The Wii Laptop!
By Benjamin Heckendorn 
posted Jan 19th 2007 12:06PM
posted Jan 19th 2007 12:06PM
- 16:9 widescreen LCD, 7-inch diagonal.
- Stereo sound
- Gamecube controller port
- Built-in short range Sensor Bar
- Ports for using original Sensor Bar and A/V output jacks (for use on external display)
- Built-in power supply and compartment for power cord
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 7.7 x 2-inches
[Big ups to our man Ben Heckendorn! -Ed.]
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Holy. I think I just peed my pants a little.
Don't you mean you "Wii"ed your pants a little? ;)
When i buy one its brill
Just a little???????
Ben, you're a madman.
Needs a new name The WiiTop
surely the first incorporation of a "compartment" in a portable device
i want it!
and some new underwear!
Andy my name is Andy as well and i really want it as well. What do you think that it costs
Just imagine all the fun you can get with this thing on a 13-hour flight to Hong Kong!
But damn those harsh radio regulations.
om FING g you guys
that's insane!
We can call it 'the Wiivolution'.
Awesome. But will the how-to include a few paragraphs about how to buy the damn thing? Grumble. :)
They could have integrated the wiibar leds into the LCD bezel.
From the looks of it, there are LED's in the bezel. Look on the top.
they did. read it on hackaday for more info
Someone's been seeing too many MacBook Pros.
You guys must love your jobs
AHH!!! EVERYONE RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!! Hes not wearing the wrist strap!!!
Wow, that's fantastic! Nice job, guys!
Ben... if you can build a PS3 in this form factor... you can have my first born. :P
Now to make it battery-powered!
I didn't even know Heck was working with Engadget! Nice!
And as always, great build quality. Your work always reminds me of arcade cabinetry. It feels homegrown while still being incredibly impressive.
very nice work. For the time and money you spent on this you could have purchased a few wii's and sold them on ebay for a 200% profit.. but noo you had to blow your wad on this.
http://www.wiiuser.org
you should have included all 4 gamecube ports as well as the gc memory card slots
7" screen? That's it? Good grief.
STUPID!!!
It's a killer mod. His craftmanship is amazing.
But if i have to stand 3-6 feet away from the screen...how the hell am I gonna see what's happening?
What BEN needs to do is mate a projector with his Wii.
Wow, you managed to make a stern argument attacking a point you didn't even bother to observe. Re-listen to the part about the sensor bar, smart stuff.
Way to embarrass yourself.
he's not wearing his wrist strap thats why its not working right
I still haven't been able to find one, and it's already been Hecked.
lol badass, but he doesnt even use the Wii strap.. no wonder so many people break stuff..
Mad props on the creation. However I'm sure I'm not the only one to wonder how in the crap are you supposed to see anything on that? I had my Wii on a 56" DLP over the break and moving back to my 27" almost killed me.
Gotta say, it looks cool, but until a) he adds a battery, and b) Nintendo gets off their asses and adds pointer-less support to the Channel interface (using +-pad navigation), it's not going to be good for much. You could still play e.g. Excite Truck or VC games quite well, if you didn't have to stand half a room away and squint really hard to select them. Or, y'know, maybe not. Anyway, it *looks* great ;-)
James, there is pointerless support in the channel selection screen.
Plug in the nunchuck and make sure the wiimote cant see the sensor bars and you'll find the analog on the nunchuck will move the pointer around the screen.
did someone mention using this on a plane? I can see it now: "Man bludgeoned to death by an over-anxious kid on flight."
its cool and all that you made this but the i dont really like the overall design, idk what it is but all those black lines all over the thing make it look horrible, otherwise great idea, and great execution.
I think the black lines are due to the laminate he's using for the case - I don't think he can do curved edges.
Cool!
Does it have a port for component video?
It looks pretty good, I can't see anything wro..ZOMG! There's no component video out! Oh noes!
But... wouldn't that thing fall off your lap the moment you started swinging the wireless remote around? :D
Umm ... where do GC memory cards go?
Wiibook anyone?
I'm going to steal that C64 reference guide on his desk. Beware!
I had a battery pack that ran a Gamecube and I tried it with this thing and it didn't work (so yes, the Wii sucks more power than a Cube)
This project was done very quickly (literally was doing sketches of the case last Tuesday night, finalized the CNC files that Thursday) so I didn't have time to experiment with batteries in excess.
It could probably be rigged to run off a cigarette lighter in a car...
This was done on commission for a person and Engadget wanted to cover the story... As for building more I probably won't have time because I am moving onto, ahem, ANOTHER system and also finishing several other things that've been on the burner. What I really need are some interns...
Same comment as dukerayburn... I didn't know Ben worked for Engadget, but he's sure a welcome addition.
Ryan, nice one... In addition to "Will it blend?" we will now have, "You've been Hecked!"
Ben, you Sir are a sick, sick man ;^)...
Soooo what, a PS3 Lapie Next?
Oh! My back hurts just think about that one...
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Ben has been doing stuff with us for a while now! http://www.engadget.com/bloggers/benjamin-heckendorn
Best, Ryan
You dont have to be far away from it because they did build a sensor bar into the screen. As he said since he moved the ir led's closer together you dont have to be as far away from the screen to point.
Fantastic btw
Run http://mapwii.com on that thing!
??? He tore apart a Wii???? There is not enough of them to go around to be modding them.... :(
Wait til I get one before doing this :P
Cool Mod.