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You saw the video and here’s the PDF! Hack a retro gaming light gun with some tilt switches to control a vintage digital clock radio. After the alarm wakes you up, you can grab the gun and kill it off. Isn’t that what you’ve always dreamed of doing? Clock radios are everyday hated devices that […]
Blast your alarm clock with a classic Sega Light Phaser! Hack an old toy and your alarm clock to make this gratifying wake up call… MP4 Video | QT Video | Subscribe in iTunes. From the pages of MAKE – Project: Gun-Operated Alarm Clock – Hack a retro gaming light gun with tilt switches to […]
Monthenor writes – That’s a NES cartridge and a harmonica. I think you know where this is going. This is going exactly where the intersection of nostalgia and commercialism should have gone like ten freaking years ago. I’ve googled all sorts of combinations like “NES harmonica” and “nintendo harmonica” and “NES cartridge instrument” and I […]
The crazy steampunk machine – [via] Link
Today on BBtv, Xeni talks with Wired’s Chris Anderson and “airplane geek” Jordi Munoz about blimp-based aerial drones. Through his DIYDrones site, Chris is on a mission to create an under $100 UAV. The robo-blimp used in the vehicle shown in the vid is based on Jed Berk’s Blubber Bot design, featured on the cover […]
This amazing GameBoy Advance mod turns the portable gaming device into a full fledged console gaming system. The hack allows for video output to a TV, stereo sound output, a new power management system, and the ability to attach a joystick to the small system. Forget the Wii, this is the better way to reinvigorate […]
Here is some nice documentation on a PS2 controller hacked into a retro joystick. Pretty cool details on the construction at the link below. PSX – Link
