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Got an old computer or games console from way back when gathering dust in your attic or basement? Whether it's seen some heavy use over the years or is still box-fresh, it could be worth a tidy sum.

When Jared Pincus was only a few years old, his father, Allan Pincus, fixed up an old computer and gave it to him to play ...

ZuluIDE™ is a hardware interface between IDE bus and SD cards. Currently it supports emulating ATAPI CD-ROM drives, Zip Drive 100, and a generic removable drive by providing access to image files ...

His use of a 3-phase motor from a CD-ROM drive as the generator isn’t particularly unexpected, these motors are ubiquitous and readily generate power when spun up. A simple 3-phase rectifier and ...

Check out the eyes in this Stargate Horus helmet, which just won our Sci-Fi contest. More recently we saw Gawkerbot, which uses a CD-ROM drive to provide motion for a creepy robot’s eyes.