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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 ...

Instead of making some small improvements for the coach sections of their planes, American Airlines has chosen to make first-class even more of a pompous title. The new AA 777’s will feature an updated “Next Generation Business Class Product”. While us back in the coach section will still be lounging with the rats and sleeping on sheets of metal. The ...

With a new addition to their FinePix S5 Pro digital series, Fujifilm announced their new IS Pro, a UVIR compatible DSLR camera. The IS will feature a 12.3 megapixel CCD sensor, as well as Real Photo Pro technology. The IS Pro is expected for release in August for the USA, and will cost a bank breaking $2,600, for only the ...

When will the Japanese insanity ever end? Well, I guess when you live in a country where trains are the main means for communication, something like this would come in great handy. The Yamanote alarm clock gives a visual indication of the train’s schedule using the hand model of a clock. The labels correspond to the lines on the Yamanote ...

Apple has added a 85W MagSafe MacBook Pro charger to their store. The new charger is more compact than the previous MacBook Pro charger yet still comes with all the goodies you’ve come to expect from an Apple product such as magnetic attachment, and the amber / green charging LED. These bad boys take about 3-4 weeks to ship so ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Optical mice use a 18×18 CCD sensor which is navigated by the main chip to analyze whether a picture is moving along a X or Y axis. What many people don’t know is that these 18×18 signals can be received serially if a correct command is given. This hack transmits these serial signals into a pdf document, which is pretty ...

When Nintendo came up with the idea for a game about a courageous plumber, we doubt they thought the phenomenon would spread quite so far. Though here we are, nearly two decades later, and fans still swoon over the thought of Mario. This particular usage of the Mario style creates an awesome subwoofer. Designed to look like the 1up blocks ...