canadian broadcasting corporation A Canadian engineering student has built what is said to be the world’s smallest arcade machine, reports say. Victoria Korhonen, who studies electrical and mechanical engineering at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario, used 3D printing, assembly and programming to create a fully functional miniature model table tennis Arcade cabinets hit records.
Korhonen’s arcade machine measures approximately 64mm high, 26mm wide and 30mm deep. Its dimensions are smaller than the current Guinness World Records holder, which measures 67 x 30 x 34 mm.
According to the budding engineer and creator, the arcade cabinet project took about six months to complete. It sounds like a labor of love, with Kohonen harping on color combinations, redesigns, reprints and starting the project from scratch.
The world’s smallest arcade machine is more than just a (tiny) piece of hardware. “Everything was built from scratch, including the coding system, artificial intelligence, paddle size, motherboard,” Kohonen said. “Everything you see is completely hand programmed, so it’s quite a bit of work.”
Since the text-based CBC website eschews this, we’re happy to learn from the accompanying newsreel Arduino A microcontroller powers the arcade cabinet. The video also shows this version of Pong working on a small cabinet with similar small controls.
Korhonen describes himself as a big gamer and a dedicated electromechanical engineer, and seems very pleased with this world record achievement.
Guinness World Records will officially certify this small new arcade machine as a world record. If the measurements, plans and reports submitted meet requirements, Kohonen’s table tennis machine should break the record in about three months.
This isn’t Kohonen’s first world record. Her name has been enshrined in the holy books after taking photos with her classmates using the world’s longest selfie stick. Actor Ben Stiller is the previous holder of this record.
Kohonen won’t be satisfied with just two world records. She has set her sights on creating the world’s tiniest humanoid robot.