Meet the games handheld that has to be built to be played

http://media.edge-online.com/wp-cont...-DIY-Gamer.jpgTechnology Will Save Us is a company that makes kits and runs classes to turn consumers into craftsmen. It can help you make a tiny synth, a pair of programmable LED glasses, and now a console.“We tried to go back to the archetype of a gaming device,” says product designer and ‘creative technologist’ Michail Vanis. “The screen only has 64 pixels and no colours; the buttons are just the classic up, down, left, right and start; and the sound is a monotone speaker. We were really inspired by those keyring-sized Game & Watches Nintendo used to make, because [they] stripped everything complicated for a really simple gaming experience.”The DIY Gamer unit is a handheld stripped to its barest essentials and sold as a construction kit. The point is to illustrate the workings behind things that users take for granted.

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