Turning a Nintendo Wii into a Mac mini | TRIO

O Showmetech TRIO this week will be about a youtuber that turned a Nintendo Wii on a Mac mini🇧🇷 we'll talk about swimmers who found space shuttle wreckage Challenger from 1986; and we will also show the chair of Volkswagen which moves at 20 km/h. Come check out the highlights of the week with Showmetech TRIO! 

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Converting a Wii into a Mac Mini

The youtuber Luke miani is well known for its content related to technology, mainly in changes it makes to devices. His latest invention was turning a Nintendo Wii into a Mac mini, device that comes equipped with an Apple M1 processor.

Miani made a video showing the process, in which he 3D printed some components to connect the Apple board to the Wii housing, as well as an adapter to keep the original plug in place. It is also worth remembering that the Mac mini has a power supply of 150 Watts, which is almost three times greater than the power offered by the original Nintendo Wii power adapter.

The youtuber added a small 12 Volt fan to minimize the possible temperature increases of the device, even if the performance of the M1 be compatible with the MacBook Air — which doesn't use forced cooling.

Overall, the project proved successful, with all ports accessible through the original Wii controller compartment. At the end of the video, Miani also points out that it is possible to emulate games of Wii e PS2 in this new Mac mini, in 4K resolution. This is technology showing that it can always reinvent itself!

1986 Challenger wreckage found

During the recording of a documentary about the Second World War off the coast of Florida, the team ended up finding something described as "a large man-made object partially covered by sand on the sea floor". NASA took a look at this material and confirmed it to be space shuttle debris. Challenger, which exploded after a technical failure and ended up killing 7 passengers in 1986.

The trip that lasted only 73 seconds ended up taking the lives of 6 astronauts and the teacher Christa McAuliffe, the first civilian teacher to embark on a space journey. Christa was chosen from 11.000 applicants for NASA's "Teacher in Space" project. The documentary responsible for finding these wrecks is called In Search of The Bermuda Triangle and will be released on November 22 on the channel The History Channel.

In addition to McAuliffe, the mission took the life of Commander Francis R. “Dick” Scobee; pilot Michael J. Smith; experts Ronald E. McNair, Ellison S. Onizuka, and Judith A. Resnik; and payload expert Gregory B. Jarvis. In 2018, ISS astronauts completed the science classes McAuliffe had planned for the trip.

Excerpt in which he mentions the names of the victims of the tragic accident with the Space Shuttle Challenger

Volkswagen “car” chair

A Volkswagen from Norway has decided to raise the concept of current chairs even further, bringing a model that seems to have been taken directly from the series Star Trek🇧🇷 With 5 wheels, battery that allows you to travel up to 12 km on a single charge and capable of reaching up to 20 km/h, this new device is full of technologies, including:

360-degree collision avoidance sensors, a full-guidance rear view camera, an embroidered heated seat, RGB lights, a touchscreen, a USB charger and a trailer hitch.

LED headlights, seat belt and horn are also included, bringing an automotive experience. It even has a kind of “trunk” for documents or a notebook.

Although Volkswagen has made some fake ads recently, just to get attention with its marketing, it looks like this time it's going to be taking it seriously. The company ensures that the novelty should arrive soon for testing, at least in Norway🇧🇷 And you, do you want to change your gamer chair for a Volkswagen?

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Check out our latest edition of Showmetech TRIO🇧🇷 It was a special edition with four subjects and in it we talked about the following subjects:

• Strange lights in Porto Alegre;
• Keyboard with interactive images;
• Metaverse and health;
• Video game treats dogs with dementia.

Pig iron: Notebook Check, Engadget e The Verge.