$3.50 DIY TV-B-Gone
Since it’s initial release the TV-B-Gone has quickly become a fan favorite spawning many a clone. Now you can build your own tiny TV-B-Gone with about $3.50 in parts. Instructable user Dark Sponge built this TV-B-Gone clone thats about the size of a quarter. With the click of a button you will be able to [...]
Office Archery
Cubical warfare, the best way to pass the time while you droll out mindless repetitive tasks in the office. John Austin’s book, MiniWeapons of Mass Destruction details how to fortify your work space with small-scale weaponry from basic office supplies. Claymore Mines, Ruler Bow’s and even a Ping Pong Zooka (Not sure if your workplace [...]
Kill Aliens With A Laser Pointer
“Interference Laser Games” is a game that you play via a projector. Nothing fancy so far, but what if I told you that you control the game with your average everyday laser pointer. Check out the video to see how the pointer is used in Space Invaders and Pong. Essentially it’s the same as a [...]
DIY Pong Clock
This great geek Pong Clock comes to us via the Make Flickr photo pool. User Funnypolynomial decided to put an old laptop to a good use and build his very own Pong Clock like we have seen floating around the net this pas week. I rescued an old Thinkpad ages ago and began a project [...]
Four Way Pong On Your Coffee Table
Sure, you could head on off to Ikea and pick up that $49 coffee table to fill that void in your apartment. Or, if you truly are the hardcore geek we all know you are (why else would you be reading this blog?), you could go out and pick up SparkFun’s LED coffee table and [...]
Robo-Pong
The downside to being a fan of table tennis is that if you don’t have someone with you then you can’t play, unless you raise one side of the table but that’s no fun. The Robo-Pong comes in quite handy for just those times. Available in different flavours, the basic unit (the 540) will run [...]
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Fully mechanical Pong – No TV
In the day of portable electronics, complete gaming systems in your pocket, hell, even gaming on your cell phone, it’s nice to see someone build a video game that is entirely mechanical and contains no TV or microcontroller. PongMechanic (video at the end) was built by a German guy and is a real life version [...]
