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Retrofitting an iPod into a Geiger Counter

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-thats-just-plain-silly dept.

Doug writes "An enterprising hardware guy known as JavaMoose on Flickr has created an amazing case mod for his iPod by modifying an old Geiger counter to house the iPod and remote. The photos are up on Flickr with descriptions along the way. Very cool, if a little big to fit in ones pocket"

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  1. Wrong department by broothal · · Score: 1, Funny

    This should have come from the why-would-anyone-want-to-do-that department.

    1. Re:Wrong department by kfg · · Score: 3, Funny

      why-would-anyone-want-to-do-that

      Because until now we did not have the technology to make a really big and unwieldy mp3 player?

      I think I can beat this guy though. I'm going to figure out how to install an iPod in a full size tower case.

      KFG

    2. Re:Wrong department by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 3, Funny

      Ha! I have you beat. I'm going to make an MP3 player out of a discarded shipping container. Using Vacuum tubes baby, vacuum tubes!

      --
      "Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival."
      --Dr.W.Edwards Deming
    3. Re:Wrong department by kfg · · Score: 2, Funny

      Cool! A combination mp3 player, nightlight and bagel warmer.

      Just might be a market for that.

      KFG

    4. Re:Wrong department by Yocto+Yotta · · Score: 2, Funny

      Oh no, I got you beat. You think putting something small in something larger than the small thing and not altering the mechanism (in this case iPod) you want to have continue working is easy? Check out what you can do with an iPod, a doctorate in mechanical engineering, and some balls. Behold my amazing, infinitely customizable iPod retrofitting job!

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      A B A C A B B
  2. Third post? by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Of course my first thought when scanning a post apocalyptic radioactive wasteland is: Will I have my iTunes?

    --
    "Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival."
    --Dr.W.Edwards Deming
    1. Re:Third post? by vertinox · · Score: 2, Funny

      Of course my first thought when scanning a post apocalyptic radioactive wasteland is: Will I have my iTunes?

      Maybe if you hadn't broken the water chip when you modded that to play iTunes, then you wouldn't be in the goddamn wasteland in the first place!

      Next thing you know you'll be trying to get Linux to run on my Pip Boy...

      --
      "I am the king of the Romans, and am superior to rules of grammar!"
      -Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368-1437)
  3. Feedback needed by dangitman · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've been thinking about retrofitting an iPod into my ass. Do you think that would make a good slashdot story?

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    ... and then they built the supercollider.
    1. Re:Feedback needed by bcattwoo · · Score: 2, Funny

      If you downloaded illegal tunes to it, would that make you a butt pirate?

    2. Re:Feedback needed by Anne_Nonymous · · Score: 2, Funny

      >> iPod into my ass

      Beans, beans, the musical fruit
      The more you eat, the more you toot
      They're good for you, and good for me
      Now downloadable in MP3

  4. And now the cliched responses by Provocateur · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why?

    Turn in your geek badge.RIGHT NOW.

    I suddenly had this visual of him visiting the blast site of a meteor. All of his fellow scientists whip out their Geiger counters. He whips out the iPod, pretends to take readings. His colleagues stare at him, because they really know he's listening to music, humming like that, and they all read Slashdot. Also, it's the white headphones.

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    WARNING: Smartphones have side effects--most of them undocumented.
    1. Re:And now the cliched responses by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 4, Funny

      Quick, someone photoshop the silhouette of a hazmat suit with the goofy white headphones. iPocalypse!

      --
      "Learning is not compulsory... neither is survival."
      --Dr.W.Edwards Deming
    2. Re:And now the cliched responses by Lispy · · Score: 3, Funny

      Your wish is my command. And, yup, I suck at gimping... :)

  5. Keep to the beat by 19061969 · · Score: 2, Funny

    And you only have to move a radioactive source just a teensie bit closer to get a built-in metronome.

    Soon, you too will be "glowing" with your musical talent...

    --
    bang goes my karma... again...
  6. Theme Song for this iPod by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    TTttttt,Too much time on my hands. Tttttttt, to much time on my hands.

    -Styx

  7. so. by Archon-X · · Score: 2, Funny

    Idiot: I started with a vintage Geiger Counter that I have had since high-school. It actually still worked too.
    Idiot: so I turned it into a sparkly piece of gayware why not!

    (pause)

    1. Re:so. by ceeam · · Score: 3, Funny

      So he should call it "Gayger".

  8. Wow! by ceeam · · Score: 3, Funny

    Totally useless and does not look cool. Let's hope that at least it is more scratch-proof.

  9. This is inspiring by Idimmu+Xul · · Score: 4, Funny

    Next week I'm going to try and retrofit an iPod in my A Team lunchbox.

    Simply the use of the word retrofit should ensure slashdot status!

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    The problem with slashdot is that most of its users were bullied and stuffed into lockers as kids!
  10. RIAA detector by snoggeramus · · Score: 4, Funny

    At least he has an iPod with a built in detector for the presence of the RIAA.

  11. Re:My favorite part... by Kitsune78 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think it was more so you could repair the thing after "The big one".

  12. It's going to be a good day by se7en11 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Oh yes! Now this is my kind of article. 37 pictures and 37 lines of text. It's going to be a good day. Where's that guys who always says "I read /. for the pictures" when you need him...

  13. My Firewall was. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I had a mini-itx system in an A-Team lunch box which I used as a firewall (also did NAT and had a built-in hub). It has since been replaced with a linksys wireless router that does the same job. However, I do miss being able to say "I pitty the foo who tries to hack my network".

  14. The Only Possible Response. by saudadelinux · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dear Javamoose,

    I mean it in the best possible way, in admiration of your creativity and technical acumen...

    but ...

    YOU ... FUCKING ... NERD!!

    Over the top and outta sight, she's outta here, baby :D

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    I didn't think the house band in Hell would play this badly.