August 2009
nes cartridge hard drives could store every 8-bit game ever made
August 28, 2009 by technabob · Leave a Comment
Here#8217;s a great external hard drive for fans of the original Nintendo Entertainment System. These NES cartridges have had their guts ripped out and replaced with high-capacity modern hard drives.
The guys over at 8-Bit Memory take retro NES carts and retrofit them with USB hard drives that you can use with any modern PC#8230;
samsung braille phone packs a more literal touchscreen
August 28, 2009 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
Touchscreens these days mostly allow us to use our fingers like a mouse cursor #8211; point, click, slide etc. Designer Seonkeun Park wants to make a phone for the blind, with a screen and keypad that can form Braille symbols. Park says that the phone#8217;s surface will be made of a material called Electric Active#8230;
rodem next-gen wheelchair doesn’t look like a wheelchair at all
August 28, 2009 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
Gundam fans! Veda (Vader?) is real! And it#8217;s in Japan of course. Fortunately the Veda International Robot Research and Development Centre isn#8217;t out to control or enslave humanity. It#8217;s a joint project by robotics company Tmsuk Co. along with 10 other universities and research institutions. Veda#8217;s first project is 0 Raiser. No wait it#8217;s Rodem#8230;
dj hero controller pics and manual show up on fcc site
August 27, 2009 by technabob · Leave a Comment
If you#8217;re looking forward to this Fall#8217;s release of Red Octane#8217;s emDJ Hero/em, your wait is almost over. Lookee what I found today. The hardware for the game#8217;s much-anticipated turntable controller just hit the FCC website.
In addition to the exterior pics, here are some additional photos of the innards of the controller splayed out#8230;
messenger bags for old school gamers (and everyone else)
August 27, 2009 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
Certain images from the classics of gaming are burned indelibly into our brains; they are so iconic that they are recognizable not just to gamers, but to nearly anyone who has paid attention in the last couple of decades. And if you have to put something game-related on a messenger bag, it might as well#8230;
that was fast: shadow complex in lego
August 27, 2009 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
emShadow Complex/em was released for XBLA fewer than ten days ago, and not only is it hugely controversial, but it#8217;s also got a LEGO tribute already. And you thought something like emGrand Theft Auto IV /emmade a splash.
Aww, even the guns are adorable! You#8217;d never guess that people have been arguing about boycotting this sweetly#8230;
nokia booklet 3g netbook coming soon, looking awesome
August 27, 2009 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
If Apple does release a Tablet PC, fanboys would do well to thank Nokia, because the Finland handset maker was one of the first to come up with Mobile Internet Devices, or MIDs. Now they#8217;re back in the realm of portable computing with the Booklet 3G, a 10-inch, 2.75 lb. Intel Atom-powered netbook that will#8230;
dad finds new use for cd-rom tray: baby rocker
August 27, 2009 by Syndicated · Leave a Comment
Ah, the ol#8217; CD drive. It can read CDs. It can write on CDs. Idiots use it as a coaster and then call tech support if it stops working. And it can put babies to sleep.
YouTube user macjonesnz MacGyvered a baby rocker using his baby#8217;s car seat, a piece of string, his PC#8217;s CD#8230;
amazingly detailed mini arcade cabinets perfect for barbie’s dream house
August 26, 2009 by technabob · Leave a Comment
Video game crafter Big J.W. handmakes these incredibly precise miniature arcade cabinet reproductions of some of my favorite retro arcade machines of all time.
The current collection includes everything from emTempest/em to emGalaga/em to emPac-Man/em to emDonkey Kong/em. No detail is spared in the design of these wondrous miniatures#8230;
Each of his tiny little arcade cabinets is handcrafted#8230;
atari punk console has three settings: bleep, bloop and loud
August 26, 2009 by technabob · Leave a Comment
For those of you unfamiliar with the concept of the Atari Punk Console (APCs), they#8217;re analog noisemakers that offer up sounds that are reminiscent of the old square-wave bleeps and bloops of the classic Atari 2600 video game system.
There are tons of APCs floating around the webiverse, but this one I spotted today is#8230;
