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This boxy monstrosity is big for a reason. It lets you play games on the original hardware of fifteen different gaming consoles. That's right, we said original hardware. One of the main goals of Project Unity was to keep the stock equipment by making any type of emulation -- hardware or otherwise -- taboo. The size of the case is a function of how much stuff is actually crammed in there. But the … [Read more...]
The video game industry must be one of the most secretive sectors when it comes to developing the electronic hardware used in the gaming consoles. The big guys don't want to give anything away -- to the competition or to the hackers who will try to get around their security measures. But it seems Sifteo doesn't share those secretive values. We had a great time reading about the bumpy ride for the … [Read more...]
It sounds like [Andrew] is trying to build a Pavlovian response into his behavior when it comes to online gaming. He wants to make sure he doesn't miss out when all his friends are online, so he built this traffic signal to monitor Xbox Live activity. It will illuminate the lights, and drive the meters differently based on which of his friends are currently online. When the light's green, he drops … [Read more...]
[Mike Kohn’s] Syma S107 helicopter wasn’t flying as well as it used to due to a broken gear, he figured he might as well find some use for the toy’s controller, since it was currently sitting around collecting dust. Having done a bunch of work with Syma IR protocols earlier this year, he decided it would be pretty easy to get the remote working as a game pad for his Linux desktop. He … [Read more...]
The concept of having a digital gaming table got stuck in [RobotGuy's] mind over the weekend and he managed to whip this up in no time using materials on hand. He already had a ceiling-mounted projector which just happens to reside immediately above the space occupied by his coffee table. By swapping that piece of furniture out for a white Ikea table, and adding a mirror to the projector he now … [Read more...]
[Anthony] is a big fan of Dungeons & Dragons, but he thought the game would be far more fun to play with an electronic die rather than the traditional fare. Electronic dice are nothing new around here, though we can’t help but like his design. He wanted to keep his electronic die as small as possible while ensuring it would last an entire gaming session, so rather than use a battery to … [Read more...]
What do you do if you're a developer that gets shut out of the approval process for closed-shop gaming systems? If you're [Robert Pelloni] you protest first, then establish your own startup to develop a gaming platform that is open and inexpensive. The hardware seen above is a rendering of the nD, a cheap and open gaming handheld. They plan to sell it at cost ($20) and let anyone develop … [Read more...]
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