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Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Featuring: Custom made R2-D2 PC case modification

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In my previous post, we've seen R2-D2 in mobile phones, specifically the Motorola Droid 2. R2-D2 is back! A life-size Astromech droid from the famous Star Wars series, as your PC case! How cool is that! (At least for us nerds) 

The R2-D2 PC case was made for a “Science Fiction Case Mod Contest” by Frenki Janse. The custom made PC case was inspired by R2-D2 Pepsi coolers on gas stations. Frenki only spent USD $120 for the legendary PC case. Kudos to Frenki! You deserve a Pulitzer/Nobel or whatever prize/award for your design!

Presenting, the R2-D2 PC case by Frenki Janse



Ejected CD/DVD trays. Optical drives cleverly positioned!




Back panel with cut-out holes to expose I/O ports and other expansion slots. (i.e. PS/2 connector, LAN ports, VGA/DVI ports, USB ports, mic, headphones jack, etc) We can also see some vents and fans that serve as part of the case's cooling system. 



Frenki also installed a "door" within the back panel for easy internal access.


Side panel to show the details on the PC case. 


FYI,  the specifications for the PC inside R2-D2 are as follows: 

Processor: Pentium 4 3.2Ghz with Hyper Threading Technology
Memory: 2GB (4 x 512MB) DDR 400
Hard Drive: 120GB Hard drive
GPU: ATK Radeon 9800XT 256MB
Sound Card: Creative 7.1 surround sound
Cooling System: Asetek Vapochill Phase Change cooling @ -38C

Techno Bacon, and I'm sure all the nerds out there <3 and hopes to own Artoo PC case edition. Good news! You can read the step-by-step guide on how to build this baby, through this link.

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Thursday, August 12, 2010

Keyboards and Mice made from bamboo?

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The endagered Giant Panda's favorite food is now used to manufacture keyboards, mice, and even LCD monitor panels in China. Jiangxi Bamboo Technology Development Co. Ltd. has over 20 years of experience in research, innovation, and usage of bamboo materials. Their objective has always been to use bamboo as an alternative to plastic materials. And now, they are putting their concept into reality by manufacturing electronic products made from bamboo. 
In 2008, they first tried to break through the European and US market before offering these eco-friendly to the local market (China). These "green" and stylish peripherals have penetrated the local market quite well. Their products are popular in Europe, US, and Southeast Asia. According to their website, their planning to expand their product lines and work their bamboo-magic on computer casings, speakers, flash disks, mobile hard drives and a lot more.

Bamboo-nized Desktop Computer (LCD, Keyboard, Mouse)
Bamboo LCD Monitor

Two bamboo mice, two bamboo mice, see how they scroll
Bamboo Mouse


Bamboo key-boo-rds  
Bamboo Keyboard

Bamboo mice in production
Bamboo Mice production
Just like on automobile dashboard, now we have "wood-panel" themed computer systems. 

Can't wait to have bamboo notebook computers and mobile phones in the market.


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