In Japan, nerds control girls with joysticks

For some of you, like this guy (look at his face!), this is a dream come true, no questions asked. The rest will be wondering what the hell is going on here. See, that bicycle helmet affixed with what looks like a robotic crab is a not so subtle, ear tugging navigational device that could ultimately benefit the sight-impaired or anyone, really -- it pulls on the left ear to direct the wearer to the left, on the right to go right. Simple. Granted, it looks ridiculous now, but imagine it miniaturized under a tin-foil helmet and communicating with a hands- and eyes-free GPS navigational system. You've just seen the future, how does it feel?

In Japan, nerds control girls with joysticks

[xXJackXx Posted Oct 23rd 2009 4:49AM]

Can I set it up to tug on another part of my body?

[av8or Posted Nov 27th 2009 9:25AM]

@(Unverified) do you have no hands? or are you really that lazy lul

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2009 4:49AM]

I like the "nerd controls girl with joystick" more xD

[Ravicai Posted Oct 23rd 2009 1:25PM]

Shuddap and GET ME A BEER!

[The Mad Mule Posted Oct 23rd 2009 4:49AM]

It's Pedobear approved!

[Jukov Posted Oct 23rd 2009 5:13AM]

nerds control girls with joysticks.

Don't even get me started...

[Teerim Posted Oct 23rd 2009 5:00AM]

My joystick is out of control

[Teerim Posted Oct 23rd 2009 5:10AM]

PS: I remember when I was a child, we played N64 and I would instruct someone to "use the joystick" I'd immediately get ridiculed for using such an object.


Good times, good times...

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2009 5:03AM]

All my dreams come true

[DarKlar Posted Oct 23rd 2009 5:35AM]

You dream of girls with joysticks?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2009 6:20AM]

@dark
I think you were refering to comment right below @colin

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2009 6:28AM]

yeah my dream are either joysticks or girls, some times the i dream about girls AND joysticks, they don't call them joysticks for nothing if you know what i am saying!

[dark star Posted Oct 23rd 2009 9:28AM]

i would wait for the version with the mute button.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2009 11:56AM]

+1 @ darkstar

[ColinMcGraw Posted Oct 23rd 2009 5:08AM]

Huh. Usually it's the women controlling men by their joysticks.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2009 6:16AM]

That came out wrong,
I think you meant, Women control men, by "men's joystick".....unless you were referring to chicks with joysticks

[Ameen Posted Oct 23rd 2009 5:10AM]

Ah !! Now, How do I get my GF to wear it ?

More importantly, How do I get a girl friend ?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2009 6:19AM]

Easy Just find a girl that has a bike and replace her helmet...i just had an idea GTA:Girl Power play by Niko(l) and her cousin Romania

[ImDaIllest Posted Oct 23rd 2009 6:59AM]

man o man great comment that got me laughing hard!
LMFAO +1

[ppsaoda Posted Oct 23rd 2009 7:18AM]

Place it on while your GF asleep?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2009 9:53AM]

As soon as I saw this I knew I'd see this comment, Kudos. +1

[David G Posted Oct 23rd 2009 5:23AM]

Ratatouille 2: Nerd Edition, in stores now!

[Bryce Posted Oct 23rd 2009 10:18AM]

fail......

[Teslanaut Posted Oct 23rd 2009 5:29AM]

sudo make me a sandwich

[octoberasian Posted Oct 23rd 2009 5:33AM]

Up-ranked just for that!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2009 5:30AM]

In Soviet Russia, joystick controls nerds with girls!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2009 5:37AM]

One desn't have to go to Soviet Russia to see "keyboard typing obsolete jokes on fanman" I guess.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2009 5:43AM]

yo dawg, I hear you like memes, so I put a joystick on your joychick so you can dick around while you dick around.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2009 6:12AM]

all your girls are belong to nerds

[Beastage Posted Oct 23rd 2009 5:59AM]

This topic has much potential! let it rip.

[Abimbola Akanwo Posted Oct 23rd 2009 6:00AM]

I'm all for any concept, technology that make things a little easier for sight impaired people..."eyes-free GPS navigational system" is a good concept...

I really hoped that helmet (or even a smaller one) would never be a part of the deal...

[Beastage Posted Oct 23rd 2009 6:01AM]

rofl darklar... rofl.

[Beastage Posted Oct 23rd 2009 6:04AM]

Oh for the love of gawd engadget (and the rest of AOL News network) get a new proper comment system!

[maveric101 Posted Oct 23rd 2009 6:44AM]

i was trying for a while to come up with a clever way to present this, but it's late as fuck (pretty much morning, pulling an all-nighter) and i'm tired as hell. so here:

joystiq = penis.

[lettcco Posted Oct 23rd 2009 6:55AM]

but superhero don't need rest, Captain Obvious!

[mex Posted Oct 23rd 2009 7:31AM]

Chuck Norris doesn't need a joystick...
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wait... does not need a woman either!

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2009 7:46AM]

the source's website address: "kaji" means examine, it is a Malay word used to describe technological research. The crab shaped helmet remind me of zombies with crab head in Half Life 2 pc game.

[benjgvps Posted Oct 24th 2009 4:26PM]

Headcrab?
http://itscliff.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/headcrab4tx.jpg

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2009 7:00PM]

what is this bullshit. Make a app for a GPS phone . that is more decent than this crap..

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2009 10:04AM]

http://www.ipodarchive.com/screens/359.jpg

First thing I thought of when I saw it.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2009 11:12AM]

I can't believe the public bought into "joystick" in the 1st place. Nerds need to get out more.

[John Stracke Posted Oct 23rd 2009 8:42AM]

But are you sure that's a girl? It might be a boy who likes to wear pink.

[John Stracke Posted Oct 23rd 2009 8:44AM]

This is kind of stupid, actually. A tug on the right ear? Why not *speak* to them?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2009 8:49AM]

Oh, I don't know... if they're deaf, I guess it'd be a bit difficult to get them to understand what we're saying, especially when, I guess, 5% of the world's population knows sign language?

Gee, I wonder...


Moron.

[John Stracke Posted Oct 23rd 2009 8:59AM]

@James: This is a device for the blind. The number of people who are both blind and deaf is quite small. (Besides, if you can't communicate with them at all, how are you going to tell them where you're sending them?)

I maintain that this is a stupid idea. For a blind person with hearing, it's unnecessary; for a blind-and-deaf person, it's insufficient. And it's just not very...human. Giving somebody a joystick so they can pull on your ears? Ow.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2009 2:38PM]

I'm no expert, but if the helmet "speaks", then you need to provide different languages for different regions. A tug on the other hand, is universal. And I know some people who get terribly confused when you give them a quick sequence of "right, right, left, right, left, left", and they'll probably end up walking into a tree.

[John Stracke Posted Oct 23rd 2009 2:59PM]

@aaaa: "but if the helmet "speaks", then you need to provide different languages for different regions" -- no, I mean the *person* should speak to them. You don't need a helmet.

"And I know some people who get terribly confused when you give them a quick sequence of "right, right, left, right, left, left"" -- So don't do that then. Tell them when to turn. Just like the guy with the joystick is doing, but without the earlobe.

[udevdean Posted Oct 23rd 2009 9:09AM]

FINALLY!!

[dlewis23 Posted Oct 23rd 2009 9:16AM]

The title should be "In Japan, this guy gets no pussy!"

[dlewis23 Posted Oct 23rd 2009 9:17AM]

In case anyone doesn't know, Its very hard for Japanese men to get any kind of action with women, And this is part of the reason why.