If you bought into the ASUS Eee early on, and now are looking enviously at the array of budget ultraportables available today, why not redirect your angst into crafting an upgrade for the compact notebook. Since there are numerous points on the Eee motherboard where both 3.3v and 5v power can be tapped into, plus some extra space in the casing, adding an internal Bluetooth adaptor, GPS or card reader (to mention just a few) can be relatively straightforward.
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.
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.
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.
If you’re worried about someone thieving your car stereo, there is an Instructable posted to keep it hidden from thieves and ninjas alike. The modder shows exactly how to make it appear that you just have a very outdated tape deck.
With Wall-E hitting theaters and even before that there have been a few Wall-E replicas pop up. Some are just non-working units that just look cool and others are very basic robots. This Wall-E is now my favorite so far.
It’s already been confirmed that ASUS themselves are working on a touchscreen tablet version of the Eee budget notebook, but over at the OCAU forum they’re taking matters into their own hands and constructing an Eee-based slate for ebook reading and web browsing. Using a cheap 7-inch Eee, the end product – the Tabeee Mk1 – will lose the keyboard and gain a touchscreen (similar to the existing mods).
Upon first glancing at this little mod, my initial thought was shock. They really still make tin cigarette boxes? I mean, I don’t smoke but I did work in a gas station that sold a lot of cigarettes a very long time ago. I don’t actually recall seeing a single tin of cigarettes.
Gadgets made out of motherboards are one of those things that I know are so incredibly beyond geeky with very little, if any chic thrown into the mix. Yet even knowing that I can’t ever get enough of them, which means this PC is drool-worthy in my book.
We’ve seen Gameboy mods before, but I didn’t know you could repurpose one to act as a guitar effects and sample loop box. That’s just what software Nanoloop does, and since you don’t really want to be jabbing at a D-pad while you’re meant to be concentrating on your frets, Joey Mariano has just the breakout-box hack necessary. Edit: Check out Joey’s clarification of the setup in the comments.
Check out the video of the system in action after the cut
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