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Zhihan Zhang

"This 100% handmade earmuff/earphone is a game controller informed by my personal experience while gaming. When I played the video games on PC with my earphones, the electric wires are always twined with other electric wires from laptop or keyboard. What if game controller functions could be combined with the earphones so I won’t be bothered by tangled wires while playing? There are four digital inputs sewn into both sides of the earmuff. The user can press down on the left or right side of the earmuff that correspond to the left and right keys. There is also a strip connected inside the earmuff. When the strip is pulled down, it drags a piece of conductive material to enable the down key, and the zipper enables the up key. I gridded off the surface protective layer of the zipper head and made the metal part exposed. When I drag the zipper head to the top, it bridges the two conductive materials and completes the circuit. "