DIY PunchOut Controller For Those Who Like To Punch

By Andrew Liszewski

Over at Instructables, ‘kirton’ has a great tutorial on how to make your own punching bag like interface for the classic NES title, PunchOut. A foam filled bag provides a comfortable punching material, and inside that bag you’ll find a set of handmade impact sensors wired to a PC game pad which translates the impacts to the game running via an NES emulator. The system can even provide visual feedback whenever the player gets punched thanks to a combination of software that detects when your sprite turns pink (which is how the game indicates a hit) and an arduino which causes an LED indicator to flash. That part is just a proof of concept at this point, but eventually a strobe light will be used to provide some level of real world disorientation whenever your character gets hit.

Panasonic SV-ME Series

Panasonic has unveiled its new and…water-proof  pmps (portable media player) called Panasonic SV-ME750 and SV-ME700. These little toys are nothing else than portables TV. They are similar model but just the SV-ME750 is able to record TV programs directly to its 2 GB SD card, included in the price.

Both models have been available in Black, Pink and White. These devices have been scheduled to hit the Japanese market later this month and the price of this SV-ME750 is 45,000 yen ($500) and 38,000 yen ($420) for the SV-ME700.

Swiss Army Knife

The high tech Altimeter Swiss Army knife includes a digital altimeter and thermometer.

Prodouct Details:

• Large Blade
• Small Blade
• Bottle Opener
• Large Screwdriver
• Wire Stripper
• Corkscrew
• Can Opener
• Small Screwdriver
• Reamer
• Sewing Eye
• Key Ring
• Toothpick
• Tweezers
• Scissors
• Hook
• Digital Altimeter (-300 ft to +15,000 ft/-100 m to +5,000 m)
• Digital Thermometer (0 F to +110 F/-20 C to +40 C)

The Swiss Army Knife with Altimeter is available from SwissOutpost.com for $115.