Hard-wired devices is the name of this interface-project created by Roger Ibars (2002–2011). He combined 100 game controllers and alarm clocks by freeing the controller from it’s console. So the beauty of it’s interface is in focus. On his page he describes how to control the alarm-clock with the controller and gives a lot of more information.
“In 2002, Roger Ibars started to build ‘Hard-wired devices,’ a collection of vintage electronic devices -alarm clocks and game controllers- in which two cultures of interface blend: the computer gaming culture and the home appliance culture.”…
In July 2003 Roger Ibars graduated with a Master in Interaction Design from the Royal College of Art in London. Here he initiates a research interest in how objects would be loosing interest in interacting with the users. He illustrated this research in the book “Self-made objects”, a collection of daily objects that experience their functions. These objects investigate a new area for interaction design where things take control of their functions and therefore use themselves. Here you can find out more…
But these devices are not the only experiments with joysticks, he also created some nice looking animations which show where a joystick also could be used. Project: Joystick-able.
