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Video Game Week: The Game Boy That Doesn’t Need Batteries
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This week we're replaying some of our favorite shows about our favorite games. In this episode from September 2020, a research project builds a handheld device modeled on Nintendo's Game Boy that gets its power from solar panels and the energy created by pushing buttons - no batteries necessary. Plus: a programmer recreates the classic video game Doom inside an electronic pregnancy test. Technology is pretty versatile, isn't it?
Battery-free Game Boy runs forever (Northwestern University)
Programmer makes original Doom playable on pregnancy test (CNet)
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Manage episode 291909320 series 2922787
This week we're replaying some of our favorite shows about our favorite games. In this episode from September 2020, a research project builds a handheld device modeled on Nintendo's Game Boy that gets its power from solar panels and the energy created by pushing buttons - no batteries necessary. Plus: a programmer recreates the classic video game Doom inside an electronic pregnancy test. Technology is pretty versatile, isn't it?
Battery-free Game Boy runs forever (Northwestern University)
Programmer makes original Doom playable on pregnancy test (CNet)
Cool Weird Awesome is powered by its backers on Patreon, join today!
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/coolweirdawesome/support1337 episodes
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