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The Wii Laptop

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the because-you-can dept.

An anonymous reader writes "This Wii laptop was 3 months in the making and cost around £300. Check out the Ben Heck forums for more information." The insides look a little bit wobbly to me, but you sure gotta respect the hack.

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  1. 'Go outside and play' get's a whole new meaning. by wheelema · · Score: 2, Funny

    If this went into production it might go a long way towards curing vitamin D deficiencies in isolated socially inept recluses.

  2. News? by qoncept · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Ben Heck has made about 8 different laptops out of every console ever made. Why is this one being posted?

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    1. Re:News? by maxume · · Score: 2, Insightful

      So we can make comments about it.

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  3. Re:I'd love to see... by Darkness404 · · Score: 2, Informative

    The thing is, with Ben Heck all he has to do is attract the attention of one or two people with some cash about it and he has made a pretty good profit on it. They aren't mass produced items that have to appeal to most of the population but rather rare, specialty items that if he finds even one buyer he has made money.

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  4. Houraaaay!!!! by ZeroExistenZ · · Score: 2, Funny

    [Zoidberg voice] Houray! We are discussing youtube videos on slashdot! Now it might be time to show off my LARGER model of a slight smaller original model the thing I made and posted on youtube to show off!!! Finally recognition of my geniality!! It will be MINEEE!!!
    [Fry] But can I play wii while I'm walking around?
    [Zoidberg] No... You don't have your arms free while you are carrying it

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    1. Re:Houraaaay!!!! by mwvdlee · · Score: 4, Insightful

      He's made it like this so you can take it along to other peoples' places and play it there.

      Now if only he had a TV output, that would be more useful. Then he could just leave the screen off too. A detachable bar would be handy to put on top of the TV and perhaps he could also have a detachable keyboard. Then it could be a bit smaller too, kind of the size of 2 or 3 DVD boxes sounds about right. Basically if he transformed his Wii laptop into a Wii, it'd be much more usable.

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  5. Dirty by Ziekheid · · Score: 2, Informative

    Next time you post a video on the internet make sure you vacuum the floor.
    Also try relaxing before filming it so you don't sound like you've just ran marathon.

    1. Re:Dirty by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      While we're picking on him, does he have to do the nerd lischthp?

    2. Re:Dirty by eln · · Score: 3, Informative

      He was obviously very excited to tell everyone about his creation. A more level-headed person probably would have at least put batteries in the Wiimote before shooting the video, or even done another take without so much shaking. Honestly, a more level-headed person probably would have made a second version of the device without the nonfunctioning battery stuck in it and the upside down CD drive before unveiling it to the world, but we take what we can get.

      It's a cool hack from someone who obviously was way too excited and probably should have taken a few deep breaths before setting the camera rolling. Despite all that, though, it's pretty neat. I'm kind of curious where the motion sensor is though, which is why I'm a little disappointed that there was no interaction with the wiimote shown. If the motion sensor is still external to the device, it becomes quite a bit less useful.

  6. Re:Slashdotted already by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Thank goodness for Coral CDN. As it turns out, it's a YouTube video so viewing the actual forum post isn't really worth it.

  7. Re:I'd love to see... by Wannabe+Code+Monkey · · Score: 4, Informative

    I suspect he made this primarily because he is Ben Heck, and this is the kind of thing he does. Nonetheless I can't help but ask "what is the point".

    It was posted to the benheck.com forums, but I don't think it was actually Ben Heck. My first clue was that this Wii based laptop is bulkier than Ben's XBox 360 Laptop, my second clue was that Ben Heck doesn't sound like a 15 year old British kid, and my third clue was that I didn't think Ben Heck would use the handle OMGpedobear on his own forums.

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  8. hmmmm??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    my question is If he can make a WORKING laptop out of anything ... why doesnt he work for dell???? they can use the help >_>

  9. Summary Should Include... by BiggoronSword · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Summary should include link to this article made back in 2007.

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  10. Impressive? by Enderandrew · · Score: 3, Interesting

    The wii is a very small system. What I find impressive is when he takes much larger systems that run pretty hot and find ways to rebuild them into much smaller form factors.

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  11. Re:Not News. by danhuby · · Score: 3, Informative

    Except it's not Ben Heck, it's 'OMGpedobear'.

  12. Re:I'd love to see... by TheThiefMaster · · Score: 3, Informative

    This link goes to Ben Heck's version (credit to this post from further down the page). It's considerably smaller and better-built.

  13. Re:I'd love to see... by phantomflanflinger · · Score: 2, Funny

    "What ith the point?"! Ath he clearly demonthrateth, thith Wii Laptop Mod ith tho thuper thecthy! Focthy chickth jutht love thith!

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  14. Re:I'd love to see... by BattleApple · · Score: 4, Informative

    Another clue is that 5 seconds into the video he says "It's built out of expanded PVC, like Ben's"

  15. Re: Because the Wii is otherwise such an unwieldy by sorak · · Score: 2, Funny

    What with being about 5x8" and maybe 3 lbs plus another 3 lb power supply.

    Maybe if he squeezed a balance board in there, somewhere, it would be an achievement.