A Simple DIY Game Controller For People With Physical Challenges

[wraggster]

"Caleb Kraft of the well-known Hack-A-Day (http://hackaday.com/) site noticed that game controllers and alternate keyboards for people with physical challenges were very expensive. Simple switches for buttons that could be made for a few dollars were running $60 or $70 apiece. Working with a young man he knew who loves gaming and has muscular dystrophy, Caleb created a do-it-yourself controller for people with physical challenges (http://hackaday.com/2013/06/20/building-custom-game-controllers-for-people-with-physical-disabilities/) using a 3-D printer, a super-cheap micro-controller board and some simple keyboard emulation software. He is freely releasing all the 3-D printer files and tutorials to make his and other controllers on a new site, The Controller Project (http://thecontrollerproject.com/). He also encourages people to check out The AbleGamers Foundation (http://www.ablegamers.com/)"

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/13/06/21/167218/a-simple-diy-game-controller-for-people-with-physical-challenges