Mods

Last Friday we showed you one of Google’s April Fools pranks, Gmail Motion, which was basically Gmail controlled by a range of funny hand actions, now the guys over at ICT at the University of Southern California, have created their own version of Gmail Motion using Microsoft’s Kinect. As you will see in the video [...]

We have featured quite a few different home made gaming consoles, mods and even some video game coffee tables, here is a cool one that will appeal to all the retro gaming fans out there, the Super Pong Table. The Super Pong Table was created by Brad, and he has posted full instructions on how [...]

The HTC Thunderbolt went on sale in the US recently, it features a 1GHz processor, which has been overclocked to a massive 1.8GHz by Derek Rodriguez, with a kernel he put together which enables the Thundebolt to be overclocked. TheRealBeesley ran the kernel through quadrant, and the results turned out to be pretty impressive, you [...]

When Apple announced the iPad 2, they also announced the new Smart Cover, which connects to the iPad 2 with magnets, and uses magnets inside the iPad 2 to keep the case on. One clever iPad fan has decided that they wanted to use the Smart Cover with their original iPad, and they have put [...]

We have featured quite a few different Microsoft Kinect hacks here at Geeky Gadgets, the latest one is by Shantanu Goal, who has managed to get the Kinect working with his PlayStation 3. The Kinect is hooked up to his laptop, which is then connected to his PS3, you can see it working in the [...]

We have featured quite a few different Kinect hacks here at Geeky Gadgets, the latest one is definitely one of the coolest we have seen so far, the Tesla Coils Kinect hack. Have a look at the video of it in action below, it was created by the guys over at brightarcs, who build what [...]

We have featured quite a few different Microsoft Kinect hacks here at Geeky Gadgets, the latest one use the Kinect to control a home automation system. As you will see in the video below, the home automation Kinect Hack, lets the user control his lights around his home, and it has been setup in a [...]

We have featured quite a few different mods here at Geeky Gadgets, the latest one will appeal to all the Star Wars fans out there, the Star Wars R2-D2 Xbox 360 mod. This fun Star Wars R2-D2 Xbox 360 mode was created by Mark Bongo from Major League mods, and as well as having an [...]

Chucky the man-killing doll who spawned a cult film series that got increasingly ridiculous right with Bride of Chucky is now part of some dude’s desktop. The iconic horror villain/monster has been done homage by Omar Mazjoub, who tricked out his PC Chucky style. It’s got awesome specs too.

We have featured quite a few custom arcade cabinets here at Geeky Gadgets, but I think the latest one is probably one of the coolest to date, the Nanocade. The Nanocade lets you turn your netbook into a mini arcade cabinet and if you don’t want to use a netbook you can also use a [...]

It seems like every time I watch TV there is a commercial for OnStar that I see as I zip past it with my DVR. OnStar is admittedly a really cool system with all sorts of features if you own a GM vehicle that comes with it. OnStar can unlock your doors, keep you from [...]

We have written about a number of Kinect hacks here on Geeky Gadgets over the past weeks since the Kinects launch. But this Autonomous AR.Drone Hack by the team over at Hybrid Systems lab in the University of California has to be my favorite to date. The team has added a Kinect motion controllers and a 1.6GHz Atom Ubuntu [...]