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A Fleeting Glimpse Inside Ben Heck's Modding Dungeon
Nilay from Engadget took a little road trip to visit Benjamin Heckendorn, gadget modder extraordinaire, in his natural habitat: Suburban Madison, Wisconsin. More »Ben Heck's PS3 Slim Laptop is Monochromatic Cool
Modder extraordinaire, Ben Heck, is back in form with a sleek pin-striped laptop based on the new PS3 Slim. Like his Xbox 360 laptop, it has a big 17-inch Gateway 1775W screen (1280 x 720 resolution). Watch his walk-through: More »Ben Heck's Latest Atari 800 Laptop Could Be His Best Yet
With the help of a GameCube power supply and the malleable magic hands of master modder Ben Heck, one lucky client can now play Buck Rogers and other classics on a positively portable Atari 800 laptop. More »Ben Heck's Latest Xbox 360 Laptop
Ben Heckendorn—true geek god amongst men—is back with revision 5 of his portable Xbox 360 console. More »Ben Heck's New Commodore 64 Laptop Going Up For Auction For Charity
Ben Heck, console modder extraordinaire, has just finished up his newest Commodore 64 laptop, and he's auctioning it off for charity. More »Super Advantage Custom Xbox Controller Loses an Analog Stick, Gains Style
This may look like an old SNES gamepad, but oh, it isn't. No, it's a custom Xbox 360 gamepad. And sure, it lost an analog stick somewhere in its creation process, but it's still so damned cool. More »Dreamcast Tablet Is Cast From The Mold of My Dreams
Doing one better than the endless console-to-laptop mods out there, this minimalist tablet conversion flattens an entire Dreamcast into a sleek, tray-loading LCD screen. Nothing is overlooked here—it's even got batteries. More »Ben Heck's Blow-Powered Kick Pedal Lets People in Wheelchairs Enjoy Guitar Hero 4
Super-modder Ben Heck has used his powers for good. Again! This time, he's helping the wheelchair-bound enjoy Guitar Hero 4's drums by using a blow-tube to operate the kick pedal. More »Homemade Portable Playstation Won't Win Any Beauty Contests
Normally, the portable consoles that spring forth from the handy folks at the Ben Heck forums are sleek, professional-looking affairs. This wooden PS1? Not so much. More »Tiny Portable N64 is A Battery Away from Perfection
Modder extraordinaire Ben Heck is growing disciples like Chia Pets, and his forum poster SifuF's new Nintendo Sixtyfree Lite-R is an incredible little portable N64. We're sure he's made the Heckster proud. More »How To Buy the Cool-Running Xbox 360 'Jasper'
While Xbox 360s have become increasingly capable at handling their crippling heat defects, you still want the newest, coolest 360 you can buy. Right now, that's the "Jasper" edition, featuring a new 65nm GPU. More »Console Modder Ben Heck Making Film Starring Giant Robotic Possum
It's called Possumus Woman, and he's almost done with it. I think this picture of Mr. Heckendorn fighting said marsupial in the back of a flatbed ("the most complex scene") kind of says it all—let us know when there's an Xbox 360 inside that robo-possum, Ben! [Ben Heck]Ben Heck Mods Atari 7800 into Portable Retro-Gaming Wonder
Modding clever-clogs Ben Heck was apparently daunted by the complexity of the Atari 7800's internals at first, so he had to summon up the nerve to try this requested mod. Into the custom-built chassis he squeezed a 7-inch color widescreen display, a set of rechargeable batteries, combo driving/paddle controller and an A-V output. Though it's not exactly pocket-friendly (thanks to the 7800's large motherboard) it's still pretty awesome—check out the gallery. Ben's site has a detailed making-of story if you're interested. Now, if you excuse me... I'm off to reminisce about playing Pole Position. [Ben Heck via Hackaday]One-Handed Guitar Hero, So Pirates Can Rock Like Ninjas
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Xbox 360 Elite Laptop
Benjamin Heckendorn (aka Ben Heck) is known to most of the geek world as a console modding god. And his latest accomplishment, squeezing an Xbox 360 Elite into a laptop, is his best revision yet. Because while he's made 360 laptops before, this is his first based upon the newer 65nm chipset (plus it features the Elite's larger 120GB hard drive). And we especially appreciate that the 17" screen Heck installed uses a 1280×720 resolution (as opposed to 1280X768) for true 720p picture. Yes, we really are mega geeks. Hit the jump to watch Heck's demo video as he loads Halo 3. More »PS360: Microsoft Controller, Meet Sony Controller