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April 16th, 2008

The Guitar Zeros, Band Brings Guitar Hero Music To Rock God Level

The Guitar Zeros are a band of guys who plays songs from as you guess it, Guitar Hero guitars. They have turned the Les Paul replica to a real musical instrument by using their open-source music software called FRETBUZZ on a normal computer. Kewl.
Where To DIY:
THE ZERO GUIDE {Making Real Rock Music from your Guitar […]

By Patrick -- 3 comments

April 10th, 2008

The Multari: White Handheld Atari 2600 With 32 Games & Kewl Sound

This may be the coolest handheld (the only one in the world) since the DS Lite or PSP Slim. Presenting…The Multari. The Atari 2600 is immortalized in a white “vacuum-formed styrene plastic case” with a 5-inch LCD and armed with 32 built-in games from the retro years. Including colourful buttons with colourful sounds.
Where To Gawk:
The […]

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April 8th, 2008

Retro Game Console Guitars, Reincarnate Into Musical Instruments

The NESPaul, Family Comguitar, SEGA Dreamcast Guitar are just some of the much-forgotten retro video game consoles that are modded and reborn to be playable guitars. Yes, jamming has taken to a whole new (gaming) level.
Where To Gawk:
TechEblog {Feature: Functional Guitars Made From Video Game Consoles}
Image: TechEblog; Game-Music-Fusion via MAKE

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March 19th, 2008

PS2 Controller —> DIY Arcade Joystick, Play MAME & PS

Here’s a tutorial to help you convert your PS2 controller into an arcade joystick that can be used to play MAME and PlayStation. Wooty.
Where To Mod:
PSX
Dismantle & Convert via MAKE
Image: PSX

By Patrick -- 1 comment

March 10th, 2008

Use Your Wiimote To Control Your Curtains, Impress Your Wife

If you can’t train your dog to close your curtains, you might want to tweak your Wiimote to control the blinds. With a Curtain Controller, Bluetooth Dongle and the trusty GlovePIE Wii-PC application, you can swing your Wiimote like a magic wand and impress your dog or wife with your new-found curtain-controlling power. Woot.
Where To […]

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March 3rd, 2008

Super Nintendo Zelda, SNES Never Looks So Good Before

Modder kotomi has came up with a Super Nintendo Zelda which pretty left me speechless. Kudos to the Sword of Link sticking out.
Where To Gawk:
le blog de kotomi (oldies inside) {Super Nintendo Zelda}
Image: le blog de kotomi

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February 25th, 2008

Wii With Orb & Opera = Your Living Room Media Center

Ever thought of streaming music, pictures and videos from your PC to your Wii? Now you can change your Nintendo Wii to a media center by using free Windows application Orb and Wii own Opera web browser. The only kink is that the quality of videos viewed from the Opera browser drops quite a bit […]

By Patrick -- 1 comment

February 18th, 2008

Wii-NES Zapper, Old Gun Plus New Mote

Put your old NES Zapper light gun into good use by soldering it with your Wiimote to concoct a Wii-NES Zapper!
Where To Make:
Acidmods {Wii - NES Light Gun}
Zap, zap, zap via MAKE

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February 11th, 2008

Colt .45 Wiimote Pistol, Puts Zapper To Shame

The Colt .45 Wiimote Pistol beats any Wiimote gun accessory (including the official Wii Zapper) in the market. Made from aluminum, you can be sure this Wiimote gun mod won’t rust.
Where To Make:
Projects {Wiimote Pistol}
Bull’s Eye via Slippery Brick

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January 29th, 2008

PS3 Cell Processor Programming, Wanna Try?

MIT has released stuff on PS3 cell processor programming. Its students have to come up with projects to run on the Sony PlayStation 3 and be rewared with prizes at the end.
Where To Program:
MIT {Welcome to the 6.189 Multicore Programming Primer: Learn and Compete in Programming the PLAYSTATION®3 Cell Processor}
Will the students get PS3 as […]

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