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.

Dycus, the creator behind the project, told me the idea originally came from this SpritesMods post detailing the ways you can use the optical mouse sensor like a very small camera. They spotted this report "many, many years ago", but it stayed in the back of their mind for some time. They kept the PCB and sensor f

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