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  Ben Heck transforms Apple iPhone into the ultimate hand-held gaming device in element14’s “The Ben Heck Show”

  January 10, 2012 at 3:39 pm / Blog Posts, News

  element14, the first collaborative community and electronics store for design engineers and electronics enthusiasts, and modding guru Ben Heck pay homage to the 2012 CES International tradeshow in the latest episode of the “The Ben Heck Show.” This week’s modding project features an Apple iPhone that Ben morphs into an enhanced hand-held gaming tool – sure to impress even Android fans. “CES starts today, and I couldn’t think of a more fitting project than one that combines my love for [...]

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  Ben Heck builds a custom game share controller

  May 21, 2011 at 5:30 pm / Blog Posts, News

  Modding guru Benjamin J. Heckendorn, a.k.a. Ben Heck, transform common gaming tools into a game share controller designed to promote parent-child interaction in support of the Games for Health Project on todays episode of The Ben Heck Show. Ben Sawyer, co-founder of the Games for Health Project, and his son, Everett, also stop by Ben’s workshop to lend a helping hand. It was a pleasure to have the opportunity to work with Ben Sawyer again said Ben. ‚I always enjoy [...]

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  Ben Heck enlists Jeri Ellsworth for pinball machine build

  May 5, 2011 at 3:21 pm / Blog Posts, News

  Element14, a collaborative social community and electronics store for design engineers and electronics enthusiasts, and modding guru Benjamin J. Heckendorn, a.k.a. Ben Heck, race against the clock to add some essential features to his ‚Lost-inspired‚ pinball build in today’s episode of The Ben Heck Show. With only a few days remaining until the Midwest Gaming Classic, Ben calls on pinball extraordinaire Jeri Ellsworth to assist with preparing the build in time for Ben’s annual gaming and modding experience at this [...]

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  Ben Heck builds 1970s Atari-Style Xbox 360 system

  March 21, 2011 at 4:09 pm / Blog Posts, News

  Element14, a collaborative social community and electronics store for design engineers and electronics enthusiasts, and modding guru Benjamin J. Heckendorn, a.k.a. Ben Heck, incorporate the old with the new as Ben combines a 1977 Atari console with an Xbox 360‚ laptop system in the latest episode of The Ben Heck Show.                 In this episode, Ben works on a custom mod for Atari to create an Xbox 360 portable laptop with the look [...]

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