If there is a more ambitious case modder than Brian DeVitis, I haven’t heard of him. Not content with having his game consoles anywhere but in one place, Brian has taken the liberty of dismantling and reconfiguring eleven game consoles, a projector, and sound system into one box. And, naturally, that box is a life-sized R2D2. Of course it is. Making its debut at PAX ’10, the droid is a fully-functioning one-stop-shop for classic gaming and includes *deep breath* an NES, Super NES, N64, Gamecube, Genesis, Dreamcast, Atari 5200 and 7800, PSX, PSP, Xbox… and Windows XP, just for good measure. Power…

Engineer Marc DeVidts is my favourite person today. Marc’s unconcerned with not being totally fly and getting all the ladies. Marc is completely above looking like a square. Marc is the future of fashion. If you were at Dragon*Con 2010 in Atlanta, perhaps you saw Marc. He was the totally bomb-ass guy in this LED suit. I can’t explain it, so you’ll have to watch that video you’re already watching. Isn’t that awesome? Yeah, it’s awesome, right? Yeah, it is. You just don’t know what true taste is. Seriously, though, the effect is really great – utilizing his clothing as a means to diffuse the lights is…

Geek gadgetry has a new, previously untapped market: Women. For years, technology and geek chic has been the domain of males, typically the kind living in their parents basement with Cheeto stains on their shirts who think that corduroy is the height of fashion, but that’s set to change. Wearable technology is an evolving market in 2010, but increasingly the technology is aimed at both men and women. This dress from Abbey Liebman at Cornell University’s Textiles Nanotech Laboratory shows how a stylish dress can contain ultra-modern geek tech, including a USB charger for phones and iPods, photovoltaic…