Try as they might, no human born of mortal parents will ever create a DIY project that’s more nerdy than this epic leather fur-lined gauntlet that includes a built-in digital Dungeons & Dragons dice roller.
Posted as a tutorial on SparkFun’s site by user Dia, the gauntlet embodies everything that is awesome about DIY geeky projects. While it looks like a prop straight out of Game of Thrones, the addition of a digital display and a series of switches lets you roll 100, 20, 12, 10, 8, 6 and 4-sided virtual dice with — get this — a shake of your wrist.
I think it’s safe to say we can turn off the internet today people, because Dia has just won it all. [SparkFun Electronics via The Mary Sue via BoingBoing]
WTF?
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 8:26 PMA gauntlet is a glove that extends up the forearm. This is not a gauntlet. Just guessing, but I think it’s a sleeve. A stupid sleeve.
Greg
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 8:34 PMThats not a Gauntlet, its a Vambrace.
Ozoneocean
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 9:15 PMTrue, but posting that makes you dorkier than it’s creator… :(
But it is true, yeah.
Osiris Fox
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 10:32 AMThat’s not a Vambrace, it’s a device that makes your lunch money disappear every day.
nkwong
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 10:11 PMneeds a place to put my blizzard authenticators
S
Thursday, February 2, 2012 at 10:36 PMAs a RP Gamer I can tell you it’s a rare ocassion I need to role a single die…
Awnshegh
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 9:32 AMMK2 will have an LCD screen with all the required nerdy bits. Oh wait – it basically becomes a pip-boy if yo do that. Which is kind of cool too.
Ash
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 12:07 PMGauntlet or arm warmer?
Sam
Friday, February 3, 2012 at 5:10 PMIt’s real purpose is to build his left forearm up to the size of the exposed right.
Tony
Thursday, February 9, 2012 at 5:53 PMOr as Leela (futurama) calls it – “This thing I wear on my wrist” [The Problem with Popplers]