A Simple DIY Game Controller For People With Physical Challenges [Slashdot]

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capedgirardeau writes "Caleb Kraft of the well-known Hack-A-Day 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 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. He also encourages people to check out The AbleGamers Foundation" http://a.fsdn.com/sd/twitter_icon_large.png (http://twitter.com/home?status=A+Simple+DIY+Game+Controller+For+Peopl e+With+Physical+Challenges%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly% 2F19YMinI) http://a.fsdn.com/sd/facebook_icon_large.png (http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fhardware.slashdot.org%2F story%2F13%2F06%2F21%2F167218%2Fa-simple-diy-game-controller-for-people-with-physical-challenges%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3D facebook) http://www.gstatic.com/images/icons/gplus-16.png (http://plus.google.com/share?url=http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/13/06/21/167218/a-simple-diy-game-controller-for-people-with-physical-challenges?utm_source=slashdot&utm_medium=googleplus)

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