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By combining a Nintendo Power Glove with 3D-printed parts, Easton LaChappelle has created a functional robotic prosthetic arm. Other items used include: LEGO bricks, fishing wire, and surgical tubing. His design utilizes 3D printing to help offset the high costs of prosthetic technology, and is controlled by a Teensy Arduini microcontroller, amplifier circuits and Bluetooth receivers. Continue reading for two videos and more information.

If Tim Burton created his own version of Pokemon, here is how some of the characters might look. While the main series consists of role-playing games, spinoffs encompass other genres such as action role-playing, puzzle, and digital pet games. It is the second best selling video game franchise worldwide, next to the Mario franchise. Continue reading for some interesting facts you may not have known about the series.

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Did you know that Nintendo was founded as a card company in late 1889, originally named Nintendo Koppai. Based in Kyoto, Japan, the business produced and marketed a playing card game called Hanafuda. However, their calling was video games. In 1983, Nintendo launched the Family Computer home video game console in Japan (abbreviated “Famicom” and known outside Japan as the Nintendo Entertainment System or NES) alongside ports of its most popular arcade titles. Click here to view the first image in this week’s trolling gallery. Continue reading for a viral video of an ultra geeky cake with built-in projection technology.

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Designed by jeweler Arts & Gems, who also created a nifty Dr. Who TARDIS engagement ring, this amazing Pokeball creation “has a twisted shank with created green gems showing our good health at the beginning of a battle. There is also a wedding band to complete the set with created topaz stones showing our experience. Engagement ring has a Created Ruby and Cubic Zirconium cut in half to create a symmetrical design in the center.” Click here to view the first image in this week’s FAILS gallery. Continue reading for a viral video showing what happens when someone takes too long to snap a photo with Comic Con cosplayers.