Playstation hand controls for paraplegic 24/06/15

[grizz]

My mate Martin has a friend and customer who we do little odd jobs for.

He is a paraplegic, ex fireman who lives on his own but cannot always do things for himself.

Recently I made a load of wooden spacers in Oak to raise his lounge suite by 60mm as he still drives a seriously fast Nissan GTR that he uses mainly for track days and needs to practice on the play station for various tracks he visits in the UK and Europe. So the raised furniture means he is more comfortable.

Of course, the Playstation console for car driving is made for able bodied persons only, and there is no system available for paraplegics with hand controls.

Here is a video of what Martin built for him.

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I love the fact that this technically puts a disabled person back in the driving seat.

Pity there is nothing like this available out there, it was not cheap to build, but will make a difference in the life of a guy who made a difference.

Well done Martin.

[smurf]

Things like this humble me

They realy do

[grizz]

Feb 19, 2015 23:14:35 GMT smurf said:

Things like this humble me

They realy do

I agree on the hats off.

Thing is, Martin and I both ride bikes and could as easily be in the same situation after one off.......

Russell was 6'4" standing and used to work as a bouncer after hours, so a big guy, still muscular, but because his injury was quite high, he does not have all the upper body strength needed to do stuff like use power tools etc.

So the least we can do is help him out as he could have dragged our arses out of a fire, or from under a car wreck in the past.

This is a guy who served us in the past.

[grifterkid]

Wow, just insanely WOW...!!!!!!!

[recarouk]

Feb 19, 2015 23:14:35 GMT smurf said:

Things like this humble me

They realy do

cant add much more, other than well done to Martin, it looks so simple in design, but i bet it makes a massive world of difference. seems like a really good bloke.

[grizz]

Feb 20, 2015 19:10:04 GMT recarouk said:

Feb 19, 2015 23:14:35 GMT smurf said:

Things like this humble me

They realy do

cant add much more, other than well done to Martin, it looks so simple in design, but i bet it makes a massive world of difference. seems like a really good bloke.

Forgot to mention, Martin took the controls to Russell over the weekend to set up and hand over, and left one very happy man when he was done.

Really pleased it all came together in the end.

[recarouk]

good stuff, hopefully getting plenty of use then

[jeffeRS]

Brilliant. I doff my cap in your direction.

[guinnal]

Great stuff. I love the ingenuity.

[fordperv]

That's fantastic, i doff my cap

[Sinky]

Fantastic! Well done Martin.

[grizz]

Thanks guys.

He has now had a request from another paraplegic to build a different, but the same type system.

[Xenocide]

www.benheck.com/controllers/

Ben heck makes controllers a bit like that. He hosts a show on youtube which some people may find interesting.

www.youtube.com/user/thebenheckshow

[grizz]

Popped around to Martin's place on the way home tonight.

He had asked me to come and help him make a video clip of the latest X-Box adapted hand controls for a different Paraplegic friend.

So good to see this sort of thing happening.



Delivery and setup hopefully next week.

[93fxdl]

Admiration, but I find it difficult to comment on this thread since I have a disabled son who can easily handle a game console but will never be able to drive,
Big weekend for disabled motoring coming up, Nicolas Hamilton is becoming the first disabled driver in the British touring cars, but not forgetting all the other disabled racers out there.
www.bmsad.co.uk/introduction-1/competitors---racing
Ttfn Glenn