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James Bentley

One techie has built a camera out of an old Logitech gaming mouse, and it's inspired by the Game Boy Camera

Image from Dycus' camera (which was made from an optical mouse.

If you have a bit of a soft spot for the Game Boy Camera or, dare I say it, the built-in camera of that PS Vita stuck in your drawer, you can create a similar effect with an old mouse, some custom parts, and a "quick Python script".

One techie recently took to Reddit to share that they had turned the guts of an old optical mouse into a tiny little camera that can fit into a palm. It reportedly took 65 hours to create, but actually, that project was in the works for much longer.

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