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Littlebigplanet 2: Sackenstein 3d

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We’ve already seen how incredibly powerful the world-building engine is in the upcoming Little Big Planet 2… for the PS3. But did you know you could run a FPS inside of it? Nope, neither did we.

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December 8th, 2010 by: Technabob

Fireplace Computer Casemod Runs a Little Hot

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What better way to keep warm this winter but by the crackling warm glow of an LCD screen with a PC behind it.…

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December 7th, 2010 by: Technabob

Hack Your Camera to Add Time-Lapse Functionality

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Do you ever wish that your point-and-shoot camera had a few more high-end features?

For most people a simple point-and-shoot camera is perfect. They’re small, take good pictures and can be relatively inexpensive. Unfortunately, there are some things that a lot of them just can’t do. If you only want…

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November 25th, 2010 by: Chris B.

White iPhone 4 Kit Converts Vanilla iPhone to White, Seller From Genius to Criminal?

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You don’t have to wait until Spring 2011 to get a white iPhone 4 – if you already have the default black one, that is. Fei Lam, a 17-year old college student out of Queens, New York is selling a conversion kit for the iPhone 4 which is supposedly of…

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November 21st, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Ben Heck’S Portal T-Shirt is Not a Lie

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Not one to rest on his laurels, modder Ben Heck is once more “at it”, cranking out an awesome geek costume just in time for Halloween.

By rigging up a chest-mounted LCD screen and a back-mounted CCD camera, he’s created this Portal-inspired t-shirt. Yep, you can see right through Ben’s…

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October 25th, 2010 by: Technabob

Minecraft Meets Portal

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I honestly haven’t had time to pick up Minecraft and play with it yet, but after seeing this video of yet another creative use for the game, I think I might have to find the time.

Minecraft… modder copyboy managed to figure out a way to recreate the walking-through-walls experience

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October 17th, 2010 by: Technabob

Can Grandma’S Scooter Can Hit 69mph?

I am sure that we have all been out and about at one time or another and ran across someone that had to ride one of those scooters to get around for some reason. Those things can be painfully slow when you are walking behind one trying to shop. A…

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October 15th, 2010 by: Shane McGlaun

Remote Control Pager Mod Should be Made Standard

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Here’s a very sensible mod that should be integrated in all remote controls. YouTube user Matt ripped the relevant guts off of an old cordless phone and placed them inside a TV remote control. By pressing a button on the assimilated phone’s cradle, the remote control will beep, making it…

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October 14th, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

Heat-Seeking Nerf Gun: the Predator’S Toy of Choice

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Anyone who wants to disturb Rick Prescott while he’s working will have to pass by his receptionist first – a heat-seeking Nerf gun.

Prescott’s awesome mod, which won MAKE’s Gadget Freak Design Contest, consists of a Nerf Vulcan Blaster hooked up to several Devantech TPA81 Thermal Sensors that are controlled…

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September 3rd, 2010 by: Lambert Varias

IMac Cylon: Battlestar Applactica

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Got an old Luxo Jr. style iMac? Sure, it might be obsolete, but you surely can do something with it besides putting it out in the alley for recycling.

Instead, why not do like this guy did, and turn it into a handy Cylon helmet.
All you need to do…

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August 31st, 2010 by: Technabob

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