3D Printed Custom Game Boy

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There's never been a better time to be a kid–or a kid at heart–than today. The ongoing tech explosion of ideas and innovation has had a most empowering impact on the way we think of ourselves as consumers. Basically, it's becoming a matter of "if you want it, you make it." No longer must you choose between the most and the least disappointing when contemporary technology facilitates customization more than ever before.

3D printing has been a major contributor to the "not only can you make it but you can customize it" aspect of the DIY revolution taking place. On the front lines in that revolution are innovators like James Drachenberg, founder of Dragon Mountain Design. Drachenberg, a mechanical engineer, exemplifies the new "Renaissance Person." In addition to having important manual skills critical for a mechanical engineer, he knows his way around digital design work, including 3D modeling, and he's embraced 3D printing fully.

Drachenberg, who hails from Phoenix, Arizona, decided to indulge another evidently lifelong passion–handheld gaming–when he set out to custom design his own Game Boy. If you recall the original Nintendo Game Boys, they were pretty standard looking–rectangular, and available in a few different colors. Drachenberg's custom-designed handheld gaming device, Drachenberry Pi, is anything but that. It has a distinctly industrial appearance, like something you'd use to order up your lunch if not guide the ship as you're speeding through deep space.

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