Students try to invent a new video game controller

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For their senior year research project, Health sciences majors Erin Ozdogan and Erika Hempey of Gettysburg College tries to make up a new kind of video game controler that would allow players to exercise while playing.

Exercising and playing video games might seem like contradictions, but two Gettysburg College students hope their research will prove a new game controller will allow you to do both at once.

Health sciences majors Erin Ozdogan and Erika Hempey picked the project for their senior year "capstone" independent research experience.

"We're not video gamers ourselves," Ozdogan said. "What we're interested in is what it means really to the child obesity epidemic and the fact that not only children, but the amount of all people dealing with hypokinetic disease – which involves not moving – and all the disorders associated with (not getting enough exercise); diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome, high blood pressure."

They hope if their research pans out, children will be raised to play video games on an ExerStation controller instead of the traditional one that accompanies video games. They can still have fun with their favorite games, but will be getting fit while doing it.

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