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  • It’s real: iPad Arcade…well at least its not fake

    It’s real: iPad Arcade…well at least its not fake

    Posted on June 9, 2010 | No Comments
    When Think Geek posted this image on April Fools Day, it was apparent that it wasn’t real. While a disappointment to some gamers, it also became an inspiration for one Hideyoshi Moriya. iCade lives!

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  • Cellbots get Nexus One upgrade, ad-hoc motion control (video)

    Cellbots get Nexus One upgrade, ad-hoc motion control (video)

    Posted on May 12, 2010 | No Comments
    Sprint and Verizon may have shunned the Nexus One, but that doesn't mean the handsets can't be put to good use: these Android-controlled, Arduino-powered Cellbots now feature the one true Googlephone as the CPU. At Intel's 2010 International Engineering and Science Fair in San Jose, we got our hot little hands on the DIY truckbots for the first time, and found to our surprise they'd been imbued with accelerometer-based motion control. Grabbing a Nexus One off a nearby table, we simply tilted the handset forward, back, left and right to make the Cellbot wheel about accordingly, bumping playfully into neighbors and streaming live video the whole time. We were told the first handset wirelessly relayed instructions to the second using Google Chat, after which point a Python script determined the bot's compass facing and activated Arduino-rigged motors via Bluetooth, but the real takeaway here is that robots never fail to amuse. Watch our phone-skewing, bot-driving antics in a video after the break, and see what we mean.

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    Cellbots get Nexus One upgrade, ad-hoc motion control (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 12 May 2010 17:39:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • Look at this portable GameCube mod then quit the Internet, it won’t get any better today

    Look at this portable GameCube mod then quit the Internet, it won’t get any better today

    Posted on May 4, 2010 | No Comments
    Portable GameCube? Sure, why not?

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  • Benheck’s PS3 Slim laptop has blast processing

    Benheck’s PS3 Slim laptop has blast processing

    Posted on April 27, 2010 | No Comments
    Well well well, look what Benheck has come up with. It's a PS3 Slim laptop. It's everything you need to play God of War III in one handy package. And, if you're a wealthy person, Mr. Heckenorn will happily construct you one!

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  • Nintendo controller car mod goes too far

    Nintendo controller car mod goes too far

    Posted on April 3, 2010 | No Comments
    I'm all for letting your geek flag fly, but this is a bit much. Perhaps he wanted to be able to control the car from the front? At least it's something that you can hide under you hood. I dunno. Props for knowing your roots and such.

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  • DIY gaming rig made from pipes

    DIY gaming rig made from pipes

    Posted on March 5, 2010 | No Comments
    Seems like every year at CES we see those fancy gaming desk setups and every year they still cost thousands of dollars. If you only have tens of dollars to spend on gaming desks, then get some aluminum pipes like this guy did.

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  • Use a Rock Band drum kit to play poker

    Use a Rock Band drum kit to play poker

    Posted on March 5, 2010 | No Comments
    Back in September, we learned how to use a Rock Band guitar controller to play poker. If you thought the magic would end there, buckle up. The man who brought you the previous how-to, Sean Lind, is back again and this time he’s using the Rock Band drum kit.

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  • Wii laptop hack is about 2.5 inches thick

    Wii laptop hack is about 2.5 inches thick

    Posted on February 15, 2010 | No Comments
    Of all the consoles to stuff into a laptop form factor, the Wii’s minute size makes it as good a candidate as any. And while Wii laptop mods have been done before, this most recent one has the distinction of being relatively thin at just over 2.5 inches.

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  • How to mod your original NES to epic levels

    How to mod your original NES to epic levels

    Posted on February 11, 2010 | No Comments
    Some hardware is just dear to a geeks heart that they can't let it just die. Take for example the original NES system. Some enthusiasts take modding them to a whole new level. I mean, I like to play Mario Bros. as much as the next guy, but this is getting extreme.

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  • Break free from the corporate Snuggie stranglehold by sewing your own

    Break free from the corporate Snuggie stranglehold by sewing your own

    Posted on January 26, 2010 | No Comments
    Are we still expected, in the year 2010, to pay $20 plus $8 shipping for a Snuggie? And another $8 shipping for a second bonus Snuggie? NO! Show the fat cats at the Snuggie conglomerate that you’re onto their little ruse. Take a big piece of fabric – any fabric you want! -- cut some arm holes, and sew some arms onto the arm holes.

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  • DIY remote car starter uses pre-paid phone, less than $75 worth of materials

    DIY remote car starter uses pre-paid phone, less than $75 worth of materials

    Posted on January 25, 2010 | No Comments
    A man named Dave has cobbled together a remote car starter that uses a pre-paid phone to start the car’s engine. The launch sequence is initiated when the phone gets a call or when a particular event in the phone’s calendar comes up (he uses the calendar to start the car at specific times in [...]

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  • iPhone camera mod for magnification: because you can

    iPhone camera mod for magnification: because you can

    Posted on November 23, 2009 | No Comments
    We've thought before how nice it might be to have some powers of magnification on the iPhone's cam... but are we going to go out and mod our unit? Probably not, but that doesn't mean we can't admire someone else's work. Taking various lenses and attaching them to the lid of a jar, the modder quite carefully built a contraption that looks a little "hobo Steampunk" to us, but we're still fairly impressed with this little gadget. Hit the read link for full, detailed instructions and more photos if you'd like to make one of your own.

    iPhone camera mod for magnification: because you can originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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  • IBUYPOWER announces Chimera 2 to celebrate 10 years of bling

    IBUYPOWER announces Chimera 2 to celebrate 10 years of bling

    Posted on November 18, 2009 | No Comments
    IBUYPOWER computers aren't exactly known for being subtle but it's worked for them for 10 years and they are still going strong. To celebrate their anniversary, IBUYPOWER is re-releasing the Chimera 2 with all new hardware and a pretty impressive new paint job.

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  • Modders hard at work circumventing Xbox banning

    Modders hard at work circumventing Xbox banning

    Posted on November 13, 2009 | No Comments
    Were you one of the 1 million Xbox live users that got banned yesterday? Well, you might not want to go buy that new Xbox quite yet. Some of the modders (you know, the ones who got you banned in the first place) are working on a solution that returns the firmware to an almost stock configuration, which would allow you to actually use your console again.

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  • Old $4 Sega PC turned into real computer

    Old $4 Sega PC turned into real computer

    Posted on October 22, 2009 | No Comments
    Well how do you like that? An old Sega SC-3000H from 1983 has been given new life as a fancy keyboard PC. An enterprising modder named Cuzza over in the TechPowerUp forums laid out $4 for the old-timey computer, rolled up his sleeves, and got to work.

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