Tag Archive for 'diy'
Many companies are trying to go green and be more environmental friendly. Corsair, one of the memory experts went green with its VX series power supply. The VX family is available in two models, VX450W and VX550W.
I enjoy hacking and modding things for my own evil plans, however, someone has done something more extreme than I would probably care to try. Build a PS2 Guitar Hero controller from scratch.
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If there’s one thing I love, it’s turning vintage equipment into something useful again. Especially when it comes to gaming hardware. The original NES always stands out in my mind because it was my first gaming console, so I always enjoy seeing it hacked into something cool.
If you’ve longed for both a use for your old Pokemon Pinball cart and a rumble pak for your DS Lite, you’re in luck. Someone has discovered a way to make a rumble pak out of that old cartridge.
I never actually bothered to play Pokemon Pinball, but the game actually had a rumble feature built [...]
Are you one of those people that enjoys tearing apart your gadgets to either fix them, or just to see what’s inside? If you don’t mind tinkering around on the inside of a small gadget, then you won’t mind swapping out the battery in your iPod, right?
We’ve covered interesting methods for opening doors before, however, this DIY project will allow you to open your door from anywhere, just by using your cell phone.
I love DIY projects, though it always seems as though I never have enough time to sit down and do them. When you finish this next project you will have your own GSM GPS tracking device. I’m pretty sure that most people out there haven’t built one of those before.
Aopen MiniPC Duo MP965-D barebone is one of the recent “Santa Rosa” based product. I think of it as the Mac Mini of the PC universe. It uses GM965 Express chipset and support Intel’s Core 2 Duo CPU with 800Mhz FSB. The MP965-D uses Intel’s GMA X3100 as its GPU.
Clock kits are nothing new - in fact I remember producing a monstrosity of timekeeping while in high-school tech class, complete with “fashionable” bent plastic stand - but they tend to be analogue since it’s a lot easier to pop a few hands on a sprocket and slap an AA battery in round the back. [...]
Tired of arguing which console you should get? Xbox360, PS3 or Wii? Why not build your own console? If you are DIY kind a guy with some programming skills, the Hydra Games Console Kit will be a nice toy to play around with. Okay, it’s not exactly your modern days console, but the fun is [...]
