Pancake-like VCSp – Portable 2600
Ben Heck is a golden god – here is his latest Atari 2600 portable – [via] – Link.
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Lottery machine…that plays DOOM
MAKE Flickr photo pool member command-tab seems to have scored a LOTTO / lottery machine, and dutifully did what any Maker would, install DOOM on it – the winning numbers are: I D D Q D – Link.
Train your brain with Brain Age for Nintendo DS
At the GDC Nintendo gave out advanced copies of “Brain Age” for the Nintendo DS – I love this “game” – everyone here has been playing it non-stop – “Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day for Nintendo DS is a fun, rewarding form of entertainment everyone can enjoy, as it helps players flex their […]
HOW TO – SNES to Parallel Port
Hungry_Myst writes – “…basic steps to modify your SNES controller to connect to your computer via the parallel port.” – Link.
LEGO lie detector
Nice Make! – “You can’t get more simple than the Galvanic Skin Response GSR sensor. It is just a cut 9V LEGO motor wire and some aluminum foil wrapped around your fingers with tape. I was inspired by talks by Mindfest panelists Karen Wilkinson and Mike Petrich who talked about using this type of sensor.” […]
Xbox 360 development kit
At the game developer conference GDC 2006, they handed out DVDs with this dev kit for the Xbox 360, but you can download too – “The XNA Framework is an exciting new development and execution environment which will allow game developers to more easily create games which run on the Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 […]
Tracker for Nintendo DS, DS homebrew music roundup
Peter writes – “Boy, what a day: Metroid Hunters, AND a vintage-style Tracker sequencer / sample player / sampler music app for DS. NitroTrack runs via most homebrew hardware solutions for the Nintendo DS, and takes advantage of the DS’ unique features: tracker interfaces, normally a pain to use, become a joy with a stylus […]
