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LEGO Controller For Nintendo NES That Actually Works
The creativity of LEGO builders has always immensely impressed me. Their ability to create things out of blocks that actually work sometimes borders on the insane. I mean, how on earth are you able to take all the intricate technology in a gadget and convert it into an analog system? It's beyond me ...
![How Nintendo Saved The Geek Lifestyle [Infographic]](https://bitrebels.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/nintendo-statistics-geek-lifestyle-infographic.gif "How Nintendo Saved The Geek Lifestyle [Infographic]")
How Nintendo Saved The Geek Lifestyle [Infographic]
Did you know that during the '80s, it looked like console gaming and the geek lifestyle were doomed? Yup, as a matter of fact, in 1983 console games raked in over $3.2 billion only to dramatically decrease to around $100 million in 1985. Everyone was saying that console gaming was no longer the way ...
Adjustable Custom Computer Desk Mod Fit For A True Geek
If you are a designer, Internet entrepreneur or have anything to do with a computer during your workday, you know that sitting down is probably the one thing you do the most. Hours and hours pass by, and it's not until you are finished that you realize exactly how many houses have passed. Usually, w ...
NES Cartridges Recycled Into Art Canvases Are NEStalgic
The '80s made for some of the most memorable gaming systems, and anyone who grew up in that decade is well aware of the 8-bit characters we came to easily love. Long before the Saturday morning cartoons, sibling rivalry wars often occurred over who was going to play which player in the games (if the ...
WynCASE: Retro Console Case For Today’s iPhone
Let's return to the gaming side of the iPhone for a second. Games are one of the reasons, if not the biggest one, why the App Store has become such a huge success. This is not only because there are games to be downloaded, but also because developers have a platform to present their games and share ...
Slice Keyboard: Next Gen Virtual Touch Screen Keyboard Is Here
We are finally making some progress in how we interact with our mobile devices. The virtual keyboard has been the primary solution for us all, but it is based on an almost ancient system that we still use for all our typing and gaming on our computers. Have you wondered when something new is going t ...
Duo Gamer iPad Accessory Turns Your iPad Into A Console
The fact that we can play games on our iDevices has become somewhat of a selling point for Apple when they launch new iterations of their technologies. We all know that both the iPhone and the iPad have a huge number of gaming accessories that help us immerse ourselves more into the games we play. S ...
PhoneJoy Turns Your iPhone Into A Handheld Console
The iPhone becomes more powerful with each update and iteration. It has even become a gaming "console" to be reckoned with, and there are more and more games ported to the iOS platform. Some of course with less success than others, but that is not because of the power of the iPhone, but because of t ...
7 Useful Geeky Gifts To Make Your Holiday Wish List
It’s that time of year again when we go dashing through the Internet to surf for geeky gifts that will make us jingle with joy. From cyberculture toys to gaming laptops, we want to make our geeky friends' noses glow with happiness when they see the gifts we bought for them. Let’s not forget how much ...
Meet Titan: The World’s Fastest Supercomputer
Oak Ridge National Laboratory completed their upgrade of Jaguar, which is now branded Titan. It is the fastest supercomputer in the world (at the time I'm writing this). Titan runs on Cray XK7 blades which use AMD Opteron 6274 CPUs and Nvidia Tesla K20 GPUs. It is capable of performing 20 petaFLOPS ...
Modular Keyboard Will Have You Arrange Your Keys As You See Fit
There are a lot of keyboards on the market for anyone who is looking to upgrade to a more advanced or geeky one. Lately there has been a lot of innovation when it comes to keyboards. The most famous one might just be the Optimus OLED keyboard designed and made available by Art Lebedev Studio. It's a ...
My Quest For The Utopian Laptop: Does The Perfect Laptop Exist?
Dictionary.com has one definition of Utopian as founded upon or involving idealized perfection. So when my wife was in the market for a new laptop and I volunteered to help her find one, I didn't realize what I was getting myself into. Is there such thing as a perfect laptop?
There are hundreds o ...
Netgear Wi-Fi Extender Review: Ease, Simplicity & Transparency
There has been a certain level of complexity associated with wireless-enabled products, which has not only frustrated me both as an engineer and end-user, but equally has undoubtedly frustrated the wider community of consumers who have embraced the technology. As a previous software engineer, develo ...
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YouTube Earnings For The Top 1,000 Partners [Infographic]
People have always seemed to be interested in knowing about what kind of money YouTube partners make. Some people overestimate it, while others underestimate it. Naturally, the YouTube partners themselves seldom comment about how much money they make. Of course there is some ballpark that we can det ...
Nintendo Game Boy Cartridges Redesigned As Apple, Skype & More
There's no doubt that writing about retro gadgets from the '80s and '90s is fun, but when artists and designers are able to take those things and spice them up with a flavor of newness, it takes it all to a whole new level. When it's done well, like this, the design will make you wish it was real in ...