DIYs & Mods

Make your own Guitar Hero controller from scratch

We’ve seen our fair share of Guitar Hero DIYs, but this would be the first time we’ve had the opportunity to make our very own PS2 GH controller from scratch. Of course, it’s not totally from scratch, you will need supplies. You’ll need a few old PS1 controllers, a whammy bar, various screws and other shiny items. You get the ...

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Boeing 307 Jet: The Yacht?

This isn’t the first use of a recycled Boeing that we’ve seen, but it’s almost positively the most effective use of one other than using it as an actual jet. The Cosmic Muffin is actually a rare Boeing 307 stratoliner that has been converted into a luxury yacht with all the fixings. The Muffin can travel at speeds of nearly ...

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Pinkish Screen of Death: Most realistic Windows tattoo

This tattoo would probably rank as one of the geekiest tattoos ever if it had been done months ago, but what can we say, if you snooze you lose. This particular tattoo displays the old Windows 98 blue screen of death error message, across an entire arm. Ex-Microsoft executive Peter Moore would be happy with this tattoo now that he ...

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E-Mail with a typewriter: Because parents just don’t understand

Inspired by a mother who just couldn’t deal with a computer’s scroll bars, control keys, mouse, and other “cryptic” hardware, this project integrates electronics into a typewriter, which automatically sends the typed letter to the recipient when the page is pulled out of the device. The typewriter is converted into a POP device through the wonders of wireless networking, making ...

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God of War takes hold of the PSP

What’s not to love about this PSP case? Well, unless of course you despise the God of War line of games. Buddy Roman, also creator of the Zelda DS Lite case mod, now offers up more of a badass design with this custom God of War PSP, available on eBay. The red LED’s and felt finish of the box finish ...

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hipDisk: Move your music to the hips

Perhaps the most undignified musical instrument of all time, the hipDisk allows the wearer to play chromatic scales and basic melodies using their flexibility and hip swinging speed. All using your hips and torso to create music. Using soft switches strategically placed around the disk, these switches signal what notes to play as you swivel your buttocks. Much like the ...

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DIY: Nintendo controller mouse

You can never beat a classic. Here’s some proof that even an old rectangular Nintendo controller can serve an interesting and damn well awesome purpose. It’s a cool case mod that turns your Nintendo controller into a mouse, with the A / B buttons serving as the clickers. A cut out on the bottom of the controller allows the laser ...

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Hack the XBox 360 DVD region code

Damn region codes, always getting in the way of our viewing pleasure. It seems that some nice fellows over at XBH forums have figured out a way to change the values on the DVD region code on hypervisor exploitable XBox 360s. Since the region code is directly tied in with the CPU key, for now the hack will only work ...

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Office chair bike: The ride of comfort

This looks like the most comfortable damn bike ever ridden by human beings. The office chair bike is a 35 lb luxury leather office chair attached to a 16″ school girl type bicycle. The girly bike was re-welded into a bike made for reclined comfort. Sure, all of the guys at work might call you a pussy for riding around ...

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Logitech G9 gaming mouse revealed

A Chinese source is claiming that the above image is leaked footage of the Logitech G9 gaming mouse, the follow up for the G5. While there is no verification on the validity of this image, the pictured mouse does not resemble any other models released by Logitech in the past. Featuring a much more modular design this time around, the ...

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