"Basically, it's still a pipe and it's got a firing pin at the bottom, " Trevithick said.

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We had to collect insects and butterflies and pin them to the bottom of a box.

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There's also a 30-pin docking port on the bottom edge of the tablet, but ZTE informed us it'd be another month or so before the dock is ready for public consumption.

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On pin 14 (second up from the bottom right) we chose to put a flex sensor.

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On pin 15 (third up from the bottom right) we connected a potentiometer.

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