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This has got to be one of my favorite casemods in a while. Guitar geek Ben Lewry had an old laptop lying around and decided to see if he could cram it inside of the body of an electric guitar.
The end result is a slick, interactive music device called the LCDetar…
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November 25th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: computing | hacks-mods
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Check out this ridiculous computer case made entirely out of cooling fans. I’m assuming the builder of this case was frustrated with their tricked-out system overheating all the time.
The case was assembled from 66 individual cooling fans, keeping the system icy cold all the time. Maybe Microsoft should think about this design for the next Xbox 360.
[via 2dayBlog via GizmoWatch]
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November 23rd, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: computing | hacks-mods | retro | video
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Whooda thunk that a 40+ year-old Soviet television set would make for one of the most gorgeous computer designs I’ve seen in a very long time?
This amazing transformation started with a 1961 Soviet REKORD tv set and turned it into a modern Windows PC. A team of talented casemodders recently built a complete computer system into the antique wooden TV case…
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November 12th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: computing | hacks-mods
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This massive Tetris-inspired case mod isn’t just a single computer, it’s actually a whole farm of networked systems, ready for some serious multiplayer gaming action.
Conceived and built by a Spanish gaming clan known as the Planet Express Klan, I’d have to say this is the most massive case mod I’ve ever seen…
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September 30th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: hacks-mods | video games
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Ah, the good old Nintendo Entertainment System. Like a hermit crab’s shell, its been modded to hold everything from DVD players to complete PC systems. Now an enterprising young modder going by the name of xmod4u has managed to stuff an original Xbox inside the case of the classic 8-bit NES console…
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September 24th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: hacks-mods | video games
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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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September 18th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: design | hacks-mods | media players
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How about this for an innovative use for an old musical instrument? As part of a recycling challenge for this week’s London Design Festival, one design firm took this junked out Torre acoustic guitar and turned it into a stereo with an iPod dock…
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September 17th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: computing | design | hacks-mods
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The talented case-modders over at Computer Choppers have put their amazing Digg custom computer up for sale on eBay. The system is a glorious tribute to the popular social news website…
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September 17th, 2007
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author: technabob
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