There’s also an mp3 player, movie player and an FM radio receiver. The video out is also intact, meaning this little guy can be used to play on the big screen.

Games in action below:

To answer your question, yes, this mod is very similar to one we’ve featured before. This one is cleaner, boasts more features, and plays Game Boy games too, so it gets the nod today. Nice work.

Oh, and the answer to the headline question, by the way, is unicorns. They would exist. [Ben Heck Forums via technabob]

There’s a painstaking amount of detail inside the scene, including intricate housewares such as a vase, flowers, the newspaper and a gumball machine (?!). Anyone with this much time on their hands must also spend hours thinking of the perfect way to get away with murder.

But I do love how the circuit board nearly blends in as wallpaper if you don’t pay close attention. I’d like to see this turn into a trend…I think. [Modding.ru via Technabob]

We don’t know much about this mini-Modena, except that it’s got netbookish guts and some definite kid appeal. And the people who made this thing really committed to it, custom-molding the body and optical drive tray, all in the honourable service of whimsy. For this, I cannot fault them. [Engadget]

Specifications
* Monocoque chassis laser-cut from 1.6 mm Aluminum
* Powercoated in 1 of 3 colors
* Flex ATX Power Supply included : Sparkle Power SPI270LE with 80 Plus certification
* Cross-Flow Cooling system featuring a push-pull design with one fan on the base and one at the rear of the enclosure. Uses Scythe Kama-Flex 80 mm fans.
* 1 hard drive suspension system that accomodates a single 3.5″ or 2.5″ hard drive.
* 1 Slim DVD bay on the base that will handle laptop DVD drives. A Slim-SATA adaptor cable is included.
* Side-mounted ports for easy multimedia connections
o 2 X USB 2.0
o 1 X IEEE 1394 (Firewire)
o Audio In and Out
* Removable panels. With varying degrees of effort, all panels can be removed using a supplied hex key tool
* 3 connected LEDs reflect hard drive activity and contribute to the aesthetic
* 1 Bulgin vandal-style LED switch for Power On and aesthetics
* Motherboard : Fit Micro-ATX motherboards. Smaller motherboards such as ITX will likely fit but have not been tested.
* Dimensions :
o Sides attached at a 52 degree angle to the base panel
o 10.24″ (H) x 16 ” (W) x 16″ (D)
o 26 cm (H) x 40.6 cm (W) x 40.6 cm (D)

Kinda cool for a small computer—but if you are willing to spend $US400 on one you had better hurry. They are being sold through Etsy, so you know stock is limited. [Etsy via Geeky Gadgets]

The whole process has been thoroughly documented, and each piece of the mod was cut out with the utmost care. Check it out, this is amazing work. [English Russia]

Have you ever looked at a custom-built PC and been overcome with unnatural feelings of lust? Either had I, but that was before I laid eyes on the Cygnus X1, a custom made case designed and built entirely by the hands of Overclockers Australia forum member oldnewby. Now, I’m scouring the internet trying to find tips on how to seduce aluminium.The entire build process is detailed in amazingly clear, crisp photographs over at OCAU, from start to finish. Well, not quite finish – it’s still being worked on. But the overall design has been completed, and dear God it is a stunning piece of work.

But don’t get your hopes up about owning it – despite the fact that oldnewby claims he’s not planning on selling it, even if he was, according to a forum poster he’s already been offered $US10,000. And you can’t top that.

Head over to OCAU to check the entire build, plus all the specs and hardware details.

[OCAU- Thanks Joel!]

By custom cutting a stainless steel trash can, R2 had his base. Now he just needed some detail work. So the modder dremeled like a mad man before adding wooden legs, LEDs and Vikureen polystyrene plating to complete the look. Where the plastic plating would not bend properly, you can see (upon close inspection) that it was merely sliced into strips.

Oh, and just in case you always wondered. R2D2 runs on a P4 2.8GHz with 768MB of RAM and 64MB GeForce MX400 graphics. [bit-tech]

If you are so inclined, details on how to build something like this yourself are available in the following links. [Gathering and TBCS]