Play Video Games with Biofeedback

Advancer Technologies' "USB Biofeedback Game Controller" harnesses the power of electromyography to allow players to directly control video games with their muscles. At the core of this plug-in-play controller is the powerful yet low-cost Arduino UNO microcontroller, a favorite among hobbyist and students, acting as a HID keyboard interface. Integrated with the Arduino UNO are four of Advancer Technologies' new Platinum Series Muscle Sensors, allowing four muscles to act independently or in combination with each other to control over four buttons. In their setup, Advancer Technologies elected to use a six button setup with the left forearm controlling the B button (RUN/ATTACK), the right forearm controlling the A button (JUMP), the left bicep controlling the LEFT button, the right bicep controlling the RIGHT button, and combinations for UP and DOWN.

During gameplay, the Arduino UNO program constantly senses the muscle activity of each muscle via the muscle sensors. When the player flexes a muscle, the Arduino registers a spike in muscle activity, triggering a button press, and sends this information to the computer via USB connection, all in real-time.

You can learn how to build your own controller by reading Advancer Technologies' easy to follow tutorial posted on Instructables.com (http://www.instructables.com/id/USB-B...) and their website. These illustrated instructions go through each step in detail to reproduce and program this remarkable controller.

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[Miradjii]

I predict this video being filled with comments like: "When Chuck Norris clenches his fist while using this he jumps to the last level."

[Trollyn1]

I guess the mac isn't as useless as i previously had thought

[jhonc95]

first step to controlling giant fighting robots :D

[CPmaster777]

lol kinnect

[Bradjd56]

this will effectively make a bunch of buff gamers

[HABALQBALQ]

yeah it can run super mario !!!

[Carlos Azevedo]

quem achou maneiro, mais acha ke isso nao serve pra nada, da um joinha ai...

[TiagoTiagoT]

How much do you estimate the materials would cost total?

[Dervis Selimović]

I think this thing would be awesome if you could implement it with kinect. Then you could play Skyrim (if kinect hacked) on a whole new level. This would be useful for spells.

[adood101]

Your arms will be RIPPED!

[gadgetmanjay]

they should sell this to Sony

[stimerstimer]

во чё наркоманы творят