Our friends at Atari were kind enough to give us an extremely limited-edition (there are only two in existence) Atari 2600 gutted with modern PC components and signed by Atari founder Nolan Bushnell -- and one lucky soul will be able to call this beauty their very own!
Even the skeletonized movement with 648 components has been given a modern touch by pairing old-world finishing techniques, including beveling, with contemporary treatments such as sandblasting.
It is planned that parts of the body plant will be equipped to reuse modern robotic automation to produce higher levels of assembly with components from the press shop.
Still included are the modern pentathlon, an odd event that includes equestrian show jumping and pistol shooting components, and cycling, a sport that has been plagued with doping scandals.
Sure, there have been experiments in interactive TV -- gadgets like WebTV and modern game consoles are connected devices, and set-top boxes like the Roku and TiVo add connected components -- but most TVs in the US remain blissfully ignorant of the internet.