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Commodore 64 Guitar Has a Faster CPU than the NES Guitar
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I love a good mod. The crazier the better. This one is crazy and all kinds of retro awesome. Some of you might know Jeri Ellsworth. She works for Valve and helped them start their hardware R&D department. Now she has yet another cool thing under her belt. She created… |
May 24th, 2012
Guy Creates Star Trek Phaser, Sets It to Stun… a Balloon
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We are well on our way toward a real working Star Trek… phaser with a stun setting as evidenced by the video below. This guy created a working phaser in his garage and it is amazing. He gets -2 points for not drawing a Klingon face on that balloon that |
April 27th, 2012
James Bond Theme Played on Floppy Drives: Double-Sided, Double-Density, 007
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If you enjoy music and have a bunch of old floppy drives lying around, why not turn them into an instrument of sorts. For instance, you’ve probably always wanted to hear the James Bond theme played by some old floppy drives, right? Well, here is your chance to see and… |
April 23rd, 2012
Video Game Mini Golf Course Not Just Par for the Course
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Tom Scott, along with some friends ported some video games like Minecraft, Portal, and The Crystal Maze… into a mini-golf game for some extra fun and it looks like an awesome time for all, despite the fact that there is no Super Mario anywhere. |
April 18th, 2012
Embroidered Space Invaders Mouse Pad: Cross-Stitch Invaders
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Even though you don’t really need a mouse pad to make your mouse work these days, most people still have one. I know that I like using my mouse pad with my desktop, no matter what the surface it’s resting on. It just makes it easier to move. That being… |
April 9th, 2012
Worlds Smallest Atari 2600 Still Can’t Improve E.T., Kool-Aid Man
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Much as I love the memories of my original Atari 2600 console, I have to say that out of all of the retro gaming systems out there, the 2600 has stood the test of time the worst. With the exception of some of the Activision games, the graphics are so… |
April 8th, 2012
Kinect-a-Sketch Updates an Old Classic
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What if you could play with your Etch-a-Sketch by simply moving your hands in the air? That would be pretty awesome. What once might have seemed like magic is now a reality. The Kinect-a-Sketch merges Etch-a-Sketch technology with gesture recognition.… |
March 21st, 2012
Blackberry PlayBook Drives R/C Robot Car
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Some video footage has surfaced of a BlackBerry PlayBook tablet being used as a remote control for a robotic car – complete with some soothing soul music. We don’t know much about this project, but we do know that the PlayBook controls the car over the Wi-fi network provided by… |
March 9th, 2012
Epson Moverio BT-100 Video Glasses Hacked to Control Parrot AR.Drone
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I bet a lot of you are like me and get a kick out of seeing the mashups geeks can whip up with a couple gadgets and some spare time. Thomas Sohmers has what might be one of the coolest combos I’ve seen in a long time. He took set… |
March 9th, 2012
PS Vita Fight Stick Mod is Like Having an Arcade Cabinet with a Tiny Screen
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The new Sony PS Vita portable gaming console recently launched worldwide, so if you are lucky enough to have one you have probably been enjoying games like Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3…. Whether you like the Vita or not, here is a cool fight stick mod that you will |
March 1st, 2012
