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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. My favorite part... by AndyBassTbn · · Score: 4, Informative

    From one of his captions:

    "I just love how they used to include the schematics when you bought electronics. Kinda open-source...they encouraged DIY repairs back then."

    Aaaaah, the days before "Intellectual Property" became synonymous with "classified."

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  2. Re:Wrong department by JavaMoose · · Score: 4, Informative

    It was actually for a modding contest and I wanted to do something just plain odd...

  3. Re:Amazing? by JavaMoose · · Score: 4, Informative
    It did require some skill to make it a clean fit, but the geiger counter case was so large, I can't really consider it a technological feat to have done this.

    Neither do I, and I'm the one that did it! It was a quick late-entry for a Mod Contest. Plus, try scratching my iPod in this case!