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ben heck’s ps3 laptop hits the streets [casemod]

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PS3 Laptop by Ben Heck

Looks like our favorite god of mods is at it again. This time, Ben Heck has really outdone himself with this amazing feat of engineering — cramming an entire Playstation 3 into a laptop.

The portable PS3 features a slick, glossy black case, and a nice big 17-inch LCD screen running at 720p resolution…

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posted: April 10th, 2008 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

xbox 360 elite laptop: ben heck is at it again

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Xbox 360 Elite Laptop by Ben Heck

While most of you are tuned in to the Superbowl, a little bird whispered in my ear to let me know about the latest portable console creation by modder extraordinaire Ben Heck. I give you the Xbox 360 Elite Laptop.

The portable Xbox 360 features a Halo 3 theme, and is based on the Elite’s internals…

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posted: February 3rd, 2008 stumble it! 5 comments author: technabob

xbox controller swallows xbox 360 controller

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Ben Heck’s Xbox Controller Mod

Console Mod Man Ben Heck is at it again. Now he’s taken the mammoth controller from an original Xbox, gutted it, and stuffed it with the contents of an Xbox 360 wireless controller…

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posted: September 18th, 2007 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

ben heck’s nes atari portable console mashup

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Ben Heck’s NESTari Portable

The master of console mods, Benjamin Heckendorn (aka “Ben Heck”) is at it again. This time he’s created a portable that combines an NES system and a Atari 2600 console, and crammed them together into one compact package…

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posted: August 22nd, 2007 stumble it! 2 comments author: technabob

ben heck’s gameport: retro gaming for the masses

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Ben Heck Gameport Portable Emulator

The world’s most prolific console modder, Ben Heck, has a new trick up his sleeve. This time, he’s partnered up with a company called Gameport to design a portable emulation console for mass-production…

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posted: May 27th, 2007 stumble it! 3 comments author: technabob

xbox 360 laptop mod v2.0 from ben heck

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Ben Heck Xbox 360 Laptop v2.0

Hot on the heels of Ben Heck’s last mod, the PS360 hybrid joystick, he’s at it again. This time he’s cranked out another Xbox 360 laptop, which improves on the original one he did a few months back…

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posted: April 17th, 2007 stumble it! 7 comments author: technabob

ben heck’s ps360 sixaxis controller

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PS3 Xbox 360 Controller Hack by Ben Heck

Console modder extraordinaire Ben Heck is at it again. This time, he’s carefully taken the guts of the Playstation 3’s SIXAXIS controller and sandwiched them inside of an Xbox 360’s wireless controller…

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posted: April 14th, 2007 stumble it! 23 comments author: technabob

the wii laptop

filed under: mobile tech | video games

Wii Laptop

My favorite console mod-god, Ben Heck is at it again. This time, he’s helped Engadget take Nintendo’s Wii gaming console and turned it into a laptop.

The portable features a 7-inch widescreen LCD monitor, and even has a built-in “sensor bar” replacement at the top of the screen…

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posted: January 19th, 2007 stumble it! 5 comments author: technabob

atari 2600 portable updated

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Ben Heck Atari 2600 Portable Revision 7

Our favorite modder of all things video game has to be Ben Heckendorn (aka “Ben Heck”.) He’s brought us portable Xbox 360s, Atari 800s and the original portable version of the Atari 2600 VCS.

Ben’s latest endeavor was to take his original Atari VCSp (his first portable 2600,) and update it into a cleaner more modern design…

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posted: December 21st, 2006 stumble it! 5 comments author: technabob

ben heck’s latest mod: atari jaguar portable

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Ben Heck

I’m a big fan of Ben Heck’s amazing console mod projects, and this one is no different.

Ben’s latest challenge: turn an Atari Jaguar console into a portable. As usual, the result is quite stunning…

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posted: October 27th, 2006 stumble it! post a comment author: technabob

xbox 360 laptop mod (awesome)

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xbox 360 laptop mod by Ben Heck

Console modder extraordinaire, Ben Heck has completed his latest masterpiece, and Xbox 360 laptop.

The “portable” has a beautiful aluminum case with a 17-inch widescreen LCD, built-in keyboard, wi-fi and USB ports on board…

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posted: September 11th, 2006 stumble it! 1 comment author: technabob

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