If your Xbox 360 overheats, then this might be the mod for you, a water cooled Xbox 360.
The mod was made by moder Michael Hurt and his friend as he got fed up of his 360 freezing during a game.
I wonder of this mod will invalidate his warranty ?
via Crunchgear and Kotaku
Check out this cool MP3 Player mod made from an NES Controller.
There is even an NES Cartridge turned into a speaker, check out this video of it in action.
Make via Slippery Brick
There are lots of fun USB drives about today, some of the coolest ones are the ones made by moders and enthusiats, here’s a cool one from the guys over at Instructables, the Pink Eraser USB drive.
Want to make a flash drive that nobody in a modern office would even think about taking? Hide it in a pink eraser and it’s secure in this digital age.
You can get a couple of erasers in an office supply store or an art store. They’re cheap.
The flash drive I got at an office supply store. I got a 1 gig since I barely ever use that much as I use flash drives for moving small files around. I don’t need anything bigger for now. This is also pretty cheap.
Bonus points for the pink cap on it. It was like this flash drive wanted to be in an eraser from the beginning.
If you want to make your own head on over to Instructables for full instructions, its a pretty simple mod, I am sure even I could manage this one.
Check out this cool case mod inspired by Google Android.
This fun PC was built by software engineer Eric Burke, and features a Via NanoBGA c7 Processor on a mini-ITX motherboard and runs Ubuntu.
There is also 1GB of RAM and a Western Digital 74GB Raptor HDD and a picoPSU, this is a great mod and very cool, head on over to Stuffthathappens.com for full details on how it was made.
via Technabob
Check out this geeky origami LED cube lamp.
This little LED-lit cube is much more than just a paper lantern: It’s a translucent and flexible thin-film electronic circuit that hooks up a battery to an LED, limber enough to be folded into an origami box. And the coolest thing about circuits like these? You can make them at home.
If you want to make your own head on over to Evil Mad Scientist for full instructions.
The guys over at Colorware have added the Nintendo DS Lite to their lineup of gadgets that get their multi coloured treatment.
As usual you have the choice to send your DS Lite in to Colorware or you can buy one from them full customised.
Prices start at $99 for custom painting your own up to $300 for a brand new custom painted Nintendo DS Lite with all parts painted.
Check out this funky homemade indestructible USB thumb drive called the USB Armor Drive.
The aim of this project was fairly straight forward. The keychain ring on my Corsair 1GB Flash Voyager USB drive from Newegg broke, which left the poor thing prone to be left in the lab. The style of this USB mod takes inspiration from the many, many, many aluminum peripheral electronic cases found around on the Internet.
This is a great mod, and a very stylish looking USB drive, if these were on sale I would definitely buy one.
If you want to make your own head on over RJ3 Labs for full instructions.
via HacknMod
Check out this new one handed Xbox 360 controlled from moder Ben Heck.
This is a revised version of Ben’s original one handed Xbox 360 controller, which now features a more ergonomic grip.
It features a swivelling trigger are, and it even has a PlayStation D-pad integrated into the controller.
This is just a prototype at the moment, so no word on whether it will go into production.
Head on over to BenHeck.com for more details and pictures.
Check out this amazing mod for moder Hiedo Takano, who turned a Mac Mini into a miniature Mac Pro.
It features a 2.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor, 2GB of RAM and a 500GB 3.5″ hard drive and the hard drive actually sits behind a removable side panel.
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We all know how useful post it notes are to remind us of the many things we have to do in our busy lives, well now you can build your very own electronic version.
The guys over at Popsci have built an electronic post it note, a very cool idea.
“Pick up milk.†“Feed dog.†“Finish homemade nuclear sub.†Like many people, I can’t function without writing little reminders to myself. But using one paper sticky note after another causes a lot of clutter and can be pretty wasteful. Instead, assemble a bunch of surplus parts into a digital note system for your kitchen or office. Just write out your message with your fingertip on a computer trackpad, and it appears on an LCD screen.
When you’re done, press a button and the screen is erased. Add a rechargeable battery and an enclosure, and you have unlimited (and eco-friendly) note-making capability. The project does require some computer code to drive the LCD; you can copy it here. If you can just remember that, you’ll be good to go.
Head on over to Popsci for full instructions on how to make your own electronic post it note.
via Gizmodo
Check out this clever case mod by moder Thomas Kisner, which he built for his son.
Thomas used two Lego Star Wars Imperial Landing craft sets to build the case, inside there is an Intel D201GLY2 Mini ITX Motherboard, 1GB of Ram and a 60GB 2.5 inch Sata HDD.
One day I was poking around looking for possibilities for a new Mythtv frontend machine for our bedroom. I was specifically investigating using a Mini-ITX board made by VIA. While poking around for information, I came across a new cheap Mini-ITX board made by Intel – the D201GLY2. After some checking it looked like it would not really be feasible for my plan for a Mythtv Frontend due to the speed probably being under what is required for High Definition and the build in video too week to use for HD even if it had XvMC acceleration available like the VIA does.
However, I was also looking to build a 1st computer for my 9 month old son William. I knew I wanted something “kiddie” and unique to do a case mod for, and this board looked like it would be excellent for Windows XP and children’s games rarely need much in the manner of graphics capabilities so this looked like a good start.
This is a great Mod, I am sure Thomas’s son will love this as his first PC.
So we have all seen the the very clever Microsoft Surface coffee table PC, well check out this amazing homemade coffee table PC from moder extraordinaire Xylomn.
I built this system as part of my disseration for the final year of my Computing Science: Software Engineering degree. Its basically a table based computer system with a camera pointing down at the screen and using pattern recognition it detects user interaction and with a piece of software I wrote images, video, audio and comments sent via bluetooth to the table are plotted on a map, its designed for collaborative interaction with multiple people using it at any one time and no matter what side of the table people are at the part of the interface that person is using rotates so its the right way up for them
Here’s the specs.
I have to say this is a pretty clever mod, and the features that this moder has built into this cool table PC are amazing.
