{"id":44768,"date":"2012-09-18T16:35:20","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T14:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=44768"},"modified":"2012-09-18T16:48:10","modified_gmt":"2012-09-18T14:48:10","slug":"open-source-controller-gets-a-kickstart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/44768-open-source-controller-gets-a-kickstart","title":{"rendered":"Open-source controller gets a Kickstart"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The folks behind the Open Pandora gaming console and the iControlPad have just launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund the production of their new iControlPad 2.<\/p>\n<p>The iControlPad 2 is an open-source multi-purpose game controller. It will connect to almost anything &#8211; iOS and Android devices, Macs, PCs, Linux systems. It\u2019s completely hackable and should result in some interesting applications.<\/p>\n<p>The designers, Product 3, say that the inspiration for iControlPad 2 mostly came from user feedback, through which they improved on the original by adding a 55-key keyboard and additional rapid fire keys.<\/p>\n<p>The controller\u2019s casing is made of both metal and plastic, for more durability, and the phone cradle has been upgraded. The device is also said to have 12-14 hours of game-time on a single charge.<\/p>\n<p>Product 3 says that it has working prototypes, and it\u2019s enlisted the help of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1703567677\/icontrolpad-2-the-open-source-controller?ref=live\">Kickstarter<\/a> to raise $150,000 to start production.<\/p>\n<p>Pledging $49 gets you the controller (minus shipping), with a host of other privileges for bigger pledges.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1703567677\/icontrolpad-2-the-open-source-controller\/widget\/video.html\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related articles:<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Quest for Glory creators to Kickstart new project\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/44751-quest-for-glory-creators-to-kickstart-new-project.html\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Quest for Glory creators to Kickstart new project<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/44693-project-eternity-kickstarter-sets-new-targets.html\">Project Eternity Kickstarter sets new targets<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/44340-beneath-a-steel-sky-sequel-teased.html\">Beneath a Steel Sky sequel teased<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/42982-ouya-startup-feeling-a-real-responsibility-to-deliver-to-backers.html\">Ouya startup feeling \u201ca real responsibility to deliver\u201d to backers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/41857-obsidian-boss-very-tempted-to-launch-planescape-torment-sequel-kickstarter.html\">Obsidian boss \u201cvery tempted\u201d to launch Planescape: Torment sequel Kickstarter<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The iControlPad 2 should answer your handheld needs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":196,"featured_media":44769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[31,6830,2366,6832,6831,6833],"class_list":["post-44768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-active","tag-icontropad-2","tag-kickstarter","tag-open-source","tag-open-source-controller","tag-product-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/196"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44768"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44774,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44768\/revisions\/44774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}