Modding

NES Controller Mod, May Just be Most Fun Coffee Table Ever

Forget touchscreen, solar powered or even self-destructing coffee tables... Kyle Downes has modded the coffee table into its best version ever: a retro-tastic NES controller. Just look at the sleek lines, the high quality finish and classy glass top. And then giggle at the fact that it actually works. Don't believe it? Check out the video after the gallery. More »

7:40 AM on Fri May 9 2008
By Kit Eaton
8,665 views, 38 comments

Latest by Reilaos~: Perfect for when our giant alien friends come out of their hiding place. more »

steampunk

Modded Violin adds Steampunk-esque Styling, One Extra String

Steampunk modding, love it or hate it, has caught on and led to everything from LCD monitors to Nerf rifles getting the treatment. And now we have this steampunk-ish modded violin, that's seriously cut-down and gutted, and packs in tubes and wires and faux valves. Plus one extra string. More »

7:22 AM on Tue May 6 2008
By Kit Eaton
3,155 views, 24 comments

Latest by Set to evil: Abney Park is Frickin' cool www.abneypark.com more »

modding eee pc

$3,200 EeePC with 32GB Solid State Drive Now on eBay

Ah, the Asus Eee PC, the little computer that can be modded to do anything, from stealing all your money in an ATM to grabbing all your money on the internet. This one will snatch $3,200 from your account if you want to buy it on eBay, with all the mods except for the 3G card: a 32GB Patriot XT solid state drive (in addition to the included 8GB), a touchscreen and a bunch of other things, an Air Play card to transmit all your sound to any FM radio. Complete specs after the jump. More »

5:10 AM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Jesus Diaz
13,583 views, 30 comments

Latest by wintercs: I'm making yet another hacked 8gb Asus Eee PC for a total cost of $689.99, what do you guys think? more »

eee pc-rigged atm

Crooks Rig ATM with Eee PC to Steal Credit Card Info

In yet another demonstration of the never-ending hacking possibilities of the ASUS Eee PC laptop, three criminals in Brazil rigged an ATM with the little low cost computer to grab credit card information and personal information numbers to clone cards. Smart, except that one of them was a total moron. More »

6:30 AM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Jesus Diaz
63,599 views, 33 comments

Latest by Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Nice... I saw the news, but didn't notice it was an EEE PC. About the security cams... considering the story about the guy who spent 40 hours in an elevator and no one noticed it, these guys could also get away more »

nes mod

NES Cartridge Modded into NES System. Space-Time Remains Intact

This has to be the most jaw-dropping NES mod ever ... putting a whole system-on-a-chip NES console clone into an original game cartridge. Talk about how to demonstrate the advances in shrinking electronics over the years! Modder Kotomi took an original Super Mario Brothers cartridge, gutted it and somehow squeezed in all the circuitry, chips, power switches, twin joystick ports and composite video and stereo audio sockets. And it even looks pretty neat. If I was wearing a hat, I'd tip it in Kotomi's direction. [Technabob]

6:26 AM on Tue Apr 22 2008
By Kit Eaton
74,350 views, 36 comments

Latest by Asvetic: @The Monarch: Sweet Nerdsmithing! Where do you plug the 2nd player controller in? more »

casemod

NVIDIA Motorcycle Casemod is the Fastest Computer On Two Wheels, Kinda

There are roadwarriors with their ultraportables and then there's master modder Dennis Ilyin, who took computing on the go literally with this ambitious motorcycle casemod. While the two-wheeled computing wonder lacks an engine, it more than makes up for it with massive LED-lit water tanks and what's sure to be ample processing power. The compu-bike was part of an NVIDIA-sponsored modding contest and actually came in second to this green thing. Fair? Unfair? Take a look at additional pics after the jump and you tell us.
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7:59 PM on Sun Apr 6 2008
By Jack Loftus
4,237 views, 19 comments

Latest by misterwho: Uh, where is the case? I see the mobo dangling from the bike, but shouldn't it actually be encased? The Green thingy doesn't do it for me. I like the one captioned "Power can be Elegant" and the one more »

creative

The Conclusion: Creative Backs Down Against Driver Modder, Reinstates Posts

The story of Daniel_K vs. Creative reaches a temporary conclusion as Creative reinstates the deleted forum posts by Daniel that helped other users get their sound cards working under Vista. The company did this as a result of angry forum and blog posts (some here as well), mostly all siding with Daniel. More »

4:30 PM on Fri Apr 4 2008
By Jason Chen
8,807 views, 31 comments

software

Strip Down Windows to the Bare Essentials

If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them maybe you can hire...the A Team...to strip down Windows to the Bare Essentials. I ain't tweakin no registry, fool! [Lifehacker]

12:35 PM on Tue Apr 1 2008
By Jason Chen
6,348 views, 5 comments

modding

Home Modder Idol Ben Heck Gets Profiled

You've seen Ben Heck's homemade gaming devices featured here a lot, and there's a reason for it: Adam Frucci loves him. Which is why he slathered much praise on the hardware modder in this Reuters profile. What would you want to know about the guy that turns two handed controllers into one handed ones? How about that he used to work for a sign-making business and doesn't actually play a whole lot of games, despite the love he gives to the accessories. [Reuters]

4:00 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Jason Chen
4,909 views, 7 comments

Latest by zenpoet: Ben Heck is a God among men. @ripfire4: I don't know what games you are playing, but I don't think Halo or Mario Sunshine should have that... um, sort of effect on you. more »

olpc hack

XO OLPC Overclocked: Now it Means Business (Kind of)

