blog.makezine.com - 11/25/2008
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How do you combine your love of video games and bicycling? Make an LED bike light form an old NES controller of course!
I had an old broken NES controller lying around, and decided that it would make a cool case for an ultra bright LED bike flasher. It's designed to be easy to slip in ...
instructables.com - 11/24/2008
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instructables.com —
The idea started as a sweet LED flashing
belt that you put on to go biking. I...
needed somewhere to put the batteries and circuitry, and the broken NES controller looked like a perfect enclosure. Then I thought, why not add some LEDs to the controller ...
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NES - Controller Bike Flasher
myatomicmass.com - 11/24/2008
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myatomicmass.com —
SeeSaw Bike. presented at gallery 3850 during Design
Miami 2008 ////////...
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See Saw Bike
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Completely Superfluous NES Controller Bike Light [Mods]
Gizmodo —
... no reason to strap an NES gamepad to your bike. None. We get it, you love Nintendo. But it's OK. You can take a break everyone once in a while. Having fond memories of a system that launched over two decades ago doesn't mean you have to hot glue a bunch of LEDs to the crusty hardware and hook the resulting nonsensical gadget to your bike. It's like, we really, really enjoy a good steak. But we don't smear ground beef over all of our modes of transport. [Instructables via MAKE]
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NESblinky, Nintendo Controller Bike Flasher, NES Bicycle Light
Technology - Channel Feed —
Show that you really love video or retro gaming by attaching this NES controller bike flasher, the NESblinky, to any part of your bicycle (using velcro). The most practical part is that this NES bike light can serve you well on dangerous roads with crazy vehicles.
Where To Mod:
Instructables {NESblinky - Nintendo Controller Bike Flasher}
Image: Instructables | Via: MAKE
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