In article <6ml2ds$lgv$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, <legacy@ieighty.net> wrote: >In article ><Pine.LNX.3.96.980621073306.8103B-100000@reg16.admin.rochester.edu>, "R. >Paul McCarty" <mccarty@reg16.admin.rochester.edu> wrote: <<snip>> > >> I'll let you know if I get this working with a third chip. :-\ But after >> three I'm calling it quits. > >One thing I've also been thining about it using something like the Nintendo >Powerglove. No extensive wiring required, but you'd need to write a handler >to translate the serial impules to characters. and I suppose you'd need >several 'guestures' to get the funtionality of a keybaord. You misspelled "get a PIC or 68HC11 to do the evil work to get the power glove into the mode, force the shift registers to give the info on the glove, and put it into something reasonable for the PC to chew on." > >Another wierd idea (yes, i do have a lot of free time.. I'm a network tech) >is something similar. Its hard to describe, but it involves running lines >down the back of the fingers (like tendons), and have them hooked up to some >sort of spreing loaded contacts. So when you curl your index finger you get >an 'L' or something. If you were to wire one up, perhaps even one on each >hand, you could have the same idea as a 'twiddler', but you wouldn't actually >be holding anything in your hand. I actually tried something like this a few >years ago in HS. I hooked to fingers up to two potentiometers, and my >curling or extening my fingers I could control things like the dimmer for my >desk lamp or the volume of my stereo. Danger, Danger Young Will Robinson. Dataglove sued Mattel over the Powerglove. Apparently Dataglove has a patent on determining finger position based on how a material changes when bent (dataglove uses optic fibers). With that out of the way. Mattel used a polymer (I think an odd flavor of polyester of all things) that changed its resistance depending on how much its shape was distorted. So you might want to dig around and find that material again. Mix it with the right resistors and a 68HC11 might be able to something reasonable with it. Should you wish to take in the position of the glove as well, you probably want to use something smarter than the sound based location system used on the original power glove. -- The following must be destroyed. Microsoft, Lyons Partnership. Balkanize USENET! Vote from the rooftops!! The best thing in RTP is now SMOG! Sending unsolicited commercial massmail to this account may result in a network outage for your site. Have a nice day. "Securing a Windows NT system -- Wire Cutters or Thermite?"
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