More Tinkerbots
I am so digging all of the bot sculptures that Tinkerbots shares in the MAKE Flickr pool. This one is VICTRON aka Slim. Love the model airplane engine on the back. Tinkerbots More: Tinkerbots’ rayguns
Retro
The ol’ Blue Boxing. Good times, good times.
For many of us first-gen hacker types (yes, I’m that old. Shut up.), blue boxing was our introduction to hardware hacking. It was never the illegal, rip-off aspects for me, it was proving that you could build something that exploited a vulnerability in a system; to trick it to do something it wasn’t intended to […]
Tinkerbots’ rayguns
I LOVE these raygun designs by Dan at Tinkerbots. Tinkerbots More: We have our own DIY raygun project in the new issue of MAKE (Volume 17). Molly “Porkshanks” Friedrich shows you how to build her “Discreet Companion” Ladies Raygun. MAKE Volume 17 hits newsstands on March 10th. Look for it at a fine bookstore near […]
Retro games that never were
Chris Kohler, author of our Retro Gaming Hacks, reviews a new game for the Nintendo DS that is full of games inspired by–and mostly as good as–some of the best retro games from back in the day: Retro Game Challenge is composed of several smaller games that feel strangely familiar. You never played Robot Ninja […]
Frankenstein casemod
Dana Mattocks posted these incredible pics of his Steampunk Frankenstein computer casemod to Flickr. I’ve never seen so much crazy-cool hardware! SteamPunk Frankenstein’s photostream [via Steampunk Workshop]
Retro gaming @ The Toy Fair
@NYC Toy Fair 2009 – there are rows of Chinese-speaking-only vendors who are indeed selling something, I just wasn’t sure what. Above are some photos from a retro gaming booth, it seems like these devices can play just about every retro console game made but it’s was hard to tell exactly what was going on.
Lost Knowledge: Neon lights
The weekly Lost Knowledge column explores the possible technology of the future in the forgotten ideas of the past (and those slightly off to the side). Each Tuesday, we look at retro-tech, “lost” technology, and the make-do, improvised “street tech” of village artisans and tradespeople from around the globe. “Lost Knowledge” is also the theme […]
