Football Hero
posted Oct 27th 2009 2:00pm by James Munnsfiled under: peripherals hacks, toy hacks

For Kasabian’s new single Underdog, they decided to do something original. After dreaming up a Guitar Hero style controller powered by soccer football players, they set out to make it happen. Using 5 wall mounted pressure sensors connected to a microcontroller, they hooked up the rig to a computer running Frets on Fire (an open source Guitar Hero clone) with a custom version of their single. After an afternoon of practice, the team was able to 5 star the song, and while this isnt the only or most complex Guitar Hero hack, we would love to have this in our house.
Video after the break.





Well, that’s one way to get a workout (and practice your kicks (and have fun) at the same time).
Posted at 2:17 pm on Oct 27th, 2009 by SheeEttin