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iNewt case slots iPhone 4 into Newton MessagePad

, Sep 9th 2010 Discuss [0]

Ah, the Apple Newton - spiritual predecessor to the iPhone and a PDA cruelly axed before its time.  It seems a surprise that we've had to wait so long to see an iPhone Newton case, then, but happily Charles Mangin is taking on the challenge; his iNewt project will take an expired Newton MessagePad 2000 and trim it down to perfectly wrap around an iPhone 4. So far it seems he's managed to hack apart one old Newton and craft a custom bay for the Apple smartphone, doing some re-logoing along the way.  A simple hatch door keeps the iPhone 4 in place, and we're guessing there'll be some sort of pass-through cable arrangement so as to charge and sync the handset without necessarily needing to remove it from the case. Read The Full Story

Excitebike is Real, Life-Size and Made From Legos

, Sep 7th 2010 Discuss [4]

The digital realm is finding its place here in the real world all too often, if you ask us. From gadgets turning into tables, or using classic enemies as your next couch, it's happening enough that we're not even surprised to see the next iteration. We would be lying if we said this new addition didn't get us all excited to dig out our classic Nintendo and start playing some dirt bike action right now. This is a real Excitebike. As real as you get without an engine, and made from Legos, anyway. Read The Full Story

Altoids Tin Becomes DIY Miniature BBQ

, Sep 2nd 2010 Discuss [0]

Part of the fun of doing something yourself is the fact that, sometimes, you get to use things that you might not normally think about using. Doing it yourself means, sometimes, more than anything else, that you get to tinker while you create. And thanks to Instructables, you can now safely say that you can put together something awesome from a very simple thing: an Altoids tin. Read The Full Story

NERF Machine Gun Tracks Heat, Shoots on Contact [Video]

, Sep 2nd 2010 Discuss [0]

NERF guns are fun. Sure, they might be crafted for the kids out there, but let's face it -- they're fun. But there's always a way to make something that's cool, even cooler. And that's exactly what one man did. With a bit of ingenuity, and probably watching one too many movies with heat-tracking weapons, he managed to create a NERF machine gun that can track your body heat, and shoot you when it does. Read The Full Story

Geek builds his own Lightsaber from spare parts

, Aug 30th 2010 Discuss [0]

When it comes to DIY stuff for geeks much of it tends to center around science fiction films or video games and the weapons that the heroes and villains in the flicks use. Last week I mentioned that one geek had made his own replica weapon from the Mass Effect game. Today we find a replica weapon made by another geek that is a version of one of the most iconic weapons ever to hit the big screen, the lightsaber. Read The Full Story

Mass Effect M8 Avenger replica built by 28-year-old dork

, Aug 26th 2010 Discuss [0]

This replica of the M8 Avenger Assault rifle from Mass Effect may well be the coolest replica ever made from a video game. The builder is Harrison Krix, a self-proclaimed 28-year-old dork working in graphic design that makes replica props in his free time and does a fantastic job of it. Read The Full Story

View-Master hacked to hide dual LCDs from cheap keychain frames

, Aug 25th 2010 Discuss [2]

I bet there are a lot of you that had a View-Master growing up and you might have even had a 3D one if you were lucky. One DIY type has taken his old View-Master and hacked it to use a pair of small LCDs from a couple cheap keychain photo frames. Read The Full Story

Dell Streak miniUSB dongle is DIY workaround [Video]

, Aug 24th 2010 Discuss [1]

After the discovery that, beyond a few apparently unconnected wires, the Dell Streak's seemingly proprietary charging/docking port is in fact a PDMI connector, John from Linuxslate took it on himself to mod a suitable miniUSB adapter dongle.  It's crafted from an original Dell USB charge/sync cable and, for the housing, the USB cable clip Dell supply. Video demo after the cut Read The Full Story

Keyboard-Mac DIY project pairs MacBook Air guts with Magic Trackpad

, Aug 16th 2010 Discuss [3]

Given the trouble ASUS had getting their Eee Keyboard onto the market, we're not really surprised that Apple aren't planning an all-in-one PC and peripheral combo themselves.  Still, Steve Jobs' omission is a gap for a modder, and over at the MacBook Air Project Bart Reardon has taken it on himself to craft a custom keyboard PC based on the guts of a first-gen MacBook Air, an Apple keyboard and a new Magic Trackpad. Read The Full Story

Robot Sentry Peppers Targets with Paintball Gun [Video]

, Aug 11th 2010 Discuss [0]

We've all heard (and seen) the Doomsday scenarios: we make advanced robots, they become self-aware, and then the end of all humanity happens. Science-fiction to most, but a real worry for others out there in the world. In the case of this little robot sentry, which doesn't actually walk around in the video, we can see where some paranoid folks would get the wrong idea, especially if it were to get some kind of glowing red eye, and start referring to itself in the first person. Read The Full Story

Dream Machine is like Build-a-Bear for adults

, Aug 10th 2010 Discuss [0]

Any parent who lives near a mall with a Build-a-Bear Workshop will recognize the Dream Machine as looking almost just like the rig that stuffs bears, dogs, and all manner of animals for kids. Those overprices stuffed animals are crammed with fluff that spins around in a big red machine very similar to the Dream Machine. Read The Full Story

iPad dock looks like an old TV

, Aug 10th 2010 Discuss [0]

We have seen our share of kooky iPad docks around these parts and they just keep coming. The latest DIY iPad dock comes from designer Jonas Damon. Damon is the creative director at the New York Frog Design office. Read The Full Story
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