If your as old as me, then you probably remember the Sinclair ZX81 from 1981, well one clever modder has used the case to make the ZX81 PC.
The ZX81 measure 6.6 inches wide x 1.6 inches tall x 6.9 inches deep, which is pretty small to fit a whole PC inside.
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Well it looks like window cleaners days are numbered, with the invention of a window cleaning robot from four engineering students from Michigan State University.
This fun robot called the Winboni runs of 4 AA batteries and sticks to the window using a suction fan, it then uses felt pads to clean the window.
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Check out this cool gaze controlled robot, developed by researchers at the Technical University of Denmark.
The robot was based around the LEGO NXT-G kit, a webcam and a laptop which is connected to the robot via Bluetooth, and then to a desktop PC via WiFi.
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Check out this fun Lego Bluetooth printer, powered by Lego NXT.
Parts used to make the printer include, 1 nxt brain, 2 motors and 2 touch sensors, here’s a video of it in action.
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Check out this crazy Xbox 360 Arcade controller, made from a Pizza Hut pizza box.
If you don’t fancy shelling out the cash for a Lego Brick USB Stick, then you can make your own.
The guys over at Instructables have put together a handy guide with everything you need to make your own Lego Brick USB Stick.
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The Meggy Jr RGB is a hand held gaming platform that lets you develop your own open source pixel-scale video games.
It features a fully addressable 8×8 RGB LED matrix display, with controller buttons on the side, making it ideal to program your own open source games on and easy to hack.
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Check out this cool mod, the DIY Super NES Alarm Clock.
This cool mod was made by Aaron Mavrinac, and it features the LED display built into the cartridge.
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Some of you may remember the walking iPhone robot that we featured on the site previously, well it looks like another clever moder has turned his iPhone into a robot.
This clever iPhone robot was made using an Arduino CPU board and development environment, a TA7291P motor and it is powered via 4 x AA batteries.
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The guys over at Gizmodo have put together a comprehensive guide on how to hack your Nintendo Wii, to enable you to watch movies and also play free games on it.
Hacking consoles isn’t usually the easiest thing to do, and it can sometimes go wrong, but with this great guide from Gizmodo you should be able to hack your Wii without any problems.
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Check out this cool rubber band gun made from Lego.
It is powered by a Lego 8287 motor and made from a Lego based frame, with the barrels made from K’Nex parts.
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