Last weekend was the Midwest Gaming Classic in Milwaukee, WI. Ben was able to rush back from his TEDx talk to attend on Sunday, so Max and I met him there for some gaming and fun. One of the most interesting things we happened upon at the Classic was...
In our last episode, we mentioned that we were unable to get our hands on a Raspberry Pi Zero when they were released. We've gotten a lot of build ideas revolving around the RPZero, but no Pis around for the making. Two wonderful fans of the show DID...
The first blog was getting a little big so I decided to split it up and post updates in a new one and as it progresses have a little series on this journey if that's ok with you all. For those just catching on, you can read Part one here. Ju...
So a while back I watched the Rugged PS3 video and decided to make my own. Now the next time I build one of these (hopefully soon), it will be built much better and efficiently. In this current case I have a turtle beach headset transmitter, Bl...
I was lucky to win the Ben Heck Xbox One Tablet build and after some battering by UPS, it reached. There was some damage, to the Tablet- some external and some internal. Most of the damage was cosmetic. I unboxed it like a kid and plugged it in for s...
Hello Ben hack show my name is esmail I'm from United Arab Emirates love you show and I have question if it's bossibel to turn ps4 controller to arcade stick ?
Click here for part 2. Normally I don't write posts and blogs so bare with me, this is new territory for me. I have somewhat of a scatterbrain when it comes to projects and ideas. Before I can finish the first one, I usually come up with a ...
Hello there TBHS fans and community members! In tomorrow's episode, you'll get to watch Ben work on a pretty neat piece of vintage electronics. What piece of electronics is it, you ask? You'll have to wait and see. What we here at the Ben Heck S...
After about a month, I finished this project and I am really happy how it turned out. I spent allot of time modeling everything in Blender.My new gadget is easy to program and satisfying to watch it work. This was a really inexpensive project, as man...
THE BEN HECK SHOWBen's been seriously busy this year, so picking just ten of his top efforts to highlight 2015 has taken a lot longer than my schedule allows. But Ben's like TED, or a can of Pringles. Once you start, you can't stop. So afte...
I was watching the Netflix documentary Print the Legend on the rise of the home 3D printing industry today and lo and behold, there were Ben and Allison in the background of a shot at a maker faire or some other show. Can't keep him from gettin...
I've been thinking about Ben's continual struggle to get a viable can crusher, and have come up with a great solution: The Power of Fuel. Rather than burning out a solenoid or having an ultra high ratio gear system on a whimsy electric motor, I'...
Hello element14 Community! I’m Karen Corbeill and I was recently brought on to the Ben Heck Show to help with social media and to give you, the audience, more insight and engagement with the show. Here on the element14 Community, you can find me...
Hello Ben. I was wondering if you could help me put together a motherboard with Bluetooth or wifi, depending on what you recommend me, it would be possible to connect a touch screen, rechargeable battery, and it can play 3 to 4 motors, and household ...
I've relaunched my YouTube channel, This Olde Console, and wanted to get some feedback on the look and featured content. My first video is for my PlayStation 1 console mod, DarthStation-1, where I took the guts of a PS1 and installed them into an old...
After doing a reasonable amount of research into the monitor options and asking a question here, I finally decided on a monitor to use. The original idea to use the Apple monitor would have left me with a bit of a smaller sized screen, so I sta...
Hope you like it...ended up being quite a long project. Part 1: schematic & board fabricationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7RQHlzZYlY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7RQHlzZYlYPart 2: Blender render and animation. 3D printing, device assembly...
It would help members with hearing problems to have transcripts available for Ben Heck's videos. Otherwise they are pretty much useless - unless we can get people to watch them with us and translate...
Here is a link to a YouTube video of our build of Ben's raspberry pi portable game. I did the 3d printing and my 9 year old son Max did the internal electronics. I started with Ben's casework design and made it thicker to simplify assembly. We had tr...
