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by John B. Carnett John B. Carnett Reinvent Your XboxCost: $35Time: 1 HourEasy | | | | |HardAlthough the sleek new Xbox 360 is all the rage with gaming geeks these days, that chunky old first-gen Xbox...
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gBook With CF Interface Installed Dave Prochnow View Photo GalleryNo doubt about it; Everex's gBook computer is a hacker's dream PC. While we weren't too fond of the company's entry into the...
View ArticleEee PC School: Add a Keyboard Backlight For Under $15
Eee PC Backlight Installed Dave Prochnow As we showed you in our May 2008 issue, Asus's Eee PC has quickly become a favorite of hardware hackers around the web. Here, we offer the first installment of...
View ArticleEee PC School #2: Add a Second microSD Card Reader
microSD Drive Installed Dave Prochnow Including a built-in SD card reader in the ASUS Eee PC was just one of many smart decisions that went into the lovable little portable (are you listening Apple?)....
View ArticleEee PC School #3: EZ Desktop Mode Mod
EZ Desktop Mode Mod Deluxe Dave Prochnow This little gimmick has been in graphics design studios for years: a clever way to bring a wayward menu bar back from a dual monitor setup without plugging in...
View ArticleEee PC School #4: Add a Super HID
HID Dave Prochnow Have you ever found yourself wishing that your Eee PC had a better trackpad, or maybe even a joystick? Well, the Atmel AVR USB key might be your answer.Packed inside a thin USB...
View ArticleDancing a Song With the Full-Body Wiimote Music Controller Suit
Soon after the Nintendo Wiis release, hackers immediately began uncovering ways to use its unique motion-sensing controller to interface with other things—PCs, musical…
View ArticleBeef Up a Little PC
If you want a super-light laptop, you have to pay for it, and you have to use Windows. Thats been the (frustrating) conventional wisdom—at least until late last year, when the Taiwanese company Asus...
View ArticleAdd a Versatile Compact Flash Boot Drive to an Inexpensive Laptop
No doubt about it; Everexs gBook computer is a hackers dream PC. While we weren't too fond of the company's entry into the ultra-portable market, the gBook sings a different…
View ArticleEee PC School: Add a Keyboard Backlight For Under $15
series. Check back in the coming weeks for more tiny ultraportable tweaking.—Eds._ What good is that portable PC if you can't type anywhere and anytime? With its ultra-compact keyboard, even touch...
View ArticleEee PC School #2: Add a Second microSD Card Reader
Including a built-in SD card reader in the ASUS Eee PC was just one of many smart decisions that went into the lovable little portable (are you listening Apple?). Without a large hard disk, memory...
View ArticleEee PC School #3: EZ Desktop Mode Mod
This little gimmick has been in graphics design studios for years: a clever way to bring a wayward menu bar back from a dual monitor setup without plugging in a second monitor. Essentially, by...
View ArticleEee PC School #4: Add a Super HID
Have you ever found yourself wishing that your Eee PC had a better trackpad, or maybe even a joystick? Well, the Atmel AVR USB key might be your answer.
View ArticleSo We Put a Jet Turbine On Our ATV...
Don your Nomex firesuit and industrial-grade ear protection: It's time to soak in some nature at 60mph. PopSci staff photographer/madman John Carnett has realized an unholy…
View ArticleMusical Typewriter Turns Your Essays Into Aural Masterpieces
Yamaha and Fabian Cappello teamed up to deliver this modified typewriter, which has each key wired to play a different musical note as you type. The end result is a sentence…
View ArticlePortable, Wearable Playstation 3 Rig Pimps Projector
When most companies promote a new product, they follow a pretty standard formula. Write a press release, tape a demonstration of the device, and maybe send out some schwag.
View Article5 Things You Need To Know About DOTA 2 and The International 2015
ValveWith the The International 2015 (TI5) running all week until, Dota 2 is back in the spotlight. Already, the tournament’s Twitch stream has had more than 48 million views, and the tournament's...
View ArticleSmash Bros Fan Mod Project M Ceases Development
Project MSuper Smash Bros Project M Will Cease DevelopmentNo use trying to spot-dodge this newsIn 2011, die-hard fans of Super Smash Bros introduced Project M. The modification to the game undid many...
View ArticleAdd a Versatile Compact Flash Boot Drive to an Inexpensive Laptop
DIY Using the Everex gBook as a base, easily swap large CF cards for multiple OS booting and quasi-SSD storage No doubt about it; Everexs gBook computer is a hackers dream PC. While we weren't too...
View ArticleEee PC School: Add a Keyboard Backlight For Under $15
DIY Keep on typing even when the lights go out with this inexpensive mod As we showed you in our May 2008 issue, Asus's Eee PC has quickly become a favorite of hardware hackers around the web. Here,...
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