A quick overview of how to turn an old NES cartridge into a functional retro gaming console using RetroPie, 3D printing, and a Pi Zero. No glue or soldering required! Required parts: -Raspberry pi Zero W -http://amzn.to/2oPEamp -NES cartridge - http://amzn.to/2oPfNp8 -Micro USB hub - http://amzn.to/2p0C5o7 -HDMI cable - http://amzn.to/2o9p5NR -Security bit 3/8" - http://amzn.to/2pXbt4N (only needed if using an original NES cartridge) -Controller(s) NES controller - http://amzn.to/2pWXxb4 SNES contoller - http://amzn.to/2p0C2sN -microSD card - http://amzn.to/2o9fVRH -microusb power supply - http://amzn.to/2o98nOF 3D parts if using the USB hub above: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2251839 Original 3D design:http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2205100 RetroPie download: https://retropie.org.uk/download/ RetroPie Installation: https://github.com/retropie/retropie-... 3D printed with a Maker Select 3D v2.1 (http://amzn.to/2o99kGD) Time-lapse recorded using OctoPi and an LD400 camera (http://amzn.to/2pIACUl).

Jelly Bean on a Nook Tablet

Because so many people ask and are confused on how to boot a Nook Tablet (NT) using an SD card....Oh and a similar process works for the Nook HD+.

Make the NT rock and install Jelly Bean boot via microSD in 10 easy steps:

1) Format a good SD card of at least 4GB in size (A good SD card should have a formatted Crystal disk 4k QD32 write of 1 or greater.) Sandisk class 4 cards have been shown to be consistently good. I found the 16gb G.Skill class 10 cards from newegg were great - QD32 1.4.

2) Download the rather stable cm10-121208_acclaim_sd_hd_img.rar and extract the image file using 7-zip. Additional roms are available: CM 10.1 Jelly Bean  and CM10.2 Jelly Bean (shown)

3) Write the extracted image to the SD card using win32diskimager. Make sure you are writing to the SD card and not to some other portable drive or SSD on your PC!

4) Open MiniTool Partition Wizard  and you should see your PC's partition(s) (leave these alone) and 5 partitions including the unused partition on the microSD card.

5) Delete Partition 4 (Fat 32 SDCARd) and hit Apply

6) Delete the Other partition ~600mb and hit Apply (Neither of those two partitions had any files in them. DO NOT delete the 1st or second partitions which both have the necessary files already inside.)

7) Create a new partition called DATA and select Primary and Ext 4. Make the size 1-4GB (or more) depending on app usage. This is where apps will install. It you are an app hog, them go with 4GB. I went with 2.5GB. Hit Apply.

8) Create a new partition called SDCARD and select Primary and FAT32. The size should be the remaining card space by default - leave it this way. Hit Apply.

9) Close the Partition Wizard, remove the microSD card and place it in the NT that is currently turned off (it needs to be off and not in the sleep state).

10) Turn the NT on and welcome to Jelly Bean. (If you reboot it will go back to stock NT. If you turn it off and then on it will boot Jelly Bean.) Enjoy!

Thanks go to:

http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/cm10-0-jellybean-sdcard-img-for-nook-tablet/

http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/11/11/how-to-guide-bootable-cm7cm9cm10-sdcard-for-nook-tablet/

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1789407

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2037368

New Publications

Here is an update of recent publications and things I have been up to. 

Vitamin A and Zebrafish 
H.T. Lee, J.E. Dowling, D.J. Cameron, Early Retinoic acid deprivation in zebrafish results in microphthalmia, Visual Neuroscience. 2012; 29(4-5):219-28. PMID: 23013828

Amyloidβ and the Zebrafish brain
D.J. Cameron, C. Galvin, T. Alkam, H. Sidhu, J Ellison, D.W. Ethell, Alzheimer’s Related Peptide Amyloid-β Serves a Conserved Role in Angiogenesis, PlosONE 2012;7(7):e39598. Epub 2012 Jul 9. PMID: 22792182

Amyloidβ and the Zebrafish retina
K. Cunvong, D. Huffmire, D.W. Ethell, D.J. Cameron, Amyloid-β increases capillary bed density in a zebrafish model of macular degeneration, Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2013; 54(2):1516-21 PMID: 23404118

My new gig

Perpetual 4-Stroke Motion and the Snake Illusion

4 Stroke Motion: http://www.lifesci.sussex.ac.uk/home/George_Mather/Motion/Harley.HTML

Rotosnake Illusion: http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/~akitaoka/rotsnake.gif