$500 Acceleglove promises to finally bring Rad Racer to life

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!]

[Brandon L @ Jul 13th 2009 2:19PM]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkgMbU-we1o

[ishism @ Jul 13th 2009 6:56PM]

Funny shit.
But stay on the F-ing topic. Douche

[Timmy @ Jul 13th 2009 2:40PM]

I love the power glove. Its so bad.

[Gipionocheiyort @ Jul 13th 2009 2:45PM]

You win this time Timmy....

[DeusExMach @ Jul 13th 2009 3:00PM]

Fred Savage's people called. Apparently, he'd still like you to "keep your powergloves off his main squeeze".

[TeddyLikesComputahs! @ Jul 13th 2009 5:08PM]

Power Glove for the lonely.

[NoobSlayer @ Jul 13th 2009 2:50PM]

will this glove make me see stars like warp 5 when i'm snapping off?

[joshin @ Jul 13th 2009 2:52PM]

Heh, NoobSlayer. Ouch.

[FireStar @ Jul 13th 2009 3:10PM]

Your sound didn't break. It's only going out the left speaker.

[Agent .25i @ Jul 13th 2009 3:18PM]

Your hand is stuck in an uncomfortable position.
Besides, remember what happened to Mike on the Satellite of Love while using the manipulator arms?

[DanielT @ Jul 13th 2009 3:30PM]

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.

[Agent .25i @ Jul 13th 2009 3:33PM]

lolz

[rngeek @ Jul 13th 2009 3:56PM]

Is it just me or does the shadow of the arm make it look like the guy has a bladder control problem?

[Nate @ Jul 13th 2009 5:37PM]

It's just you.

[crsh @ Jul 13th 2009 6:32PM]

With a bit of luck, a few drops of rain will shock to death the tools using it.

[mike @ Jul 13th 2009 4:38PM]

Is it available in Michael Jackson 1 glove style?

[Ethan @ Jul 13th 2009 5:30PM]

Now you're playing with... soil?

[ishism @ Jul 13th 2009 6:57PM]

Now you're playing with power

[Gfxlonghorn @ Jul 13th 2009 7:27PM]

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.

[The Police @ Jul 13th 2009 11:34PM]

It's Rad Racer. Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad Racerrrrrr!

[The Police @ Jul 13th 2009 11:35PM]

599 US Dollars! 599 US Dollars! 599, 599, 599, 599 US Dollars!

[JohnTech @ Jul 14th 2009 12:22AM]

I had an Armatron! They just don’t make toys like that anymore!

[MBS @ Jul 14th 2009 12:36PM]

Awesome... finally we'll get online rock-paper-scissor tournaments.