Dean Liou, a database and computer network consultant by day, designs PC concept cases in his spare time. His LovePC, shown here, has a built-in LCD surrounded by a leopard print. Lights are hard-wired to blink with hard-drive activity.
A shot of the LovePC in the dark. With Valentine’s Day coming up, some might say purple neon can be romantic.
For his DashboardPC, Liou built a car dashboard into a computer case. The gauges glow with electro-luminescent lighting.
The computer shows RAM, CPU and hard-drive usage in real time.
The gauges for the DashboardPC were taken from a Honda Civic.
Liou built this computer inside of a gingerbread house using 100 percent nonperishable materials.
The walls of the GingerbreadPC are made with hardboard; the icing was made with weather-stripping caulk.
Liou modifed a real guitar to fit a complete computer, including a DVD burner and built-in speakers.
The GuitarPC’s power button and CD-ROM eject button are both remote-controlled with a keychain remote. The DVD tray ejects from the side of the guitar, where a spring-loaded hidden door is placed.
The GuitarPC features a windowed CD-ROM mod with a stealth door, built-in speakers and blue accent lighting.
The flusher on Liou’s ToiletPC is hard-wired to the computer. Flush to power on; jiggle the handle some more to shut down. For the top of the PC, Liou downloaded a biohazard logo, traced it onto a piece of cardboard and cut it out with an Xacto knife to make a stencil.
Bill Detwiler is the Editor for Technical Content and Ecosystem at Celonis. He is the former Editor in Chief of TechRepublic and previous host of TechRepublic's Dynamic Developer podcast and Cracking Open, CNET and TechRepublic's popular online show. Previously, Bill was an IT manager in the social research and energy industries. He has bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Louisville, where he has also lectured on computer crime and crime prevention.
