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Flappy Bird: it's not just for phones anymore.

The mobile app phenomenon that ended abruptly in February has returned — but this time, in a form of a physical, do-it-yourself game kit.

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Make Flappy Box is formed on a prototype done by Arduino, an open-source, physical computing platform that aims to be affordable and accessible for anyone, regardless of their technical background. Other similar projects include a cardboard-box version of Super Mario Bros.

Make Flappy Box
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Fawn Qiu

"Technology has somehow trained us to take things as is, instead of asking a hows and whys," Fawn Qiu, who spearheaded a project, told Mashable. "I'm hoping to make technology some-more accessible through introducing electronics in a beautiful and fun way." Read more...

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