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Touchscreen, Chair & Wheel Case Mod
DarklordSatin writes "I can't read korean, but pictures sure are worth a thousand words (give or take some). This page has a really nifty case mod (or complete system mod perhaps). I just wish that I had the time and money to make something this cool."
fires at you point blank with a Rocket launcher in Quake3 and you jerk and you fall back..
Looks like you gotta be damn careful falling on your back with that PC taking the weight of your Fall.
Rapid Nirvana
alas it has been /.ed
This is how you know you're a geek the power goes out and you are unemployed and unemployable. Yes I know I can't spell
I can't read korean, but pictures sure are worth a thousand words (give or take some).
...unless its already slashdotted, in which case it's worth zero words...
"Good things don't end with eum, they end with mania or teria." - H. Simpson
or does this mod look like the chair from Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
:-)
I guess if you want that game show feel when you surf the internet.
~ kjrose
What's going thru webdesigners minds when they have URLs that stretch about 7-8 inches on my monitor?
Good luck posting that link on USENET.
/.ed But I'm guessing that it doesn't have wheels and a mini fridge.
Why don't case companies make cool cases for people like me that couldn't cut a straight line?
Surely people will pay the convienence tax to save a little work?
Won't they?
Watching his site hit stats...
Slashdotting occurs...
Falls backwards...
Crushed to death by his PC.
Maybe the chair wasn't such a great idea
An Eye for an Eye will make the whole world blind - Gandhi
Here on Slashdot if you spend $$$$$$$$ doing case/chair/screen/fridge modifications you are heralded as an amazing person. Everybody for the moment wants to be/act like you and have what you have. Yet the second anything is mentioned about people spending money friviously, be it a baloon trip around the world or a diamond ring for your girlfriend (yes a few slashdot readers have girlfriends, amazing isn't it) there is immediate backlash. Sure these mods are cool, but how are they any more "non-frugal" than some of the other topics? Is there something in the cool geek factor that I now, in my late 20's no longer have a grasp on?
Knightfall
A flatscreen attached to a chair. Woo. And not even a good chair. Let me know when the mod an Aeron.
The cake is a pie
Does anybody have the google cache URL?
No text (it's in Korean), but I have almost all of the pictures.
See here.
Surely you've seen the project where a 40 something year old built a MechWarrior tree fort for his kids. That's major geek points right there. It's all about doing something different and unique without losing complete functionality of your project. Putting some instance of linux on unthinkable pieces of equipment gets you points too. That's something you can't do with other operating systems. Creativity doesn't have to cost grand $$. It's the think points you need. So go do something completely different from anything you've ever seen and let us all know what you've come up with and you too can get slashdotted.
Holy NASCAR Batman!
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This is not the sig you're looking for
btw its slashdotted, so see a cooler chair here
the cool chair linky thing
I want 2D games back.
And it wasn't really that expensive. There are lots of controller chips for resistive touch screen available out there. They cost almost nothing (OK, I thing I got mine as a sample...) and with a minimalistic circuit will talk directly to RS-232.
Then the screen itself is ~100$
Can't be much more than a day of work.
Gog
I was really worried about it. I'm glad to see that it appear to be recovering.
Malty
You couldn't make this more funny, if you made it up!
It's no wonder we have so much trouble communicating with eachother on this planet.
What we seriously need is one common language that borrows terms and ideas from a variety of languages, which could (in theory) assist people in learning that language...
Oh wait... We already have that in English (American-Version)
Not sure about the Korean thing, M$ IE 5.5 (yeah, I am posting from work...) doesn't render it correctly - looks like gobble-de-geek on my monitor! (gobble-de-gook is not PC in this case...)
(for the humor impaired - Laugh. Its funny.)
Acts of massive stupidity are almost never covered by warranty. --me.
The title says it all. If not for people like you /. would not be half the site it is.
Good job.
