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Mac mini机器人的制作方法!!!

作者:jay 加入时间: 2006-03-09 20:56:11　来源: 苹果软件下载站　阅读: 网友评论条

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Now we of course realize that you would have to be sitting directly in front of the camera for this to work well with iChat. The idea was that as a media center Mac, we could turn on iChat and use this as a webcam or a live video feed for what was going on. Does it really matter though? We have a Millennium Falcon with an iSight inside it. We thought that was cool enough to just show, without needing to explain ourselves. Heck, it is MacMod, why not?

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The last steps were really just installing the cables inside the Mac mini and putting the Mac mini inside once the cables were connected. Again, we really did not care how the inside looked and the cables were bunched up and pushed to the side, so not to block the rear exhaust, hence the mayhem you see in this last picture above. As it turns out, this mod is pretty simple. We spent about a total of 4 hours putting the whole thing together. About an hour was spent coming up with an idea and taking the toy apart. The rest of the time was mostly spent grinding plastic down and figuring out where to get the correct size rubber washer for the iSight.

In the end, this wound up not being setup as a computer and continues to serve it's function as a media center Mac. With a bluetooth wireless keyboard and mouse as it's main input devices. Using either Remote Desktop or VNC, we are able to run updates. It is connected via the network using an Airport Extreme wireless card, so we can transfer files as needed.

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Here are the final pictures:

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FInal thoughts. First, in answer to the question, as seen in the pictures above, the rear hatch does open, which allows access to the optical drive and power button if needed. The DVD-R drive still functions fine. Although our mod was quick, we are still glad on the outcome. At least we think we are the first to have a Macintosh Millennium Falcon, or any computer for that matter. eyS苹果软件下载站

The other last thoughts are that we have seen the other mods that are being posted and they are great. We espeically like some of the new mods, based on older ideas. The White and Blue G3 with the LCD screen reminds us a little of Ken Sala's BlueICE G4. The MacPLusPLus reminds us of last years winner, as does the iMac in the clear case, so great job to those modders on renewing those old ideas. The mods came out great! eyS苹果软件下载站

We are glad that their are Mac modders in the community, everyone deserves a pat on the back. Oh yeah, how the heck does a scroll wheel work through wood? Either way, still pretty cool. When we saw it on Slashdot last month, we were very impressed.