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From the Maker of Arduboy: Tetris On a Bracelet

Posted by Soulskill on from the next-up-pong-on-your-wedding-ring dept.

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.

15 comments

  1. Motion activated by whereiswaldo · · Score: 1

    I was hoping for something motion-activated: Strap one to each wrist and each elbow and get some good old 80's breakdancing going while you play.

  2. Honestly, by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    This looks way cooler than the iwatch

  3. Oh, Great. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    Yet another reason for distracted driving.

    "I swear, Officer, there was traffic and I was bored and thought I'd grab a quick game (ya know, just one) and I was keepin' one eye on the road (honest!) and I was gettin' up some score and... that armadillo just came outta nowhere!"

    Next, they'll put online poker on your wrist and the highways will become true deathtraps. Please, people. When you're behind the wheel, PUT IT AWAY!

    1. Re:Oh, Great. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      And it could kill tiny unicorn babies. Lets be a soccer mum and outlaw this innovation.

  4. Meh. by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 2

    It's a little computer on a project board. Nice community college electronics course project, but front page Slashdot?

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    1. Re:Meh. by NIK282000 · · Score: 1

      It's more interesting than anything else this week and it would make a cool DIY dev platform.

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    2. Re:Meh. by Zaiff+Urgulbunger · · Score: 1

      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!

  5. FREEDOM COMPUTING by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Folks, imagine what we could do with a little device which is NOT connected to NSA-GCHQ-Net ("internet"). Something we have the code for. For starters, we could run our own SIGABA-style thing on this device and present them the middle finger.

  6. Will Alexey Pajitnov sue? by tepples · · Score: 1

    Is this licensed by Tetris Holding? If not, expect a lawsuit.

    1. Re:Will Alexey Pajitnov sue? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      He's not selling it. There will be no lawsuit.

    2. Re:Will Alexey Pajitnov sue? by tepples · · Score: 1

      If you want, I can dig up freeware projects that The Tetris Company or a licensee has threatened. Start with Tetrinet, Heboris, Quinn...

  7. Triple head display by Hadlock · · Score: 1

    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...

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  8. Not quite credit card sizes... by Misagon · · Score: 1

    TechKeys 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.

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  9. Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Talk about worthless.

  10. Triple head display by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I'm sure if you sent him an email he would respond said the not so anonymous internet user... ;)