Pizzadude

Just remember that some of us stare because it's fantastic.

I work in assistive technology/neural engineering, so I'm always getting caught staring at nice wheelchairs and prosthetics. It's like a guy staring when he sees a nice car, except they are much cooler than a car.

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If things are something people actually want, they will pay for them.

*citation needed

The signals from any person's brain will vary with time, lighting, fatigue, and many other factors. Each day, the signals could be very different, so the computer has to learn to understand them.

(There is a lot of machine learning/adaptive filtering involved in the signal processing portion of such a system.)

Hey, I'm an electrical engineering PhD student (in brain-computer interfaces) who worked at an assistive technology clinic for a few years. Adapted gaming became a specialty of mine, so I thought I would share a few links with you. (I'm sure you know some of these already.)

• AbleGamers a community of gamers with disabilities, with forums, game reviews, and a traveling "accessibility arcade" that lets people try various controllers and games at lots of conferences.
• www.oneswitch.org.uk a library of games, tools, and instructions for adapting games and controllers. Mostly aimed at people with more severe disabilities than yours.
• SpecialEffect GameBase another community with forums, reviews, and events.
• AskACapper Chuck Bittner's petition and campaign for button remapping in all games. Also his comedy about being a gamer with disabilities.
• A modified XBox360 controller that I worked with an occupational therapist to design for a guy with muscular dystrophy. The famous Ben Heck did the physical modifications for us.
• My combat wheelchair!

I also helped to start an annual adapted gaming event for kids with disabilities in Colorado called Switch It Up! Most of the adaptations are for people with more severe disabilities than yours, but you might be entertained by the Wii Fit Board wheelchair rig we built.