By the angle that the 17" (?) monitor is sitting on the tiny platform of your chair. I can imagine the fun you would have if you were sitting the whole day in that chair, being comfortable, when someone that is pissed with you enters the room and simply pushes that monitor forward.
That thing sorta looks about as safe as bench-pressing without a spotter.
I wouldn't attempt to sell that thing to anyone unless you do some serious re-engineering to make sure that there is NO possible way for the monitor to come flying at the user of that chair/desk.
-.-
If you ignore the other uses of a tool, does that make the tool less useful, or you less useful?
At first glance, that chair is pretty damn cool. Definitely something that would be fun to design and build.
Though, after looking at it for a bit I've noticed it isn't exactly functional. No room to use mouse and you have to get up from the chair to use the CDROM.
However, it would make the hours and hours it takes to do anything in EQ much more... ummm... comfortable.
The BMW logo on the computer reminded me of this story about the BMW chair. Combine the two -- have a roaming leather seat out of a BMW and hook up the computer and touch screen flat panel monitor to it. Maybe make the system wireless..
....the /. effect could be counted as a "complete system mod" :)
Base 2 yields only ARTIFICIAL Intelligence
I would have made it a bit thicker to use a real hard drive instead of a laptop drive.. Laptop drives are horribly slow and small. Jam a nice 40-9540 gig ATA100 7200 RPM drive in there (Hell with the nice polished aluminum top a aluminum heatsink that is stuck to the hard drive top sticking out would look cool too..)
Major kudos to this hack, the case and monitor are cool on it's own...
I just wish these people would take 40-100 photos during the construction phase to help newbies.
Do not look at laser with remaining good eye.
visi.com -- a great ISP.
I've been working on a mod for my LCD that makes Slashdot interesting. I've got some more work to do on it, but right now, what happens when I go to Slashdot is that the screen goes blank. I hope to add neon lights, and extra fan, and an airbrushed picture of Goku to it later.
It's a chair. Okay, fine. Next time I want to see a toilet. Now that would be useful.
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Just the fact that you have a SO, wouldnt that already make you the envy of geeks everywhere?
Stop over-analyzing your analizations
The heat from the unit catches the back of the chair on fire. Of course at this point, you're semi-locked into the chair by the touchscreen, so you're desperately scootching along the floor trying to wrench yourself free from a horrible death straight from Terry Gilliam's worst nightmare...
If your bitterest enemies are people who hack the heads off civilians, then I would say you're doing something right.
I know a korean who said "a picture is worth a thousand words is an american saying" but that only an American would believe it because a picture shows neither what preceeded the event, nor what followed. Thus a picture is pretty worthless.
I though it was ironic. Of course these pictures to tell a lot. Mostly he was talking about action photos I think, but what do I know?
Looks kind of impractical and outright silly to me from the one or two pictures I was able to view.
1) Chair wheels and power cords don't mix. Unless he was hiding battery packs, this sucks. You now have to unplug if you want to move your chair, you're constantly rolling over the cord, etc.
2) Your case is on the back of the chair. How are you supposed to reach it to put in a cd, dvd, etc.? You gotta stand up...
3) There didn't look to be enough mousing space and the mouse was on an incline meaning it would roll down every time you take your hand off it.
4) With the mouse and the keyboard at that angle, typing and using the mouse has to be incredibly awkward. Probably painful in short time...
I could probably go on but it seems pointless... bad design...
If you really want something cool, get one of those big arms that looks like a desk lamp and drop a nice big monitor onto it. Then get one of the smaller ones with a keyboard tray and mousing surface. Now you can position your monitor and keyboard in 3D space to whatever is comfortable for you. This is the setup that my old boss used. Not only did it look "cool" but it was extremely functional.
Ok, the small profile of the case is really cool. But attach it to something useful. A chair is hardly worth attaching a computer to. Why not stick the damn thing on a desk, and not sacrifice your ability to move around. So take the chair out of the picture.
