Friday, November 21, 2008 - 9:13am
Now here's a modification that doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me. Someone went and crammed a Nintendo 64 into their Wii. I don't get this for a couple of reasons. For one, you can download most of...
diy stories
Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 12:05pm
Say hello to the Meggy Jr RGB, a handheld, open source gaming unit that boasts plenty of color. "Wait," you cry, "LEDs? Where are my fancy graphics?" Nowhere to be found here, sir. Meggy isn't looking to replace your...
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 11:13am
I think that, despite the fancy graphics and online capabilities of the current generation of consoles, my favorite console ever is still the trusty old Super Nintendo. The SNES had an absolutely amazing lineup of games that are still some...
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 12:41pm
Gadzooks! A steampunk keyboard with modern sensibility? That's a whole fistful of Splenda in my Darjeeling tea. Dubbed as the Ergo, a mysterious fellow known as Datamancer cobbled this clacking wonder together from an old IBM M-15 ergonomic split...
Tuesday, November 4, 2008 - 12:32pm
It's hard to write about a ton of different hobby robots and not want one yourself. The biggest barriers to those interested in hobby robots are usually price and complexity. The MSR-H01, pictured above, is both of those things,...
Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 1:08pm
It's easy to scare kids, but when you're older it's hard to think of a Halloween gag that could actually give you chills. Well, it was. This pumpkin is making the scariest face imaginable this Halloween: one that displays...
Tuesday, October 28, 2008 - 10:15am
If you're a 3D modeler, a video game developer, or just a nerd who likes to scan 3D objects into your computer for whatever reason, you probably would like a 3D scanner. The problem? They're expensive, and you are not...
Monday, October 27, 2008 - 9:32am
This, my friends, is what you call nerd catnip: a homemade LEGO contraption that, when controlled by an iPhone, pours a beer automatically. Yes, it contains so many elements of geek culture that it's almost a parody of itself:...
Friday, October 17, 2008 - 12:01pm
An iPhone that can plug into a special laptop is pretty sweet, but how about one that could walk around on its own? (Thankfully it can't chase you around — yet.) Kazu Terasaki, a Silicon Valley-base software engineer, was...
Wednesday, October 8, 2008 - 12:39pm
Here's a DIY project for you this Halloween — a pumpkin with glowing LED eyes that will light up automatically when it gets dark. The idea of rigging some circuit board inside of a pumpkin may be a little...
