Sometimes a fan of a stuff can do crazy things because they are so in love with their “stuff”. Well, I wouldn’t dare to spend thousands to get my “heroes” merchandises or even have to mod my computer into something so “space eating” to just make sure that my friends (or the world) knows that I’m a fan of my ‘hero’. Well, that’s only me. Different story told by this amazing member called Boddaker from Cooler Master Forum.

Obviously, Boddaker is a PC enthusiast, and at the same time he is a true ‘Tron Legacy’ fans. Fans can contribute in unlimited kind of ways to show their love and passion, so Boddaker as a PC enthusiast, has re-created the popular vehicle in the movie – the Light Cycle as his computer case!

See? that’s what a fan could do – I would call it crazy stuff, but also admired their devotion their something they love. This amazing Tron Legacy Light Cycle PC Case is put together with acrylic board using Plasti-Paste outline. All of the components have been arranged neatly into the center room of the light cycle, where you can view it through the transparent glass side door glowed with blue LED lights.

Obviously, this case mod is one of the coolest case modding of the year for Tron Legacy. Well done Boddaker! It’s nice that the Tron Keyboard and mouse also make their appearance in the photo.

[HacknMod]

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There are many cool Kinect Hacks that we have found in the past with most of them has their own twist to show what Kinect is capable of. Now this latest hack is made Kinect to work with Minecraft and let users to view themselves as a giant ‘monster’ built from Minecraft blocks in real time.

Check out the following video for more details:

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Kinect Hacked To See Yourself In Minecraft Blocks Statue
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Someone has just took the slow moving (but safe) Segway vehicle into a fast moving (with some sort of risk for the driver) by modding the small wheels into a larger wheels. According to the report, this modded Segway is the fastest moving Segway that could travel at the speed of 25 miles per hour or 40km/hour.

It seems there is no modification with the engine, so anyone with a segway could do the same modification if you want it to move faster. Just make sure don’t overdoing it by recreating a larger wheels for your Segway. It might become your fastest highway to hell…

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The World’s Fastest Modded Segway
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If you still have a Visual Memory Unit (VMU) from your Dreamcast console left unused in your storage room, with some modding skills you can turn the VMU into your new iPod Nano 6G holder!

The modder of this cool retro looking VMU iPod Nano 6G mod has removed the 1.5-inch screen from the VMU and replace it with the new tiny shaped Nano 6G, completely with the headphone intact. It require no rocket science though, based on the picture below, you should be able to create yours if you are keen enough.

[via Geek]

Modder Make Use Of VMU As The iPod Nano 6G Holder
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Made by Techknott, this portable gamecube console is absolutely a great modding to turn the old school console into a modern mobile gaming gadget!

As you may have known from the start, Nintendo GameCube has a big square box dimension. So, to be able to squeeze the component into a small and tight space is absolutely a state of art. While it’s compact, Techknott’s still allocated space for holding 5-inch LCD screen, 2 external controller ports, an AV output, and built-in memory card.

This is so cool and I’m sure most GameCube fans would love to get one of this. Well, you are lucky if you are one of them because currently, this item is up for sale in Ebay for £310 GBP (about $484 USD).

[via GadgetsIn, TechChee]

Portable GameCube Console Up For Sale In Ebay
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Yep, the title say it all. It’s the result when iPad met with a smart kitchen dweller. Alan Daly, the smart guy in this modding has show off his magnificent skill to turn his warm-heart kitchen into a high-tech kitchen (with love). He used a jigsaw cutters to dig a hole in his cabinet in his kitchen, and turn the blank face cabinet door into a touch-interactive surface where he can browse the web searching for tasty receipt for cooking (I guess the primary purpose would be to search for cooking receipts).

He is actually using his cabinet door to be the “case” of his iPad. To minimize the risk, Alan Daly has prepared a replacement cabinet door in case his project failed him. Although his wife thought he was nuts to cut and make hole in her kitchen out of sudden, but with God’s bless, The iPad Kitchen Cabinet Mod is successful and his final result is magnificent! I’m sure his wife will love him even more thanks to his simple DIY project.

Oh, did I heard someone saying “I want to make one too, for my mom as a Mother’s Day Gift!” ? I guess this will be a great gift idea to help moms go hi-tech!

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iPad Kitchen Cabinet: When Smart Kitchen Dwellers Knows How To Turn Their Kitchen Into A Hi-Tech Ground
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This one is definitely a cool old-school console game mod. Tecknott from ModRetro forums has successfully turned his GameCube into a portable version. The portable gamecube console mod featuring a backlit LCD display, a built-in Gamecube full size controller and built-in speaker system at the bottom left-right corner.

Amazing work, Tecknott! Now, what console haven’t been transformed into a portable handheld game?

