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Perhaps the worst, and least repairable, shortcoming of touchscreens is their failure to act as viable game controllers. Keyboard-equipped smartphones alleviate that pain a little (particularly if you pair them with a Game Gripper), but ultimately we'd all prefer real controllers for our real games. Such was clearly the thinking behind the homebrewed setup here, which combines an HTC EVO 4G -- with Android and an NES emulator inside -- with an Arduino board, a BlueSMiRF Bluetooth module, and a classic NES control pad. The result might look like a mess of wires, but who cares when you can rock Super Mario 3 the way Nintendo surely intended?

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In response to the Arduino pong post from a few days ago, SynOptx shared their 2-player PONGuino game. Rather than using a television for a display, they opted to go with an LCD display mounted on an s65 shield. Looks like fun!

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Super Awesome Sylvia (and her equally super-awesome parents, TechNinja and CraftNinja), quite frankly, gives me hope for humanity. We had the best time working with them on the special Mini Maker Show series they did for us, for our Kids month theme, and we can barely stop smiling after looking at each of her inspiring videos. Sylvia is definitely a maker star on the rise.

In this, the third episode of their regular Sylvia's Super-Awesome Maker Show, Sylvia shows you how to do two simple Arduino projects. Can anyone continue to be intimidated by the idea of messing around with microcontrollers and basic electronics after seeing this video? C;mon... it's child's play! Great job, Sylvia!

Super Simple Arduino - Sylvia's Super-Awesome Maker Show: Episode 03

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• Sylvia's Super Awesome Mini Maker Show: Rockets
• Sylvia's Super Awesome Mini Maker Show: Crazy putty
• Sylvia's Super Awesome Mini Maker Show: Sidewalk Chalk

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Deane Rimerman, of ReadWriteWeb, put together a top ten list of YouTube's most popular videos introducing the concepts behind the "internet of things" (basically sensors and microcontrollers connected to the internets). Our "Introduction of Arduino" video, from 2007, starring Bre Pettis and Joe Grand, is #2 on the list.

Here's a nice intro to the concept of the internet of things (#3 on their list):

[Thanks, Deane!]

Top 10 YouTube Videos About Internet of Things

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