$500 Acceleglove promises to finally bring Rad Racer to life
By Donald Melanson 
posted July 13th 2009 2:16PM
posted July 13th 2009 2:16PM
Data gloves may have come a long way since the days of the Power Glove, but they've also tended to get pretty expensive as more and more tech found their way into 'em. The folks at AnthroTronix look to be doing their small part to change that with their new Acceleglove, however, which packs a not too crazy price tag of $500 and, according to the company, all the features you'd expect to find on a $5,000 glove. Chief among those features are accelerometers on each finger, which can track precise gestures like pinching and, as you can see in the video after the break, are more than up to all-important the task of controlling a robotic arm. Best of all, the glove comes complete with an open source SDK to let you get as much out of the glove as you're willing to put into it.
[Via OhGizmo!]
[Via OhGizmo!]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkgMbU-we1o
Funny shit.
But stay on the F-ing topic. Douche
I love the power glove. Its so bad.
You win this time Timmy....
Fred Savage's people called. Apparently, he'd still like you to "keep your powergloves off his main squeeze".
Power Glove for the lonely.
will this glove make me see stars like warp 5 when i'm snapping off?
Heh, NoobSlayer. Ouch.
Your sound didn't break. It's only going out the left speaker.
Your hand is stuck in an uncomfortable position.
Besides, remember what happened to Mike on the Satellite of Love while using the manipulator arms?
Ok...An article about a glove and no comment from the "Michael Jackson is Alive" novelty poster?
Way to be on top of things Mike.
lolz
Is it just me or does the shadow of the arm make it look like the guy has a bladder control problem?
It's just you.
With a bit of luck, a few drops of rain will shock to death the tools using it.
Is it available in Michael Jackson 1 glove style?
Now you're playing with... soil?
Now you're playing with power
My TA at my school built a very similar thing for his senior design project. However, they built a scale sized replica of the robotic arm, and took inputs from the smaller arm you could manipulate and mapped them to the larger arm. It seems like it would be a little more intuitive, but it was probably less controllable.
It's Rad Racer. Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad Racerrrrrr!
599 US Dollars! 599 US Dollars! 599, 599, 599, 599 US Dollars!
I had an Armatron! They just don’t make toys like that anymore!
Awesome... finally we'll get online rock-paper-scissor tournaments.