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Junkyard Robot PC Case Mod Dares You to Ask if It Can Play Crysis

robot pc case mod by wehr-wolf

Believe it or not, this sculpture of a robot actually houses a working computer in its body. While this doesn’t dethrone the weirdest or the prettiest case mods that I’ve seen, the man who made it says he finished the whole thing in just 2 days. I can’t even finish a…

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May 25th, 2012 by: Lambert Varias

LED Matrix Glasses: That Hack Cray

macetech led matrix glasses by garrett mace

Someone call Kanye West. I know he’s a very busy man but he has to know that Garrett Mace has made the best pair of shutter shades of all time. Mace’s LED Matrix glasses have flashing lights just like Yeezy on Graduation….

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May 24th, 2012 by: Lambert Varias

Mad Max Motorcycle Built from Car that Broke Down in the Desert

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For most of us, if our car broke down in the desert, we would have no choice but to just walk or pray for rescue. Most of are not so technically inclined to take our cars and build something else out of the parts. Well, Emile Leray is far more…

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May 23rd, 2012 by: Conner Flynn

Iron Man Xbox 360 Case Mod: Blue Ring of Life

iron man xbox 360 case mod by zachariah cruse

I don’t think I need to elaborate on this one. It’s just an Xbox 360 with a case expertly modded with an Iron Man theme. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to brace myself for the deluge of “Where do I get one?”… comments. And by deluge I mean

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May 23rd, 2012 by: Lambert Varias

gTar: The iGuitar You’ve Always Wanted

gtar guitar kickstarter music iphone

I use my iPhone quite a bit, and I know that many people use it to also create tunes. Now you can have a guitar which integrates an iPhone dock, and it’s fully powered by the phone, making it the ultimate iGuitar. I’m not sure, but it’s definitely an interesting…

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May 23rd, 2012 by: Range

Turn an Old G4 iMac into an iPad Stand

imac g4 ipad stand diy cwtfozzy reddit

Have you got an old iMac G4 laying around? Well I don’t, but Reddit contributor cwtfozzy bought one and decided that it would make the perfect iPad stand. I have to say that it looks like a match made in heaven.…

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May 23rd, 2012 by: Range

MaKey MaKey Turns Everyday Objects Into Keypads: Me LiKey LiKey

makey makey invention kit

Several days ago we saw Disney’s plan for turning everyday objects – including humans – into touch-sensitive interfaces. The MaKey MaKey is a lot simpler than that, but what it does is still very impressive. Any object that can conduct “at least a tiny bit of electricity”… – fruits, Play-Doh,

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May 20th, 2012 by: Lambert Varias

Tesla Gun Fires Lightning Bolts: Coil Your Mind Around This

tesla gun

Many works of fiction as well as videogames feature weapons that shoot bolts of lightning to devastating effect. The closest thing we have to these weapons is the Tesla coil, a device that produces high voltage, low current electricity. The thing is, Tesla coils are mostly in the form of…

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May 20th, 2012 by: Lambert Varias

2012 Wall-E Toy Controlled by a 1983 Portable Computer

Old technology meets new technology here, and in this case they can actually interface very well despite their age difference. YouTuber Aliencurv modified an old 1983 TRS-80 portable computer with 20kb of memory to control a 2012 Wall-E robot. I hear ya. That’s crazy and pointless you say. I agree. And it’s…

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May 17th, 2012 by: Conner Flynn

Arduino WiFly Mini: Real Virtual Racing

arduino wifly mini

A couple of years ago we heard about Racer, an analog take on arcade racing games: instead of just controlling a virtual car, the game had you control an R/C car using the traditional arcade setup. Blair Kelly has an updated take on that concept, which he calls the Arduino…

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May 11th, 2012 by: Lambert Varias

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