[via Crunch Gear and Geeky Gadgets]

Portable GameCube Console Mod Is Fascinating!
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Apple iPad is coming, but 3th April is three weeks to go. It may looks near, but 3 weeks might just like waiting for 3 years if the user is really passionate about having one. Well, If you can’t wait any longer and at the same time you’ve some spare MSI Wind Netbook, why don’t you follow Alex Bates from insanelywind.com? He have turned his MSI Wind netbook by hacking into the core, removing the keyboard, add a touchscreen, and turn it to a Franketablet device. Afterward, the hacked MSI Wind netbook is installed with OS X (hackintosh).

The result is one brand new of tablet device resembling an iPad, but with higher storage size, faster processing speed, USB port, card reader and other features that you can’t find it on iPad.

Of course, all those tweaks and hacks require some level of technical know-how and dare-level to dissemble the MSI Wind netbook. If you have all the requirement, you can check it out at InsanelyWind forum.

Hack Your MSI Wind Netbook and Turn it Into an iPad
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Who would think about marrying the two enemies? Jem somehow did it. Some says this vacuum gloves is doctor Octopus, but on the other side, it looks like a real Spider-man that can walk the wall using two hands.

Jem Stansfield, the creator of this vacuum gloves said that he has created two pieces of the vacuum gloves using household vacuum cleaner which has been modified to have a better suction system. This Vacuum Gloves has made it to the top at the BBC and and show off at the Bang Goes the Theory show. Check out the follow videos for more detail:

[via CrunchGear, TheCoolGadgets]

Vacuum Gloves: A Cross-Breeding Between Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus
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If you have ever wanted to create your one Star Trek Phaser, you can make a good use of Jayrob’s DIY guide on how to make one for yourself! Creating a Star Trek Phaser is not a dream anymore, and the phaser can even blow a balloon up!

Check out the following video for more detail:

I used a momentary button switch so I could use the stock trigger button. This gives it kind of a ‘hair trigger’. (but I like it) So that’s why I decided to put a safety switch on this one…

The 12x Star Trek Phaser is using 1994 Classic Star Trek Phaser (Playmates brand, stock #6118) with one modified laser beam. The author of the DIY guide Jayrob recommend you to protect your eyes properly (such as wearing a protection glasses) before building the phaser gun by yourself.

[Uberreview]

Create Star Trek Phaser By Your Own
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Want to mod your Xbox like Pro? There is a cool complete instruction at Instructables about how you can turn your Xbox into a Cool Xbox Millennium Falcon Mod, inside the Classic Kenner 1979 Millennium Falcon Toy.

It needs no rocket science to DIY modding the Xbox into the Star Wars stuff. Just need a little of passion and patient to assemble everything together. Dare to try? Visit Instructables site for more information.

DIY: XBox Star Wars Millennium Falcon Mod
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Check out this coolest Robotic Case Mod for PC. This super Modding was created by a Master-level Modder called Maciel Barreto, fully inspired by Morphius robot which is a war-ravaged robot that comes with its guts and wires hanging out of its metallic body.

Morphius Robot Case Mod was crafted by hand in clay as the basic sculpture, and then the clay model was reproduced again in Silicone mold and finally being re-created using Fiberglass and resin finished with car paints. The Morphius Robot case mod looks very similar with the concept drawing and Maciel Barreto has spent months to create this coolest Case mod from start to finish.

Well Done, Buddy!

[via CoolerMaster Forum]

Morphius Robot Case Mod
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Stuffing Apple’s things into Microsoft Shell, that’s probably what’s OS Xbox Mod were made for. Design my WillUDesign (Will), OS Xbox Pro Mod is probably the coolest mod up to date. Featuring an EFI-X hackintosh dongle, the mod did comes with a cool specs such as 2.93Ghz Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 processor, 8GB or RAM and NVIDIA GeForce 9800GT GPU. On the storage section, OS Xbox Pro Mod comes with two models, SSD and the oldie HDD. Even better, the mod has comes with 4 HDDs and the system also comes with dual boot OS (Windows 7 and Mac OS X). More detail on the video below:

[WillUDesign via GeekyGadgets, Unplggd]

OS Xbox Pro Mod Is Nicely Done
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What I need to say again about Ben Heck works?! He is a damn cool guy who have got a genius Modding head. After series of console mods, such as the portable Xbox 360 for example, he has gone through another milestone by creating another super cool console mod for PS3 Slim edition. He called it PS3 Slim Laptop, although it looks bulky and heavy to carry around, it’s still the coolest mod (ever!) for PS3 fans boy.

Ben Heck paired up the PS3 Slim Laptop with Gateway’s 17-inch 1775W display and one PS3 Slim. the chassis is completely self-made, and the space inside the machine is enough to store power cord, front slot loading blu-ray drive, air-ventilation with fans equipped to prevent overheating.

Check out the following video for more detail:

Another Great Job, Ben!

