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Ben Heck shows you how to make an Xbox 360, he writes – The making-of How-To for the Xbox 360 laptop will be in three parts. In today’s segment we’ll discuss the parts list, stripping down an Xbox 360 motherboard, and modding / reattaching the DVD and hard drives. The next installment will cover case […]
Fabjectory will “print” your 3D works from Nintendo Miis, Second Life and Sketch Up, here’s one that was printed up from a celebrity Mii contest – [via] Link.
Wow, Ben Heck jammed a PS3 six axis controller guts in the [much better shaped] Xbox 360 controller shell – Link.
Scott writes in – This article shows how to mod your Nintendo DS Lite so that you can overclock it or underclock it any time you want, even in the middle of a game. It’s great for adjusting the difficulty level of your games or getting extra CPU cycles for homebrew apps. It’s a completely […]
Alphonse, Adam, Jon, and Dan made a Nintendo Wiimote controlled robot arm – Video of a MiniMover 5 robot arm controlled by a Nintendo Wiimote. The arm and control algorithm was our semester project in an Electromechanical design class in the University of Michigan’s Mechanical Engineering department. The MiniMover 5 is an educational robot from […]
Spotted on /. and Tim’s News from the Future list, Roland writes – Researchers from Illinois and Florida are developing a networking system which will create virtual representations of real people to improve our knowledge. They will use artificial intelligence and natural language processing software to enable us to interact with these avatars. The goal […]
We’ve added another one of our kits to our MAKE instructables group – Originally designed for the Maker Faire by Grand Idea Studio, the “Build Your Own Electronic Game Kit” is a custom-created kit intended to introduce you to the world of electronics and soldering. When successfully assembled, the kit becomes a version of the […]
