My project is a riff on the Nintendo Power glove in that I wanted to try and make a glove with inputs that uses natural hand movements plus traditional buttons. The idea came from a nervous tick I have where I'll touch my thumb with the tips of my fingers in a rhythmic manner and thought I could use that motion as an input. I also wanted to try to improve on the construction of my project from the previous one, which due to some issues is debatable if I did. Construction-wise, the circuit playground is adhered with Velcro to the center of the glove which has the is wired to foil on the pointer and middle finger to move up and down, the A button is right, and the B button goes left. To make it I first cut the thumb off the glove so the thumb can activate the foil on the two fingers. I then adhered the board to the center of the glove and stripped wires and used electrical tape to secure them to pin A6 & A7. I tried to wire through the glove but didn't have anything I could pierce the glove without tearing it so I ran the wire on top of the fingers of the gloves and secured them to foil with the electrical tape. I then taped the foil tightly at the tips of the fingers and over the wire and then taped the bottom of the foil to the glove loosely while not wrapping the wire to not make it too taut. I originally did all four fingers but the ring and pinky were hard to reach because the gloves was a little rigid so I moved their functions to the A and B buttons which made the game a lot more playable. To play all one has to do is touch their thumb to the foil on the pointer or middle finger to move up or down and A or B for left and right.
Published December 8, 2020
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