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We celebrate ingenuity on Gadget Master, and we never underestimate the ingenuity of PC modders in particular. Here is an excellent example, by one multimodder Gup. (Note: Many CD drives were demolished in the making of this super structure.)

Inspired by the science fiction franchise Stargate, it is a pyramid case mode a moving side panel (courtesy of aforementioned optical drive manipulation), to reveal the screen. With lighting and movement remotely controlled.

Check out the YouTube video for an overview of the build, and see the full pictorial history, along with part specs, on forums.bit-tech.net.

As for the electronics of the project, he writes:

Next part was the electronics. As of the limited space I had to work with, I decided to make triangular pcb's which would fit along side of the screen. The pcb's were needed for the motor control and control from the pc. The other pcb was needed for the PSone display, which consisted of the powersupply/composite sync/and a EDID chip so it would be recognised as a display.

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Note, Gup has previous pyramidic form!

Thanks to Coated.com for flagging this one.