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NOVINT Falcon 3D Force Feedback Gaming Controller
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NOVINT Falcon 3D Force Feedback Gaming Controller Vote: Thumbs Down or Thumbs Up Our Rating: 90% Manufacturer: NOVINT Ad Placeholder Lock and load baby! Ive had force feedback devices before, such as a joystick that was pretty much useless for anything but flight sims. But what NOVINT have brought to the table here is by no means an evolution of the force feedback joystick. Its much different! This concept has been redesigned from the ground up to really give you a perspective based control over the environment, either through an FPS game, a flight ...
Gamer hardware to turn war into a game
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An outfit that makes 3-D touch controllers for video and computer games has just been recruited by the US Army to make controls for its war droids. According to CNET the idea is that PacBot operators to tell exactly how hard a robot's grip is, allowing soldiers to more safely pick up and handle fragile or dangerous objects. Novint Technologies has been awarded a subcontract to co-develop a remote touch kit for the iRobot unmanned ground vehicle PacBot. [image] The soldier would feel the bumps and jerks when driving the robot, thus improving performance over rugged terrain. ...
