I'm not the type to mod my consoles, but if you are and you tire of always having to go hunting to find the charger to get your DS back up to speed, we may have the answer for you. While browsing The Awesomer this morning I stumbled across this ingenious little mod over at Instructables, you can alter your DS to charge using delicious, natural sunlight.
With a few solar cells, two diodes, wire and some scotch tape you can be rolling charge free in no time (well, assuming you don't mind leaving the DS on a windowsill to charge).I never play mine outside because of the glare, but I'm guessing this could be useful to some of you regardless. What's the coolest DS mod you've ever seen?
| BBcode help |
| [b]Bold text[/b] |
Bold text |
| [i]Italic text[/i] |
Italic text |
| [url]http://www.dtoid.com/[/url] |
http://www.dtoid.com |
| [url=http://www.dtoid.com/]Web link[/url] |
Web link |
|
| [img]http://www.example.com/robot.jpg[/img] |
 |
Post a comment! You can also post a photo below:
Comment with Facebook
Click connect and comment instantly!
|
Comment with Dtoid
New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds
|
14 comments | showing # 1 to 14
|
Comment with Facebook
Click connect and comment instantly!
|
Comment with Dtoid
New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds
|
Comments policy
Destructoid is an open discussion community. You don't need to "audition" to post a comment - just speak your mind. We respect differing opinions on the site, so have at it. Be smart, funny, insightful, clueless, or cute -- but back it up with substance. Keep your cool, keep it fun. We only ask that you act respectfully and above all: don't be a troll and ruin it for everyone else. Don't bring down gamers or we'll, you know, gently shoot you in the face and stuff you into a flaming mailbox. Each comment is your opportuntity to make this community awesomer. Is that even a word?
Avoiding the banhammer only requires common sense: spamming, trolling, racism, NSFW stuff, and other forms of sucking will not be tolerated. If anyone is griefing please report abuse. Be good. Don't suck!
Contest:
2:40 PM on 02.23.2009
| 
were I live the sun is so hot it's like 10 kilometers away
...though that wouldn't stop me from shouting "TAIYOHHHHHHHH!" when I'm outside with my DS...
...Okay, an A- for use of scotch tape. You leave that shit on your system too long, and it'll leave a memento behind.
Sun peeks through clouds. It's UV rays that do the charging, so it would work on a cloudy day, just not as effectively as direct sunlight.
If I were to set this up, I'd make some sorta "charging" station to keep this from being a full system mod. I'd been wanting something like this anyway for my ipod.
http://www.tomshardware.com/solar-nintendo-ds,video-237.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/picturestory/211-how-to-make-a-solar-powered-ds-lite.html
I see, I see!