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Nintendo Power Glove Controls Drone
One of the better video game controller that Mattel tried early on was the Nintendo Power Glove. It was very innovative for its time, but naturally it didn’t always function as well as we would have liked. Well, a computer engineering grad has given it new life as a wireless drone controller. Hack A Day came across Nolan Moore and his fun creation at the recent Bay Area Maker Faire.
Nolan tore down a Power Glove, then reassembled it with a Wi-Fi transmitter, flex sensors and a bunch of other components. Now it is a powerful controller that can alter the course of a drone with basic hand movements. Making a fist gets the drone to roll, while a flat hand makes the drone hover in place. It is an impressive mod to see in action.
Imagine how many units Mattel would sell today if they packaged these up and started selling them.
[Hack A Day via Popular Mechanics via Engadget]
Robot Chicken Animator Uses a Hacked Nintendo Power Glove to Help Animate
This video is called Playing with Power by Los Angeles-based filmmaker Ava Benjamin. It’s about Dillon Markey, a stop-motion animator for the Adult Swim stop-motion animated series Robot Chicken. It focuses on an unusual aspect of his workflow – a hacked Nintendo Power Glove he uses to help animate scenes. How awesome is that? I bet you want to trade jobs with this guy now.
The Mattel Power Glove, introduced in 1989 hasn’t seen much action in the last couple of decades, but Dillon is using the heck out of it. The number pad has been given a new circuit board for capturing shots and playing back frames, and it can connect to his computer wirelessly via Bluetooth. It also has tweezers attached so he can manipulate character eyebrows. If that isn’t cool enough, it also has a speaker near the front that says “f**kin’ awesome” when fist-bumped.
It sure is. No wonder that show is so well done. I wonder what else goes on behind the scenes.
[via Laughing Squid]
Nintendo Power Glove with LEDs: It’s so Bright
If you bought the Power Glove-inspired oven mitts just so you could wear them, you might be happy to know that you can get a light up version of the real thing courtesy of Etsy shop Glove Power. Glove Power – where child’s play is everything else.
Glove Power removes the controller’s circuit boards and replaces it with its own, which I assume is used only to control the 24 LEDs that the shop installs. You can pick from red, blue or green LEDs. It appears the shop can also give the glove itself a new paint job.
Browse with power and head to Etsy to order the light up Power Glove for $150 (USD) each.
[via Boing Boing]
Nintendo Power Glove Oven Mitt: For Gamers Who Bake and Bakers Who Game
Most oven mitts and gloves are so boring. But not this one. No sirree, this Nintendo Power Glove inspired oven mitt is the closest to fun and awesome that an oven mitt can ever be.
It’s designed like the old Nintendo Power Glove and is made from heat-resistant silicone rubber, which makes sense because people don oven mitts to handle hot stuff.
The Power Mitt Oven Glove was created by Pete Hottelet, who made a couple for personal use back in 2012. Public demand quickly grew, which prompted Pete to launch an Indiegogo campaign and offer the mitts for sale. A minimum pledge of at least $39(USD) will get you one of your very own Power Mitts.
[via This Is Why I'm Broke]
Power Mitt Oven Glove: Now You’re Cooking with Fingers
Last year we saw a fabric oven mitt that looked just like Nintendo’s infamous Power Glove. Pete Hottelet is raising funds on Indiegogo for a very similar product. Also named the Power Mitt, Pete’s take is made of silicone rubber and thus should be more heat-resistant than the other mitt.
As you can see, Pete’s glove also has separate sheaths for each finger making it look more like the original Power Glove.
For now, Pete is only offering right-handed gloves for average-sized hands. He said that if he gets over 1,000 orders through the fundraiser he’ll get a mold for a larger glove, and if he gets over 1,500 orders he’ll make a left-handed glove.
To the privileged right-handed people with perfectly sized hands: let’s help our mutated brethren adorn their weird limbs with a power glove. Pledge at least $39 (USD) on Indiegogo to get a Power Mitt as a reward and combat handedness prejudice.
[via Geekologie]
The Power Mitt from Fangamer
It’s a cool piece of gamer swag from Fangamer that’s based on one of the most famed gaming accessories ever created.
Even as a fan of the movie The Wizard, I can’t deny how much of it’s one giant commercial for almost every Nintendo product under the sun. It’s where we ...
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Power Mitt: Everything Else in Your Kitchen Is Child’s Play
While I’m sure most of you never had the *cough* pleasure of actually playing a game with the Nintendo/Mattel Power Glove, you can certainly pick a working one up over on eBay if you’ve got about $100 kicking around. But why would you want to play such a mediocre game as Super Glove Ball, when you can bake some Super Mario Bros. cookies instead?
With Fangamer’s Power Mitt, you’ll be cooking with gas! The searing heat of baking sheets stands no chance against this Power Glove inspired oven mitt, designed by Jon Kay. And just like the original, you’re pretty much SOL if you’re left-handed. Though Fangamer is at least considering a version for lefties if there’s enough demand. Or if you’re Fred Savage.
The Power Mitt is just $15(USD) over at Fangamer.
Ben Heck makes Super Glove mod for Kinect, takes strain out of gestures (video)
Sick of trying to control your 360 using Kinect, semaphore and advanced flailing? Modgod Ben Heck, deciding he wanted to be more Minority Report and less lunatic, has been working on Power Glove 2.0 to improve the console's navigation experience. The prototype glove is tricked out with Arduino, an accelerometer, a gyroscope and some fingertip buttons. With the addition of IR and a little coding magic, the 360's interface can be controlled via subtle gestures, with increased functionality / style points also apparent. Check out the latest episode of The Ben Heck Show after the break for a detailed walkthrough of the project and a demo of the glove in action.
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