NES controller Mp3 player with cartridge speakers
Another nice NES hack that turns the old cartridges and controller into a portable MP3 player / boombox to take on the road. NES Controller MP3 Player Sports Functional Cartridge Speaker [via]
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Shredz64: Guitar Hero for C64
Jason writes – Toni Westbrook authored a new C64 game called Shredz64, bringing the best game of all time to the best computing platform of all time. You can use the real Guitar Hero controller using the PSX64 PS2-to-DB9 converter which Toni also created. This takes the game controller input and maps it to the […]
Electro-magnetic pulse generator aka the “Raskat”
Interesting story about “The Curious Case of Dmitry Golubov” at Washington post’s Security Fix. I’m not so interested in the cybercrime boss details – but this device called the “Raskat” – has anyone heard/seen this thing? “As for his computer, he is right no evidence was found because he had cooked all of his loose […]
BoomBox cellphone makes portability an afterthought
If you are looking for the best in portable cellphone technology, do not look here at Make. This cellphone, called the “Thunder Super Radio HiFi” features a 1.3 megapixel camera, 2.4 inch TFT display, built-in mini boombox, and even an microSD card slot. What looks like a normal phone on one side, morphs into a […]
1930 Masonic prank catalog
These are full-page scans from the 1930 DeMoulin Bros. & Co. Fraternal Supply Catalog, which illustrates tons of pranks to use on new recruits. Most are fantastically elaborate and would never work in today’s society. I think my favorite is the Electric Spiked Pathway or maybe the Moral Athletics. Take a look and post your […]
The Phantom Keystroker
The phantom Keystroker would be fairly easy to spot plugged into your computer, but the results would be fun to watch. Maybe a remake is in order, especially if you can make it smaller, and easier to conceal. The Phantom Keystroker may look like a harmless circuit board, but it’s actually a devious contraption of […]
BoxMaker makes any size box template
Ryan O’Hara writes in about BoxMaker, a postcardware app for making boxes. From the site: BoxMaker is a little Java application that can generate the outlines for a box to be out of some material with a cutting device (ideally using wood/acrylic on a lasercutter!). You tell it the dimensions of the box (width, height, […]
