The device is shaped like the original Game Boy with solar panels attached to the front of the chassis or body. Button mashing by user will be the secondary source of energy. — Screengrab from YouTube
Imagine having a handheld gaming device that can be powered by solar energy and your own actions, with no other battery required.
Researchers at Northwestern University in the US and the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in the Netherlands are developing Engage, an energy-aware gaming platform that both harnesses solar power and converts user actions into energy, in the quest to bring intermittent computing and sustainable technology to more mainstream applications like video games.
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