Archive for August, 2007

ACIDMODS - modification of ipods games and more

The mods on this website are impressive.

In about 3 minutes of browsing I witnessed an ipod pulled out of a kidrobot munny doll head and plugged it into an NES controller to play DOOM.

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Modified ipod with iVue Clear panels

In an effort to post more modifications on this site, here is a good example of an ipod modifier site www.rapidrepair.com (formerly ipodmods.com).

Kind of cool huh?

They also offer different color backlights and repair ipods as well.

LED Hula Hoop made for $15 - cheap

SEE NEW UPDATE BELOW I NOW SELL DIY LED HULA HOOP KITS!!!
Now this is my kind of maker.

He saw a need-
“Some friends wanted a lighted hula hoop for burningman”

He identified the outrageous retail price of the product-
“they turned out to be about $200 each”

And he bravely concluded-
“I decided to make one”

Awesome. A perfect thought process for the modern consumer.

He said it costs about $15 in parts and about 2 hours time.
What a difference $15 vs $200!

That got me thinking —

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Glowing LED Green Lantern Ring

I found a pretty cool instructable today on how to make a Green-lantern like glowing ring using resin and an LED.

One of the first things the creator Honus mentions is that he can not sell the item.

I would guess its because its a copyrighted symbol of the comic book owned by DC comics.

But if it was just a ring that glows a particular color, it should be ok to sell, right?

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