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Ben Heck PS3 Slim Laptop Mod
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Looks like the modder has a good sense of portability. This NES on NES Cartridge modding is an excellent work that fully elevating the wide face of the NES cartridge and the unportable NES console into something useful and pocketable.

Check out the video for more detail:

This mod is done by Airz. The portable unit itself is not self-made and it’s actually a Made-in-China affordable PMP that could do a whole lots of task such as playing video, music, FM Radio, and NES games. Looking at modding done by Airz, it did has its own good sales value if he is keen enough make a silo of them and sell it on Etsy or eBay.

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Play NES on the NES Cartridge Itself – Clever!
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Haven’t seen one Mod of console that’s been done professionally like this SuperTendo Mod by Marshall. It’s a SNES system, Marshall turn the machine into a portable handheld console with his brilliant Mod skill. If someone with lack of news update seeing this stuff, they will think it as a new handheld gaming gadget produced by a larger company (and probably Made in China or something). But it isn’t. It’s a professional customization by Marshall, and you won’t be able to find it selling elsewhere other than build it yourself. Check out the following image for more wowziness.

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SuperTendo Mod: Professionally Done by Marshall
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Check out this coolest PC Case Mod by polo360x from the Techpowerup forums. It’s a Great Pyramid Tower PC case design with laser cut aluminum frame and a crystal clear glass covers:

It’s certainly a stunning PC case mod and it’s absolutely state of arts. It make my favorite Half-life 2 PC Case mod turn into nothing as cool as this Pyramid PC Case Mod. The specification of this PC Mod is as follow, if you are interested to build the same power house (without the custom made Pyramid, of course) click on each link to check the price at our shopping channel:

• Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 B3 OC @ 3.15 GHz Processor(Max stable OC @ 3.4 GHz) – “water cooled”
• GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3L Motherboards
• G-Skills 4GB PC2-8000 OC @ 1066 MHz RAM
• 512 MB 8800GT Zotac AMP Editions Graphic Card (700 MHz Core/ 2000 Mhz Memory)
• 500 GB Cavier WD 300 SATA Hard Drive
• 500 Watts Rosewill Power Supply
• Thermaltake Tide water plus w/ Swiftech apogee GT CPU block Water Cooling system

It will probably take up to $1,000+ to build the PC with the specification listed above (without the LCD monitor, keyboard, and so on)

The most interesting spot for me is the top of the pyramid. It gives a sense of mysterious feeling to my nerves, and the glowing blue basement that looks like an Alien space ship or something similar.

You can find more image gallery at TechpowerUP forum. (Thanks to FatGadget for the News Tip!)

Stunning PC Case Mod: A Great Pyramid Tower!
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With the latest hot trend about the upcoming Mac Pro mini, I’ve seen some pictures (fake and “real?”) about it. But I guess some of the enthusiast just can’t wait any longer and go ahead to create their own DIY Mac Mini!

This cool casemod is not actually a Mac Pro, it’s just a chic looking creation by Modder Widefault. The name is Hackintosh Jr. built from sheet of aluminum and hand-shaping mesh. The Specification is not too shabby. It features an Intel Core Duo T2500, Seagate hard drive (laptop size 2.5″) Wi-Fi, etc.

Casemod always looks good, but doesn’t mean it could be the substitution of the new Mac Mini! But overall, it’s nice casemod and I would also try to make one if something wrong with the release of the new Mac Mini.

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Hackintosh Jr. Casemod: a DIY Mac Mini
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If you are a super XBox 360 fan, you will fall in love with this picture in the very first sight!

XBox 360 Car

Imagine you can pimp your car with XBox 360 like this fanatic did. How is your driving experience is going to be?! Exciting? Wonderful? or, dangerous instead?!

Well, according to Xbox slogan: “Life is Short… PLAY MORE!” I agree to a certain degree. But Play more while driving is certainly will drive your life even shorter!

However, I would really “want one” of this modification on my car since I’m viewing it as an artistic touch of a gamer and fully filled by the passion for XBOX 360. This is so cool and I think it will be a suitable concept to submit to Suzuki Corp to help them create a Gamer series cars! Smart!

Only one question though… Can anyone tell me where is the screen?

(via these cool tech blogs:Woohome, GadgetVenue, Walyou)

XBOX 360 Car – Super Cool Car Mod
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I’m not a fan for Steampunk, but this Steampunk PC mod is really cool and worth big applause for cool thing chaser like me.

Steampunk Mod on PC

This cool steampunk PC mod is the mastermind of Australia-based Mad Uncle Cliff. The main attraction for me is the speaker that looks like an Alien eyes that you would see in Spore PC game.

Inside this cool steampunk PC mod is actually a full-fledged PC, complete with the monitor and speakers. The round shaped construction at the back is actually the PC itself.

Steampunk PC Mod inside view

Though there is no actual keyboard mod here yet, but it’s on the way as it’s already planned for 2009.

(via Slash Gear, AUSteampunk)

Cool Steampunk PC Mod
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