0mblemania Hehe. It would need something mentioning "head trauma"

[HabeKeinMitleid]

Jeri just got that much more bad-ass.

[w0mblemania]

@HabeKeinMitleid Jeri on the Bad-Ass-Ometer

0---------------|--100

She could probably build a Bad-Ass-Ometer.

[hla27b]

Poest videos more often Jeri

We love you.

[akai454]

Your desk has just as much random electronics crap as Mine, except You have some more expensive electronics, but at least that makes Me feel good to know that electronics junk is common for most electronics / technically savvy People out there. I was hoping to get to ask You some questions because I'm making some electronics stuff for some People and We want to build a small business but I wanted to ask You about what I should do to get a binding contract with them. Take Care Ms. Ellisworth.

[jeriellsworth]

@akai454 Electronics mess is always necessary. Contracts are difficult sometimes. Be sure to look them over carefully.

[UnseenSpartan]

NOW PUT THAT CAN IN THE TRASH CAN.........don't be a hero

[shadowxpr]

Awesome

[coinoptv]

hey Jeri - are you messing around with Kinect stuff yet - i wonder if u could configure something creative to interact with a game/hack

[jeriellsworth]

@coinoptv I haven't messed with a kinect much.

[illustriouschin]

Obviously I like it, but I'm not sure if I'm IN like with it.

[kf6myv]

GET SOME!

[Holdsyfan]

Again, please wack my unworthy brains with your super awesome crowbar!!!

[audiogamer]

now its time to play hl2, thanks

[GaryMcT]

Excellent!!!

[homebrewedpinball]

it's all fun n games until you accidentally stick a mini crowbar into the TV :-)

[jeriellsworth]

@homebrewedpinball I was paid by TV manufacturers to make this.

[DolceVii]

LOL :P



[scancool]

sexy

[valajbeg]

CRAZYYYyy hahahaha :D

[dasbacon]

that laugh is so good lol

[jeriellsworth]

@dasbacon Thanks. I often make that laugh while hitting people with crowbars. :)

[BarsMOnster]

2 of my top favorite things in 1 video: Jeri and HL2 :-) Awesome :-)

[lildobe]

Now you need to re-make it with a 3-axis accelerometer and controller so that you can actually control where the crowbar swings on-screen by the direction you swing it IRL ;) :D

[manilaenglish]

@lildobe Can you control the crowbar that way with the joystick?

[jeriellsworth]

@manilaenglish I mapped a button press to the weapon button.

[manilaenglish]

@jeriellsworth Right. That was my point. :)

[lildobe]

@manilaenglish I have no idea. I've never played Halflife :D

[paulfsherwood]

you got to love fun projects.

[minousoft]

LMAO...