I’m not one to go goo goo for PC case mods. I respect the work that went into them, and appreciate the artistry, but I just don’t have the time, effort, or interest to create something myself. Plus, I find the mac form factor to be all I need. But this case mod is different.
The Contaminated built a computer inside an original R2-D2 chassis specially created by Australian firm Petric Engineering. The paint job doesn’t look as great close-up, but that’s my only fanboyish minor complaint. Not much more about the mod is known, so let’s just get to the photos - available after the jump. 

MNPCTech’s Bill Owen decided to create a laptop case modification based on Pixar’s upcoming movie WALL-E. Brad Galvin did the airbrush work. Check out some more photos after the jump.

No, we’re not posting another WALL-E action figure or remote control robot. This WALL-E is actually a fan creation, a modified Nintendo GameCube! Bit-tech user thechoozen, based out of Germany, built this project in a few days.
“First we build a movable platform out of a child toy and a rest of Plexiglas. Then we build a cover for the Front ports and attached it to the Platform so that it can hide all ports when they are not needed. In use you just pull down the cover and plug in the joypad…. The Gamecube itself is covered with a thin layer of acrylic which we airbrushed like the original wall-e. [...]

Ever since I saw the first teaser trailer for the new Pixar film, I’ve been anxiously awaiting the day when Disney releases a WALL-E that can run around my apartment and scare my cat. Last week we showed you the first released photos of WALL-E action figures from the UK ToyFair. The action figures shown last week were a first step (and will likely invade my desk space upon their release) but I’ve been waiting for something more heavy duty. I even wrote in the last Cool Stuff post that Disney had better be planning on making some adult toys for the science fiction fans that will no doubt fall [...]

This WALL-E LEGO Mindstorms robot was the winning entry for the NXTLOG Back to School Building Challenge. The completed creation will scan a classroom floor for litter and rubbish, pick them up and put it in its belly and crush them. It uses an ultrasonic sensor to detect rubbish. The most impressive part: the winning team consisted of an adult supervisor, and three kids (aged 7, 11, and 13).

Watch the GIF video after the jump to see the WALL-E Lego robot clean up some trash (if it doesn’t load, click on the image to have the gif load in a new window).

UK-based company Synthetic Dimensions has gotten the rights to create a fully licensed lenticular 3D recreation of the original Star Wars Poster. I’m not exactly sure how they’ve done it, but they used the Synthetic Dimensions’ proprietary Syndimation process to convert the original 2D painting used in 1977 to promote the Star Wars. This unique, deep 3D lenticular poster is 47cm x 67cm (18.5″ x 26.5″ approx) requires no 3D glasses. I’ve seen some incredibly dimensional 3D posters in my day, so don’t let that crappy Speed Racer one-sheet scare you away from the lenticular processes. The company plans on selling the poster for only £12.99, or what translates into [...]

I’ve always wondered why LucasFilm have never released a display quality lightsaber which you could use as a lamp. All of the Master Replicas Force FX blades use internal batteries so that you can swordplay with your friends. Thats fun but I’ve always wanted a lightsaber that I could mount to a wall as a source of light.
Lucasfilm has finally released Lightsaber desklamps in Japan. While I love the idea, the result is rather odd-looking, with the blade being only slightly longer than the hilt. Seems more like a Lightdager than a Lightsaber. And again, each desk lamp runs off AAA batteries. Why? Any serious lamp should have an AC [...]

Crabfu Steamworks has created this very cool Steampunk version of R2D2 named R2-S2.
What is Steampunk you say? According to wikipedia, Steampunk is a subgenre of fantasy and speculative fiction which denotes works set in an era or world where steam power is still widely used-usually the 19th century. The stories are often set in Victorian era England-but with prominent elements of either science fiction or fantasy, such as fictional technological inventions like those found in the works of H. G. Wells and Jules Verne, or real technological developments like the computer occurring at an earlier date. The cool new trend at Comic Con is to dress as a Steampunk version [...]

I’ve written about some of the cool Juno t-shirt promos that Fox Searchlight passed out at the advanced screenings. But check out this killer Hamburger phone that was sent out to select critics. The box art features the quote from the movie:
“Can you hold on for a second? I’m on my hamburger phone. It’s just like really awkward to talk on.”
I’m still not cool enough to get any of the really neat swag, but maybe someday. Now if only it were wireless, I could search around my apartment yelling “Where did I put my hamburger!?” On second thought, maybe its better that I wasn’t included on the Hamburger phone mailing. [...]

Spotted last week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is this table-top Star Wars Millennium Falcon Remote Control from Nikko (photo: GeekSugar). The remote slides out from the Falcon’s backside, and allows you to control a DVD/CD Player inside of an R2-D2 Projector (pictured below thanks to WiReD).

Crave has a photo (below) which shows the multiple inputs in R2-D2’s backside. There is a really sick joke in here somewhere. R2-D2 can put out an image measuring 260 inches diagonally at 2,000 lumens. The droid even has an iPod dock.

Also being developed by Nikko, a 2.1 tie fighter shaped speaker system shown last year at CES (photo via Engadget).

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