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Huge, completely practical NES game pad replica
Students at Dutch TU Delft university just recently developed a significant replica of the original NES controller (Google Translation), which is completely practical as well as can be utilized to play games on a big screen screen they likewise installed. exactly how huge is it, you ask? It’s about 6 meters large – over 30 times the size of the original NES game pad as well as needs participants to jump on the buttons to play.
Convert any type of picture to G-code
Members of [Forskningsavdelningen], a Swedish hackerspace, are working on software application that will enable individuals to vectorize bitmap pictures in buy to convert them to G-code data for CNC milling. A great part of the job is complete, however there is still a bit of work to do, so you won’t see it in action for a while. When it’s ready, we’ll be sure to let you know.
Convert your lame Dead area plasma cutter into a bonafide laser weapon
If you forked out huge bucks for the special edition of Dead area 2, you understand exactly how lame the included plasma cutter replica is. inspect out this video, that shows you exactly how to convert your LED toy to a double laser, terminate starting, laser pistol. The process is quite simple, so what are you waiting for?
Synchronized, LED-lit juggling balls
[Jonathan] composed in to share a job he as well as some good friends have just finished. He’s not sharing a ton of details at the moment, however he has put up a video showing off their wireless LED juggling balls. All we understand is that they utilize bright RGB LEDS, Zigbees for communication, as well as that they are awesome. We can’t wait to hear a lot more about them!
Water cooled PS3 Laptop
[Pirate] just recently revealed his most current work, a water-cooled Playstation 3 laptop. It looks quite sharp, as well as can definitely rival a few of Ben Heck’s work, even if it does have an outside PSU. undoubtedly having a separate power element isn’t necessarily ideal, however when you are cramming all of that water cooling goodness into such a little package, something has to give!