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Modder packs an entire Nintendo Wii into a box the size of a pack of cards


There's no disc drive, but there are still ports for GameCube controllers.

One mod in this storied genre that caught our eye this week is the "Short Stack," a scale model of the Nintendo Wii that packs the 2006 console's internal hardware into a 3D-printed enclosure roughly the size of a deck of playing cards. Advertisement Smith also designed custom front and rear PCBs for the console to handle things like the power button and the glowing blue light around the Short Stack's (aesthetic, non-functional) DVD slot. A custom heatsink (Smith uses aluminum, though it can also be made with copper to improve heat transfer at the expense of weight) and a tiny fan keep the console cool.

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