Think that the OLPC's 433 MHz Geode LX 700 CPU is just too wimpy? Well, now you can toughen up it a bit and give it some processor bite by overclocking that mother. A post on OPLC News Hacks forum shows exactly how to do it: it boils down to some simple code to type into the open firmware prompt of an unlocked machine. A little informal testing shows it's easy to boost processor performance by 30%. Exactly what those kids in developing countries need. OK, the computer geek ones. Maybe. More »

7:07 AM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Kit Eaton
1,952 views, 6 comments

Latest by logruszed: So you can now play Half Life and SOF on it. more »

modding

Rock Band Drums Modded to Use With Pencils

Someone called David Yoon has reconverted his Rock Band drum kit into what any student (former or not) will recognize as the One and Only True Form of Drumming: pencil drumming. He replaced "the smallish stock piezo transducers with bigger ones from Radio Shack" and reconverted the pedal with a foam and CD sandwich. This way, David says he can do the Ringo at 2am without waking up the neighbours. [Flickr]

2:22 PM on Tue Mar 4 2008
By Jesus Diaz
4,113 views, 12 comments

star wars

R2-D2 PC Case Mod Warps Us Into Hyperspace

Our obsession with everyone's (except Porkins') favorite astromech is well known, but this R2-D2 case is probably the best designed PC ever on its own. In fact, it looks like the only thing that could replace a steampunked Mac mini on my watch. More pics after the jump.
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5:30 AM on Tue Mar 4 2008
By Jesus Diaz
13,855 views, 11 comments

hacks

iPod Video 5G Hacked with Bluetooth Module

Giz reader Ed Hernández is at it again with his wireless audio iPod modifications. This time he hacked a fifth generation 30GB iPod video to include a Bluetooth module for audio output but, since the 30GB model is so thin, Ed had to do extra hacking. He told us his shopping list and some impressions, after the jump. More »

7:35 AM on Fri Feb 22 2008
By Jesus Diaz
11,212 views, 24 comments

Latest by Sqube: I'd be willing to throw down a friendly wager that there are more people interested in Bluetooth headsets for their iPods than are interested in FM transmitters for their iPods. People using these types PMPs are usually not as interested in more »

wall-e

Wall-E GameCube Mod is Too Cute (but Not Too Cute for the Giz)

Long before the Pixar movie hits the big screen this summer, a group of German modders have been inspired by Wall-E's cuteness to take an old and unloved Nintendo GameCube and some scraps of metal and acrylic, and put together a sweet mod that looks just like the little robot himself. It even has tank treads and a flip-down shutter, like Wall-E's, over the Gamecube's ports. Frankly, its so loveably "realistic" that we're pre-emptively sniffly, imagining what the movie will be like. [Bit-Tech via TechEBlog]

10:50 AM on Thu Feb 21 2008
By Kit Eaton
7,596 views, 23 comments

Latest by Simpsons-Movie-ruled: @SirNirian: who cares??!?!?!?It made this adorable "aaawwwww"esome robot more »

nerftastic

How to do a Nerf Gears of War Lancer

These guys got an assault rifle, a mechanic chainsaw and a bunch of LEDs to create a Gears of War Lancer gun. Fortunately for everyone, or maybe just Jack Thompson, only the LEDs are real. But even while they used a toy chainsaw and a Nerf N-Strike Longshot CS-6, the final result looks great in motion.
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10:12 AM on Wed Feb 20 2008
By Jesus Diaz
9,241 views, 18 comments

Latest by Mrbreakit: Wait.... At the end of the video the guy that he kills is the gun gun that was just realeased like 2 days ago he really likes nerf then.... And that gun has no point if it can't shoot. And more »

cellphone mod

Nintendo Game & Watch Modded Into Cellphone (Verdict: WANT)

Look, what our friend the crazy modder has done now: mixed a 1981 Octopus Nintendo Game & Watch with a cellphone with his bare hands, probably creating the best retro game handheld/cellphone combo ever. What makes this Octo-phone better than the WiiPhone is that, first of all, people won't think you're a recent release from the local Mentalist Correctional Facility who believes he is having a rational four-way conversation with God, Peter Sellers and Poon-tang the Seven-Legged Donkey on a Wiimote. And secondly, it's Game & Watch, the first game I ever had *goes all misty-eyed*:

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8:30 AM on Thu Jan 31 2008
By Addy Dugdale
36,927 views, 21 comments

Latest by skulldriveshaft: beep, boop, brrp, bleet I miss you piezoelectric speaker more »

wii

Is the WiiPhone Sexier Than the iiPhone? You the Jury Decide

The WiiPhone is one of those mods just adored by the House of Giz. It's the bastard son of a Wiimote and a common or garden-variety DoCoMo cellphone, stuck together by a clever guy who's good at this kind of stuff. I particularly like the wrist strap, to stop unnecessary accidents (just ask another writer here, whose CrackBerry met an unfortunate end when it hurtled to the floor following a difference of opinion he had with his wife). Anywii, take part in our exclusive poll below the gallery.
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5:06 AM on Thu Jan 31 2008
By Addy Dugdale
12,461 views, 14 comments

Latest by montsnmags: @jriga: You're half right. You failed to consider the possiblity that some "anti-apple" people are still voting for the shiny-shiny, slick-like-a-skid-in-a-fresh-dog-shit iPhone because the WiiPhone is about as sexy as penetrative vibrator designed by Amazon. more »

how-to

How to Convert a ThighMaster into the Ultimate Pleasure Machine (NSFW)

Some genius has created the Ultimate Pleasure and Sex Training Machine using a vibrator and a ThighMaster, that weird legs exercise spring-based contraption that invaded the '80s like a plague of Galaga space aliens with a Spanish Fly overdose. The how-to seems quite simple, but the best thing, other than the looks (which indeed is like a Galaga alien spaceship), is their description on how to exercise in seated, lying and upper body positions (NSFW):