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Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories<\/a> just released Meggy Jr.<\/a>, an open source handheld gaming platform that includes cool chunky buttons, support for the Arduino IDE, and an 8×8 RGB LED matrix capable of displaying beautifully pixelated color images.<\/p>\n Definitely the coolest EMSL release of 2008 – and just in time for the holidays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories just released Meggy Jr., an open source handheld gaming platform that includes cool chunky buttons, support for the Arduino IDE, and an 8×8 RGB LED matrix capable of displaying beautifully pixelated color images. 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