The Falcon Controller: Where Gaming and Surgery Cross Paths
Novint's challenge for design firm Lunar was to transform a high-end, industrial controller produced by Swiss company Force Dimension from a US$20,000 device used by scientists and engineers for technical training and research into a desktop version that would cost consumers only 1 percent of the original design.
Here's a trick question (or two): How do you design a consumer-electronics device that has no precedent in the marketplace? Say, a miniature robot that can be used by both players of entertainment PC games and doctors? In other words, a controller for on-screen simulations, from shoot-'em-up war scenes to surgical practice sessions.
