"Play & Plug" - Counterintuitive game controllers.
Empire State Maker Faire 2020
October 16th-17th
You've seen Pi-upgraded consoles. You've seen plug-n-play controllers with a pi or arduino built in, and games preloaded.
What is "Counterintuitive Retrogaming?"
How do you follow up an all-scrap upcycled 8-bit game controller?
Tune in and find out!
This is the latest in many years of retro-game projects and demonstrations Elijah has presented at Faire locations and in MakeZine, starting in 2016 with his first Maker Faire appearance and his Altoids Box Retro-Pi build.
Starting as a street-advertising volunteer, Elijah has worked as a panelist, demonstrated projects on stage, mentored in seminars, and interacted with the public at booths and tables both for himself and while representing companies.
While not at work, he's been known to help stir up "creative mischief" on Faire grounds from Rochester to San Mateo including googley-eye "guerrilla art" and improvised pyrotechnics . He HAD the fire marshal's permission. Really.
You may have seen his High Altitude Balloon story on local news in the greater Wilkes-Barre region, or seen him with his Maker Faire friend & MythBusters Jr Co-star Allie Weber or their rag-tag group of "Problem Kids" in MakeZine or on Twitter.
Elijah Horland
Elijah Horland is a self-taught maker, computer, and device builder. Starting at age 9, Elijah was featured by Make Magazine, MagPi, and other outlets long before he was on TV. In 2018 his big break came when he was chosen to participate in Adam Savage's "MythBusters Jr" produced by Beyond Networks. The show aired in January 2019 on the Science Channel. It is available on the Science Channel website and on Hulu, Netflix and iTunes/AppleTV. Elijah started as a Maker Faire Volunteer and has never stopped. Working in various Faire Roles, he continues as a maker, an entertainer, a mentor and more. He intends to continue in his role as street-advertisement in NYC if and when NYC Maker Faire(s) return. His "maker" and sci-tech projects ongoing include raising Black Swallowtail caterpillars, remote-learning annoyance robotics, 3d printing, pancake printing, retro-gaming, guerrilla street-corn art & fundraising. He is also training in events production. Often seen on WNEP TV news in the greater Wilkes-Barre region, Elijah continues to work on camera and off with his co-host Allie Weber and their off-beat bunch of science and tech "Problem Children."
