R2D2 Upgrades to HDMI and Xbox 360

By Erik Hyrkas
From http://walyou.com/

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Major League Mods has just unleashed every Star Wars geek’s wet dream, for lack of a better description.

A life-size model of R2D2 bears a striking resemblance to the projector/dvd-player/sound system made by Nikko, as seen here. The difference is that Major League Mods appears to have spliced the internals of an Xbox 360 of all things, with a similar product. That’s right; you can now play Star Wars Battlefront III with R2 projecting on your wall.

It’s hard to believe, but no 360 ports appear to have been sacrificed in this George Lucas/Microsoft-effigy. The HDMI and RCA ports are in back along with power input, two USBs up front with the power button, and, of course, R2’s glowing eye is right where is should be.

R2 also lights up, but does not appear to move on its own. We’re not exactly sure if it makes sounds, but the well-known high-pitched chirps are definitely evident in the video. Check it out yourself below.

While we cannot confirm or deny the validity of this Mod, the splash screen of Xbox 360’s menu does appear on the wall in this video, and the ports do appear to be that of the Xbox as well. If you’d like to learn more, we suggest you contact Mark Bongo, the owner of Major League Mods and custom-modification guru who brought this gamer droid to life. You can also check out his Free eBooks to learn how to do this mod yourself. May the force be with you.

In love with the little bleeping R2D2? Bleep your way to a R2D2 specs poster or a cool R2D2 steampunk project.

Transformers All Spark Cube Xbox 360 Mod is Out of This World!

By Eran Abramson on January 21st, 2010



This is one of the most amazing Xbox 360 mods I have ever seen, and it makes me wonder why no one thought of modding an Xbox inside a Transformers All Spark before. I don’t know about any of you, but this combo simply makes sense…connecting two powerful Geek worlds together.





There are many Transformers fans and probably just as many (if not way more) Xbox 360 gamers out there, so this new Xbox 360 Mod bringing the two worlds together is definitely something they could literally go crazy about!




As every Transformers fan is familiar with the All Spark Cube, so has every Xbox gamer seen some crazy and amazing Xbox 360 modification. In this latest mod, GivenTats created an Xbox that is encased inside the All Spark Cube (to a larger size of course).



The details of the All Spark Cube are amazing as the Transformers Hieroglyphics and language (hand-etched) are maintained on the cube for all to see. Moreover, the Decepticons logo is also added for the evil feature, and perhaps to remind Geeks that although it looks cool, the cube is rather evil.

As in performance, it is just like any Xbox 360 you are familiar with, but the CD comes out of a special compartment from within the Transformers PC.

If these kind of mods are what you can really appreciate, then you should definitely check the huge collection of the Coolest Mods of 2009 which include Apple and PC Computer mods, Xbox 360 mods, Nintendo Wii and also PS3 Mods.


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Garage Gets Decorated With 'Guitar Hero' Made From Christmas Lights

by Amar Toor

A few years ago, this guy dazzled us (and nearly sent us into a seizure) with his musically-synced Christmas wonderland. For '09 Ric Turner, a former "imagineer" for Disney and special affects aficionado, raised the Christmas ante to another level. He transformed his entire house into one big game of 'Guitar Hero.'

As The Huffington Post reports, Turner needed just 21,268 lights and LEDs to create his masterpiece -- a fully functional display synchronized to Guitar Hero controllers. As you can see in the video (after the jump), the display only works for the song "Cliffs of Dover" by Eric Johnson. But we're sold. We want this guy to be our new dad. In an article on Make, Turner explains how he pulled this Christmas miracle off, and says that, even though the game is set on "Easy," it's pretty difficult -- even for the Slashes and Hendrixes of the 'Guitar Hero' elite. That's because if you want a high score, you've gotta play while looking only at the lights, not at the video screen in the driveway which displays the actual game. And, for the sake of the neighbors and their eardrums, you can even stream your performance via a low power radio station for all to hear.

Turner says he still wants to tweak the game a bit, particularly the "initial show/game sync," but given his impressive holiday display pedigree, we don't doubt he'll be able to come up with something (Check out his YouTube compendium for more of his festive creations.). [From: Make]

The Coolest PC Game Gun Mod

June 20, 2009 by Ruibo

Get ready to ejaculate as you feast your eyes on this new mod known as the PC VR Game Gun. You can now get your lazy a** off the couch and get in some real live action. Can you say, real life video game simulation? Perhaps Project Natal and Nintendo can learn a thing or two here.

Some features include low-cost, dual-axis miniature rate gyroscope that is fully self-contained for easy integration into human input devices such as the PC VR Gamegun. A unique electromagnetic transducer design and a single etched beam structure utilize the Coriolis effect to sense rotation in two axes simultaneously. Operating between 2.3 and 3.6 volts. 1K of available EEPROM storage on board. Low drift.

Full Motion Tracking - Move the gun and it moves the mouse.

Specs

• 7″ Widescreen Active Matrix TFT Display
• Sleek, Stealth Design
• Emulates as a Windows Mouse 100% compatible
• Built-in Game pad 3 triggers and dual axis no drivers
• High-Quality Black Finish with Black Shroud
• High Dot Resolution: 1440 (H) x 234 (V)
• 3 Selectable Screen Modes (Full, Wide, Normal)
• Wireless Remote Control with Front Panel Controls
• On Screen Display (OSD)
• Power Supply: 12 VDC
• Standard RCA Composite Video Input (NTSC only)
• Dimensions: 5″ H x 9″ W x 0.7″ D
• Plug ‘n play USB, no special drivers or software needed

Check out the video below for more details.

If you’re interested in picking up one of these bad boys, check out blackhall.net.

Update: The wireless version.