Assuming you wanted a good computer on the road for your MP3s, something to do at rest-stops...etc. Slap AC/DC converter in there, and bolt the thing into your car. That is useful.
PC mods are cool, but when it gets to a point where its rediculous, or even more useless, than it's a pointless mod. Pointless mods lose points in my book. Make your case sound proof, make it clear, make it glow, make it project things on a wall...whatever -- those types of mods don't render the thing useless. This crossed the line, and it IS useless. I'm not impressed. You wish you had the time to do it? Aye...but I'd spend the time doing something else.
From the story:
I just wish that I had the time and money to make something this cool."
You probably have plenty of time available; you just blow it all surfing Korean case-ricer sites and posting stories on Slashdot.
Hey Taco! Looks like you're using the "infinite monkeys and typewriters" scheme to generate Ask Slashdots again...
Well the link is obviously down but given the title of the article, mentally the first thing that flashed thru my mind was an Audrey duct taped to a wheel chair.
Poetic's Aura
lighting, heating, rotating sun tracking to prevent glare through the day, pre wired for its own two idependent 15amp circuts with 20 outlets, the list goes on and on.
sure wish i could by one.
cheers
Wax on, wax off baby!
This (tacking a touchscreen onto a chair) is done a lot in industry, especially for joystick/teleoperated machines. Looks like this guy had fun with a low-budget version.
Industry examples:
Mining (my company, and we doubled the size of the touchscreen on the latest model.)
Forestry (Simulator)
Reminds me of the professor's chair.
OK - who stole my duct tape?
Seems that the links to pictures of Case mods are the most popular thing on this site. They get /.ed so quickly. ...might have something to do with the pages being on some low-bandwidth server, but hey, I'm just glad that someone dropped the term "donkey punch" on here.
How are you going to keep them down on the farm once they've seen Karl Hungus?
And if you could use it to tell what she really wanted, you'd be heralded as the savior of mankind.
It isn't running linux.
Keep modding me pussies... you can't do anything to me... it is just KARMA!!! Fuck you!
...And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me." - Martin Niemoeller (1892-1984)
This makes me NOT want to learn Korean :>
Ha ha.. I modded you down!
Nyah nyah!
the poster of this article...
I make these: http://beatseqr.com
Yes, someone who doesn't give a crap about what people think about a contraption they built is more than likely doing it for the enjoyment and achievement on a purely personal level.
Yes, someone who builds a contraption because they know that other members of their subculture will view them favorably is more than likely doing it merely to improve their image.
Although certain subcultures are smaller than others, over time the same social dynamics usually evolve. At least within the U.S., being a "dominator" society, there are still subculture members who desire to be popular among that group. There are still those who will be jealous and spiteful towards members whose subculture status is perceived as higher. And there are *always* those for whom membership in that subculture would be virtually impossible.
The classic example is the geek who wants to party with the cheerleaders and jocks. Conversely, even if a jock wanted to play chess with the geeks, his subculture may not be so forgiving. Sometimes, image is maintained not by what is done but by what is NOT done. In certain subcultures, acting contrary to the norms can be highly detrimental to one's status. A big part of what drives the dynamic is conformity - which in the end is no more than human nature - a desire to be liked.
Lest we forget those whom often reject subculture, the individuals who base themselves in NON-conformity often coalesce into their own subcultures. I'm unfamiliar with the dynamics of this "type" of subculture, but my intuition tells me that by their very nature the members are more altruistic towards each other and themselves. Image exists, but it seems much more a result of what one thinks about onesself than a cause to influence what the group thinks.
What the parent poster has graciously illustrated is the hypocracy within the "Slashdot" subculture to criticize other subcultures for their ingrained hierarchies and trivialities, but revere such qualities within their own. What often ends up hurting subcultures are the very things that enable them.
What's a second? An hour? A day?
It has much more to do with
the Earth's rotation than with cesium.
Please, don't hold back, tell us how you really feel.
