nintendo ds jumbotron: the portable gets luggable

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September 12th, 2007 post a comment (2) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob

An enterprising builder going only by the name “Loopy” has created a mash-up between a pair of tablet PC screens and a Nintendo DS to give birth to this monstrous offspring.

Nintendo Jumbotron DS Lite

Just like its portable inspiration, the Jumbotron DS has dual screens, with stylus-based control on the bottom one. However, these screens measure in at about 15-inches each, compared to the tiny 3-inch screens on the standard DS.

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To make it all work, Loopy used an FPGA to translate the input from the tablet PC back into data usable by the DS. While it all looks a bit like something out of Dr. Frankenstein’s (or Dexter’s) laboratory, I still think it’s a pretty clever hack.

Now if only I could figure out how to fit the damned thing in my pocket.

[via Kotaku]

September 12th, 2007 post a comment (2) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob

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  • 1. manchicken  |  September 13th, 2007 at 11:15 am

    That’s crazy cool. I bet he voided several warranties in the process of making that video.

  • 2. sonson@Picture&Softwa&hellip  |  September 15th, 2007 at 10:55 am

    ホシイイイイイ,ビッグDS…

    激欲しい. ここから.ドゾ. めちゃ欲しい. あ,トラックバックしたから,英語……

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