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NES clone all inside of an NES Controller

By Abby McVay on Thursday, Jul 17th 2008 No Comments

mnes There have been a few NES controller mods, but one modder managed to fit a famiclone inside of his. The mod was made specifically for his girlfriend for her birthday, since she is a big NES fan. Which also means he was a little more thorough to make sure it was right just for her.

The famiclone comes with several built-in games, so many actually that he was extremely disappointed when he couldn’t manage to play them all before giving it to his girlfriend. With the controller itself, by using the 2nd player control port you can also use a Lightgun.

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The Glowing Video Tape USB Hub makes you look cheap

By Abby McVay on Thursday, Jul 17th 2008 No Comments

If your day is kicking off slow and you could use something to perk you up, this horrible mod is definitely worth a laugh. Someone actually made a hub out of a VHS tape. To make things even more comical, they made it glow. Yes, that’s right they added LED lights to this very ugly mod.

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The Heat Me USB Heated Stirrer keeps coffee hot

By Abby McVay on Thursday, Jul 17th 2008 No Comments

Coffee is one of those things a great deal of us can’t live without and there are few things more disgusting than when your hot coffee goes cold. I don’t care if you do on occasion buy the Starbucks cold coffee, if it was meant to be hot your face shrivels with disgust the second you taste that cooling coffee.

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The lo-tech Mowercycle

By Abby McVay on Wednesday, Jul 16th 2008 No Comments

As a kid I used to beg my parents to just buy a mower that I didn’t have to push around the yard. Yet if they had managed to pick up one of these, I think I’d have wished for the usual push mower back.

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The DIY Electronic Birthday Cake

By Abby McVay on Wednesday, Jul 16th 2008 No Comments

Birthday candles haven’t changed a whole lot over the years. The biggest change was when the obnoxious candles that don’t blow out were created. Well now Instructables has a new slightly more hi-tech version.

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The TX54 Concept design is not for nail biters

By Abby McVay on Wednesday, Jul 16th 2008 No Comments

Timex decided to team up with Core77 and hold a global design competition called 2154: the future of time design. Timex did so to celebrate 150 years of watch crafting.

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The water-powered clock from Bedol

By Abby McVay on Wednesday, Jul 16th 2008 2 Comments

This isn’t the first water-powered clock to be sold, but it is a lot more attractive than some I have seen. The other one I wrote up over a year ago not only was cheap, but looked it.

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Logitech updates the PlayGear Pocket

By Abby McVay on Wednesday, Jul 16th 2008 No Comments

The original PlayGear Pocket has been out for a while now. Long enough that those with the newer slimmer PSP have found ways to pad the original case so that it works with the new PSP.

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The Belkin Sport Armband for the iPod Touch and iPhone

By Abby McVay on Tuesday, Jul 15th 2008 1 Comment

There have been several styles of armbands, but this is the first one I’ve come across for the iPod Touch or the iPhone. The Belkin strap will keep it in place while out for your morning jog, or even a bit of fun on your Wii Fit.

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The Belkin Laptop Cooling Lounge

By Abby McVay on Tuesday, Jul 15th 2008 No Comments

Many studies have popped up and said that for men, the heat from sitting your laptop directly on your lap could end up causing infertility. Which means if you like lounging on the couch with your laptop, it might be time to consider getting a stand for it.

This new model from Belkin is wide enough to even hold the larger 17” laptops. It also features an adjustable height, to get your laptop at a comfortable angle for you.

This isn’t out just yet and they don’t say when it will be, but it is listed as coming soon. Once it is released it will be sold for $39.99.

[via everythingusb]