Or...
How to see a slashdot coming from quite a long ways away.
I am the nightmare of nightmares.
I'm not flinching... keep modding, bitches. You are all a bunch of translucent mall-rats, high on caffeine. Do your worst. Every time you mod me I will reply again. I will keep doing it until you run out of mod points or patients... try me. I am at work, I have nothing better to do than to use up my Karma and to annoy the shit out of you. Fuck off.
...And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me." - Martin Niemoeller (1892-1984)
Another interesting site rejected by /. is here which features cross-country robot racing.
All hail Dubya! Bringing the worst of cold-war era eastern-block governments to a city near you.
When all else fails, run.
like when has people like him ever stopped drooling?
muah-hahaha
This has been posted before. And it was a comment reply to that other chair mod here
How do you say slashdotted in korean?
m.kelley
life is like a freeway, if you don't look you could miss it.
Hmmmm.... time to bring out the PHP reference.
You know what... If someone wants to come up with an orignal idea thats great. Most of the people who post on slashdot seem to think that they are the smartest person in the world... I.e. If it's not their idea then it's no good. For god sakes, just say you don't personally like the idea or say nothing at all. Arrfffggghhh!
www.superdorf.com
Does anyone else think of Prof Steven Hawking when they look at this chair?
back at ya, troll.
yours was edited, you just can't beat this one.
This is so lame, I don't know where to begin...
A BMW grille badge on a Plexiglass computer case? What's next -- lower the chair, add a "Type R" badge, a turbo boost gauge, and bolt on a big-assed wing on the back?
All this work with a $75 CPU, no CD burner, and integrated video that's two generations out of date? He'd have been a lot better off spending the time earning a paycheck to buy a decent laptop. Then he'd have something that could run off of batteries, burn CDs, play DVDs, and was fully portable.
Get a fucking life. If it doesn't seem on topic... or it seems like your drifting into your own little world where we all bow down to you... THEN we'll mod you down. We don't like fucking idiots and nobody should deal with shit like the dribble you just did.
What we seriously need is one common language that borrows terms and ideas from a variety of languages, which could (in theory) assist people in learning that language...
For basic communication, try Toki Pona. 120 words, no hard inflections to memorize; however, it doesn't work well for technical material.
Or take a step up and learn Esperanto.
Will I retire or break 10K?
Begin sarcasm
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Hey, I modded my baby sister! W00t! Strapped the toaster to her bum! Pure mobile functionality man! And see, in the pictures, that casserole on her head? I must admit that's just to make it look cooler. Cyborg man!
Can I have my mod posted on slashdot? Please? I'll even make some pretty HTML pages for the pictures... I have just the tool...
Here! Frontpage!
End Sarcasm
Editors, enough silly mods please.
Or I really will strap the toaster to my sister's bum. You've been warned.
Blearf. Blearf, I say.
fuck you. My original post was not offtopic. I will keep posting until I have no Karma. then I will open a new account and then post again until I am unable. I refuse to relent. Maybe it wasn't the funniest damn thing in the world but it didn't deserve a -1. So I give you all pretentious bastards a big FUCK YOU!
...And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me." - Martin Niemoeller (1892-1984)
Wouldn't it be even cooler if he built the entire thing inside a Teddy Bear?
I think the flame is worn out by now, dont you? Moron... what the hell? Flaimbait? Maybe "offtopic", stupid pieces of shit. Go fuck yourselves. You modders are fucking morons.
...And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me." - Martin Niemoeller (1892-1984)
Now it is redundant... well... I suppose just about everybody thinking the moderators are stupid is redundant... and their blatanly mentally handicapped mods are also redundent... I suppose this one can work.
...And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me." - Martin Niemoeller (1892-1984)
I hurt my back bad enough to end up building this
Subtle trolling isn't bad, IMNSHO. If most people who read it don't realize it's a troll, then it's a good troll in my book. We need more good trolls.