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Metal Gear, Duck Hunt, Excitebike & Bionic Commando screenshots – all made with LEGO… [via] – Link. More: Blockheads – LEGO: the ultimate prototyping material. Seriously. MAKE 02 – Page 36 (log in to view). LEGO projects, articles and how-tos – Link. LEGO archives – Link.
Add this to the increasing number of things that should and should not be made from LEGO, a LEGO guitar – Link. More: Our LEGO archives – Link.
Here we go – 3D printing, in color, of World of Warcraft characters – “With the help of some friends at CADD Edge we were able to get a color 3D print of our favorite World of Warcraft gnome. All we had to do was export our cleaned up and textured models as VRML files, […]
Here’s a clever way to remind new chess players (likely kids) what each piece does – [via] – Link.
This is pretty interesting, wire a controller to play and beat two SNES games at the same time – “One person’s silly idea is another person’s inspiration. This movie is essentially constructed by taking one controller and wiring it into two SNES emulators at once. The same input is used to play both games to […]
Peter writes “Homebrewers are going beyond standalone musical applications on game consoles to hacking next-gen mobile systems into full-featured MIDI/music controllers, wireless or wired. We’re watching the development of a new wireless Sony PSP control solution for MIDI, mousing, and even playing Ableton Live; a tracker and MIDI interface for the GP32; and a hacked […]
Here’s a tongue controlled Gameboy advance using a Charmed Labs XPort 2.0 cartridge with a custom game program – “Simmunity has created the world’s first tongue-controlled Nintendo Game Boy AdvanceSP console and Game Cube controller for quadriplegic youth and adults…” [via] – Link.
