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Build Your Own Electric Etch-A-Sketch

Posted by michael on from the reboot-by-shaking dept.

mhaisley writes "Ok, case mods are cool, monitor mods are nifty... but an Electric Etch-a-Sketch beats either. Students at Cornell University built an electronically controlled etch-a-sketch, controllable by a PC mouse. This was part of a group of class final projects featured by their instructor."

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  1. Sorry, but this has been done before... by feloneous+cat · · Score: 0, Troll

    Us old timers remember that this was featured in an article WAAAY back in the print and ink mags (BYTE? Dr. Dobbs? Brain gets old after a while). They also hooked up a computer to an etch-a-sketch.

    Way to go, kids, you re-invented the fucking wheel!!!

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    IANAL, but I've seen actors play them on TV