GameBoy in a graphing calculator - Boing Boing Gadgets

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GameBoy in a graphing calculator - Boing Boing Gadgets

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ti_gameboy.jpg Some covert gamers spend all their time programming Tetris clones for their graphing calculators. Others simply rip out the guts of a GameBoy and cram it into their old TI-84s. It's the difference between programmers-in-the-making and hackers-in-the-offing! GameBoy Color inside a ...

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Boing Boing: Offworld

— offworld.com — Welcome to Offworld owlolcats.jpg Hi everybody, I'm Brandon, and this is Offworld. A little about me: I've worn a lot of different hats over the past several years in trying to lead my wild, pure, simple life , running an indie record label, working ... (more) Boing Boing: Offworld

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markbowers.org - 11/18/2008

GameBoy Color inside a TI-83 series calculator

— markbowers.org — Now lets see if this thing still boots in this condition... Which it, naturally does. But I just had to be sure. So here's a shot of my TI-84 next to the GBC innards. Looks like this just might work. It's going to take a bit of wiring to map the ... (more) GameBoy Color inside a TI-83 series calculator

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blog.makezine.com - 11/18/2008

Gameboy gets implanted inside a TI-83 series calculator

— blog.makezine.com — This hack shows how to stuff a Nintendo Gameboy inside the housing of a TI-83 series calculator. We've seen the cool things these calculators can be hacked to do, but we haven't seen someone take it this far. Unfortunately, I think it would be ... (more) Gameboy gets implanted inside a TI-83 series calculator

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Afternoon Linkage for November 18th, 2008
GEARFUSE — Afternoon Linkage for November 18th, 2008 By Vince Veneziani November 18, 2008 Comments (0) Filed under: Features We have a new contest up next week, so stay tuned for more details. Promise. Pinky swear! Table Tap BoingBoing launched a new gaming site Apple Apples Find out what Uniqlo is doing in Times Square Some student hid a Game Boy inside a graphing calculator The 2010 Ford Mustang looks pretty damn sweet Only serious graffiti artists need apply Who wants a triple-flip phone? You thought the Jawbone ...

Game Boy Calculator Earns A Perfect 10 From The Nerd Judges [Game Boy]
Kotaku — [image] You know how it goes. You're waist-deep in physics exams, calculations and numbers out the wahzoo, and all you really want to do is play Tetris. Whipping out a Game Boy in the lab, that's poor form, but whipping out a calculator? That's cool. Cooler when your calculator isn't a calculator at all, but this cleverly-disguised...yes, Game Boy. GameBoy Color inside a TI-83 series calculator [Mark Bowers, via Boing-Boing ]

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Boing Boing — ... code watch, and admired an ad-hoc iPhone number pad for MacBooks. Meanwhile, Joel flustered about Apple's crappy hardware DRM and made an Arrested Development connection in regards to a busted philanderer's dirty iPhone pics, which he swears are a firmware "glitch." Guest blogger Tony Hightower gave us the scoop on organic motion: motion capture without the suit. A carbon-fiber acoustic guitar was attractively lute-like. Covert gamers cram old GameBoys into their graphing calculators. Joel deeply inhaled the miasmic retch of a ...