#freedom wing

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Kunio Okawara, Freedom Wing concept art for Mobile Suit Gundam, 1978.

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Power wheelchairs are now compatible with the Xbox Adaptive Controller

Plans for the Freedom Wing adapter will be made available for free

Thanks to a new device, users of power wheelchairs can connect the mobility devices they use every day directly to a modern gaming console for the first time. The device is called the Freedom Wing, and is compatible with the Xbox Adaptive Controller. Plans for the Freedom Wing will be made available free online, and early versions are already shipping out to those who need them.

The Freedom Wing is a joint effort by AbleGamers, a charity dedicated to supporting people with disabilities, and A.T. Makers. Founded by Bill Binko, A.T. Makers brings together those who work in the field of assistive technology with modern-day tinkerers and high school technology programs, including robotics teams. According to a video published Friday on AbleGamers’ YouTube channel, which we’ve also embedded above, the device requires a printed circuit board and some basic soldering. The total cost of supplies to make one is between $30 and $35.

The way that power wheelchairs work is by putting controls where users can easily reach them. But those controls don’t natively talk to modern game consoles. Using inputs built into the Xbox Adaptive Controller, AbleGamers and A.T. Makers have been able to allow a power wheelchair’s single, familiar control system to do double duty as a game controller.

“This is really handy because people have already positioned these [controls] on their chairs,” Binko said in the video. “They have the muscle memory and [are] able to use them. Turns out it’s a really great way to get gaming to somebody who uses a power chair.”

Early versions of the Freedom Wing adapter are being hand-assembled by students in Orlando, Florida, on GRA-V Team 5816 Robotics. AbleGamers said on Twitter that adapters are already shipping.

For more information on AbleGamers, or to make a donation, check out their website.

[piyo-13]

AY YO I WROTE A THING 

CHAPTER 25

IN WHICH NOTHING OF GREAT IMPORT HAPPENS 

WHOO

[piyo-13]

Somewhat important announcement

so i've been meaning to change over all my posts from the "freedom wing" tag to the "fic: freedom wing" tag, only i never actually did... but today i checked the "fic: freedom wing" tag and there were posts in it! so i decided to get my sorry ass moving and switch over all the stuff ^^ 

tl;dr: "fic: freedom wing" is where i'll post updates from now on

[piyo-13]

sorry this is so ridiculously late please don't kill me and enjoy maybe? ^^;;;;

[piyo-13]

AY YO DEAREST FRIENDS AND FOLLOWERS I FINALLY UPDATED FREEDOM WING HERE CLICK THE LINK CHAPTER 23 IS OUT

and also titled "Of Ghosts and Laundered Things", which is, really, the summary of the entire chapter whoo~

[piyo-13]

life kinda decided to run me over this week, so probably no update until saturday or sunday...