From the Maker of Arduboy: Tetris On a Bracelet 15
timothy writes: Kevin Bates showed off his tiny ("credit card sized") homebrewed game-playing rig at OSCON this summer. Not content with merely wallet sized, he's now squeezed enough display — three of them, lacking a curved display to wrap around the wrist — input sensors, and processing power (Atmega 328p) to play Tetris on a tiny, multi-segmented bracelet (video). Sure, there's been Tetris on watches before, but from large-budget companies, not — at least not that I've ever seen — from hackers. Bates' post gives some more technical details, too.
Motion activated (Score:2)
I was hoping for something motion-activated: Strap one to each wrist and each elbow and get some good old 80's breakdancing [youtu.be] going while you play.
Meh. (Score:3)
It's a little computer on a project board. Nice community college electronics course project, but front page Slashdot?
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It's more interesting than anything else this week and it would make a cool DIY dev platform.
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It's a little computer on a project board. Nice community college electronics course project, but front page Slashdot?
In fairness, the guy has done a really really neat job. I was expecting something humongous, ugly, and utterly impractical* as a watch. Also, the graphic effects (TE TR IS scrolling in opposite directions and the way the vertical lines gradually appear) is kind of neat too. It's generally got a nice aesthetic!
*Yeah, for certain measures of practical... but it is at least the right size, weight, thickness!
Will Alexey Pajitnov sue? (Score:2)
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Triple head display (Score:2)
Is anyone else curious how he got three OLED displays powered off of the single Arduino? I can think of several good uses of a multi-display Arduino product...
Not quite credit card sizes... (Score:2)
TechKeys [techkeys.us] has a programmable business card with a built-in Tetris clone in firmware.
It is programmable over USB if you want to use it for something else.
Because TechKeys makes keyboard accessories, its intended use is as a keyboard. Therefore, it is made to fit four Cherry MX mechanical key switches.