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Question of the day: Do you customise your gadgets?

November 27, 2008, 11:30 am by James Holland 1 comment

Filed under Mobile phones Tags: build, customise, feature, Mod, Nokia, QOTD

Nokia reckons it’s on to something with its new Build service, cranking out customised phones for fashion conscious chatterboxes, but do you customise your other kit too? Are you interested in buying pre-customised gizmos, or would you rather undertake the hard work yourself?

PSP gets Xbox 360 Chatpad

September 11, 2008, 9:30 am by Stephen Ebert 1 comment

Filed under Gaming Tags: Chatpad, hack, Mod, PSP, PSP keyboard

The PSP might not yet have its own keyboard but that hasn’t stopped one hacker from getting the Xbox 360’s Chatpad working with the Sony handheld.

Video: Gamers build giant SNES controller

September 1, 2008, 10:30 am by Stephen Ebert Leave your comment

Filed under Gaming Tags: controller, Mod, Nintendo, SNES, video

A group of SNES obsessed gamers has managed to construct a fully functioning 40-inch SNES pad enough to give us an overdose of Nintendo infused nostalgia. Wanna see it in action?

Man uses Wii Fit to control vacuum cleaner

August 26, 2008, 10:30 am by Stephen Ebert Leave your comment

Filed under Gaming Tags: Gaming, hack, Mod, roomba, Vacuum Cleaner, Wii Fit

Developments in tech mean we can now get robots to do our dirty work. But one hacker has made a game of cleaning up, persuading his Roomba vacuum cleaner to obey Wii Fit’s Balance Board. Check out the video.

Military robot team scoops Grand Challenge title

August 20, 2008, 1:30 pm by Pete Jenkinson Leave your comment

Filed under Robots Tags: autnomous, challenge, military, Mod, Robots, salisbury, winner

Team Stellar are the victors of this years Grand Challenge, the competition set up by the MoD to find the miltary robots of tomorrow, beating off competition from ten others.

Modder builds PlayStation 3 laptop

August 13, 2008, 10:30 am by Stephen Ebert Leave your comment

Filed under Gaming, Videos Tags: Gaming, Laptop, Mod, PS3

Who needs the PSP? This intrepid modder has proved the PlayStation 3 can be just as portable as its smaller brother. Behold, the PS3 laptop!

Modder brings touchscreen to PSP

August 11, 2008, 5:37 pm by Stephen Ebert Leave your comment

Filed under Gaming Tags: hack, Mod, PSP, PSP 3000, Touchscreen

Sony released the PSP Slim & Lite late last year, and already there are whispers of a PSP 3000 over the gaming hills, but for one modder, the next-gen PSP is already here: he’s created one with a touchscreen, as these videos show.

The portable Super Nintendo Entertainment System

August 6, 2008, 9:30 am by Stephen Ebert Leave your comment

Filed under Gaming Tags: Gaming, hack, handheld, Mod, SNES, Super Nintendo Entertainment System

After getting nostalgic with the portable SEGA Mega Drive we were left yearning for a bit of retro Nintendo action. This magnificent mod would certainly fill the SNES shaped hole in our lives.