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What Happens when Implants Become Abandonware?

Posted on December 17, 2022 by Navarre Bartz

A scan (x-ray?) of a human skull. Electrodes trace around the skull and are attached to the brain. These implants are for reducing Parkinson's tremors.

You’ve probably had a company not support one of your devices as long as you’d like, whether it was a smart speaker or a phone, but what happens if you …read more Continue reading What Happens when Implants Become Abandonware?→

Travel Uke from a Fallen Tree

Posted on December 13, 2022 by Navarre Bartz

A walnut ukulele with an aluminum piece routing strings at it's base which is facing the camera. The neck of the instrument extends away from the viewer and is held at an angle by a hand with striped sheets in the background.

When faced with what to build from the trimmings of the walnut tree in her yard, [Amy Quian] decided to build a headless travel ukulele. [via MAKE:] Headless instruments relocate …read more Continue reading Travel Uke from a Fallen Tree→

Clean Slate is a Vintage Amplifier-Inspired PC

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Navarre Bartz

An art deco style computer made of several grey/blue boxes with silver grates on top of a maple platform.

Hacks that bring a vintage flair to modern electronics never get old, and [Jeffrey Stephenson] delivers with his Project Clean Slate inspired by vintage tube amps. Thinking outside the traditional …read more Continue reading Clean Slate is a Vintage Amplifier-Inspired PC→

Mechanical Keyboard with a Framework Inside

Posted on November 30, 2022 by Navarre Bartz

A grey keyboard with orange and dark grey accents is angled away from the camera. The keys nearby are clearly distinguishable in the foreground but blurry toward the back/right. The keyboard is quite thick as it also contains a computer motherboard.

Like the Commodore 64 and other keyboard computers of yore, the [Elevated Systems]’s CJ64 fits all of its processing and I/O into a single keyboard-shaped package. This iteration of the …read more Continue reading Mechanical Keyboard with a Framework Inside→

Are Slabtops the Future of Computing?

Posted on November 26, 2022 by Navarre Bartz

The bottom half of a MacBook Air on a purple and pink background has severed wires drawn out of its back to indicate its lack of a screen.

The most popular computer ever was the Commodore 64 with its computer-in-a-keyboard form factor. If you have a longing for a keyboard computer with more modern internals, one of the …read more Continue reading Are Slabtops the Future of Computing?→

TinyLlama is a 486 in Your Pocket

Posted on November 20, 2022 by Navarre Bartz

A smartphone-sized PCB is in a person's hand. A large blue chip package houses a 486 and the board has a SoundBlaster card and a 40 PIN Raspberry Pi Connector along one edge for attaching a Raspberry Pi Zero.

We love retrocomputing and tiny computers here at Hackaday, so it’s always nice to see projects that combine the two. [Eivind]’s TinyLlama lets you play DOS games on a board …read more Continue reading TinyLlama is a 486 in Your Pocket→

Portable Monitor Extension for Nintendo Switch

Posted on November 17, 2022 by Navarre Bartz

A 12" LCD screen sits between speakers (on lower half of bezel) and joycon controllers are attached on the upper half of the bezel.

Handheld consoles are always a tradeoff between portability and screen real estate. [Pavlo Khmel] felt that the Nintendo Switch erred too much on the side of portability, and built an …read more Continue reading Portable Monitor Extension for Nintendo Switch→

Shrinking the XBox 360

Posted on November 15, 2022 by Navarre Bartz

A green highlight emphasizes a cut-down XBox 360 motherboard on top of an intact board. The cut-down board is less than half the size of the intact one.

One of the coolest things in the retro gaming scene is making desktop consoles into portables. [Millomaker] is building an XBox 360 handheld, and the first step is shrinking the …read more Continue reading Shrinking the XBox 360→

First Folding iPhone Doesn’t Come from Apple

Posted on November 12, 2022 by Navarre Bartz

An iPhone sits in a users hand open to the YouTube app. What is unusual is that the iPhone is bent in an L shape and is still functioning properly.

Folding phones are all the rage these days, with many of the major smartphone manufacturer’s having something in this form factor. Apple has been conspicuously absent in this market segment, …read more Continue reading First Folding iPhone Doesn’t Come from Apple→

This Wii Has an Apple M1 Inside

Posted on November 9, 2022 by Navarre Bartz

The conveniently tiny logic board of the M1 Mac mini has lead to it giving the Mini ITX format a run for its money in case mods. The latest example …read more Continue reading This Wii Has an Apple M1 Inside→