GameBoy as hard-drive enclosure

Posted by Cory Doctorow, September 8, 2009 11:33 PM | permalink

Nice work here: [_n3o_] shoved an 80GB hard drive into an old GameBoy, replacing the screen with a printout that makes it appear that a game is running, and hooking up the power-light to the drive's power.

Exclusif LS : Une gameboy de 80Gb ! (via IZ Reloaded)

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#1 posted by Timothy Hutton, September 9, 2009 7:04 AM

First off, great use for an old Game Boy (1st Gen).

Second though, it could be a bit tricky to get through a baggage screener at an airport - you may want to put this in checked baggage...

Why? Well, let's see, take a consumer electronics device, shove somethng else inside fo it, and make it appear to be a functional device - isn't that what the Lockerbee Bomber is accused of using to bring down a plane? This would certainly get your typical TSA baggage inspector's interest... And you just might miss your flight.

But again, a neat use for an old Game Boy...

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#2 posted by CANTFIGHTTHEDITE, September 9, 2009 12:05 PM

I also like to qualify all of my comments on cleverly disguised gadgets with how said gadgets might be interpreted by TSA screeners.

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#3 posted by Timothy Hutton, September 9, 2009 6:21 PM

So we've got that in common...

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#4 posted by CANTFIGHTTHEDITE, September 9, 2009 9:11 PM

Agent 86's shoe phone on Get Smart? The Klingon armor+shoe gun from the episode Heart of Glory on ST:TNG? A giant novelty hat with a VHS video camera hidden inside?

All great ideas... until it's time to fly home for Thanksgiving.