Alan Parekh

Convert a Picture into ASCII

Click on the images above to see some amazing ASCII work. The IMG2TXT: ASCII Art Made Easy page makes quick work out of any picture. “This script takes the URL of a GIF, JPG, or PNG image and converts that image into ASCII text or colored HTML. Not very useful, but pretty cool.” Via: Kahsoon

Xbox 360 Case Mods

Check out these XBox 360 mods, mods aren’t just for computers anymore. “Some people like to trick out their cars with a fancy paint job and an expensive set of wheels. Others like to trick out their Xbox 360’s similarly with a fancy case modification complete with LED lights and more. Whatever you’re trickin’ out, most likely it will cost you a buck, or two, or more. It probably won’t

Virtual Piano

This Virtual Piano doesn’t look practical, but who says cool stuff needs to be practical… Looks like it is using the same technology as the laser keyboard. “Digital Information Development (DID) has developed a highly portable virtual piano that is played with a keyboard consisting of projected laser beams. The box-shaped device measures about 10 x 3 x 3 cm (4 x 1 x 1 in.) and weighs about 100

Cool iPod Speakers

These iPod Speakers are not the type of speakers you can use anywhere since they are made from glass but they are much better looking than the standard types. “These are remote iPod speakers I scratch-built for my wife’s iPod shuffle. It’s all scientific glass and aluminium construction. The sub-woofer is an inverted glass dome, and a fresnel lens from a rail-car. The guts of the thing is borrowed from

Flame Case Mod

Have a look at this wild Flame Case Mod. Not the everyday oval window by any stretch! The quote is translated, not extremely well though… “AfterBurned are of weinige real recent co-mods. The mod have been built by Sander “Blackcrown” of Heerde and Kevin “Piet_Friet” Kijzerwaard in only 3.5 month. On the question if they wanted write so-called caseview for case junkies the answer was directly: “tuurlijk.” Concerning AfterBurned, Blackcrown

Skydiving with Turbine Engines

  Strap a turbine engine to anything to enhance the cool factor! “Well, one gutsy, and apparently rich, skydiver decided to have a go at flying without wings by strapping a pair of turbine engines to his boots. Lucky for us, there was video coverage, and the internet. Youtube has it all for us to gape at” Via: TechEBlog

Hacking the Atari Flashback 2

I remember spending many countless hours playing games on the Atari 2600. You can still find some of the original consoles on Ebay or in garage sales. But if you want to hack the new Atari Flashback 2 console to play your vintage cartridges you are in luck, this article will give you the necessary information to get the job done. “So, you’ve decided to take your Atari Flashback 2