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Benjamin Heckendorn was born on 19 October, 1975 in Richland Center, Wisconsin, U.S., is an American computer engineer. Discover Benjamin Heckendorn's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 48 years old?
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48 years old |
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Libra |
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19 October, 1975 |
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19 October |
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Richland Center, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Nationality |
United States
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Benjamin Heckendorn Height, Weight & Measurements
At 48 years old, Benjamin Heckendorn height not available right now. We will update Benjamin Heckendorn's Height, weight, Body Measurements, Eye Color, Hair Color, Shoe & Dress size soon as possible.
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Benjamin Heckendorn Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Benjamin Heckendorn worth at the age of 48 years old? Benjamin Heckendorn’s income source is mostly from being a successful computer. He is from United States. We have estimated Benjamin Heckendorn's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Benjamin J. Heckendorn (born October 19, 1975) is an American console modder and Computer engineer.
He is better known as Ben Heck on the Internet.
He has completed 6 films since 1995, including his comedic love story, Port Washington, released in 2006.
In February 2005, Heckendorn released his book Hacking Video Game Consoles, published by Wiley Publishing Inc. and printed under their ExtremeTech line.
It contains step by step instructions for creating two Atari 2600 portables, two NES portables, two SNES portables, and two PlayStation portables, each in hand-built and CNC-cut designs.
On December 13, 2006, Heckendorn started benheckpodcast.com, a website for storing all of his podcasts.
In addition, posts are made detailing all the projects he is currently working and the projects he has worked on in the past.
Heckendorn's other podcast is entitled Sonic Boom, and is available on the Warpath.TV digital network.
This podcast is no longer in production.
Heckendorn is also an amateur film maker.
His most recent movie, released on October 31, 2008, was entitled Possumus Woman, and is the sequel to his 1995 film, Possumus Man.
All of his films have been released independently.
Ben Heck starred in a weekly online TV program called element14's The Ben Heck Show, hosted on YouTube and the element14 Community.
In 2015 he restored the only known surviving Sony/Nintendo Play Station prototype console, the Super NES CD-ROM.
Heckendorn has created a line of portable Atari systems, almost always using some form of Atari 2600 board cut up into a smaller PCB.
The only exception is the Atari Jaguar "64-Bit" Portable and the Atari 800 laptop.
He has also turned two Atari 800 computers into laptops.
Heckendorn has created five (3 NESp's) Nintendo portables:
Heckendorn has made three Sony portables, a "laptop" version of the PS3 based on the Slim version, and a "PS360" controller, which is a PlayStation 3 controller built into an Xbox 360 controller's shell.
Heckendorn has made four combo system to date.
As of June 2016, the show had recorded more than 33 million views worldwide.
A typical episode has Ben creating a new product or hacking existing devices, such as an Xbox, for different uses, sometimes based on viewers' suggestions.
As the host of element14's The Ben Heck Show, Heckendorn has made celebrity appearances as an attendee or judge at numerous industry events and competitions, including Maker Faire Detroit and Engadget Expand.
Heckendorn is also an independent filmmaker and he was the star of element14's The Ben Heck Show, a popular online series, until leaving the show in late 2018.
He has two podcasts, one which he runs with the help of a friend, Jason Jones, and the other on Warpath.TV with George Force, Mike Zucker, and Anthony Carboni.
Most of Heckendorn's mods are done by taking apart old video game consoles such as the Atari 2600 and Nintendo Entertainment System.
He then reconfigures internal printed circuit board (PCB) into a smaller form factor.
The newly configured circuit board is enclosed within a custom case (done by a CNC machine) and any peripherals are assembled by Heckendorn.
His creations have been featured in such publications as Wired, Popular Science, and Maxim, and on television shows such as The Screen Savers, Attack of the Show!, and X-Play.
His mods are also commonly presented on popular blogs such as Engadget.
He had an interest in electronic and video games as a child, as a young man in film-making and in later life while working as a graphic artist he made a GeoCities site covering his project to make a portable Atari 2600, this led to an appearance in 2004 on The Screen Savers (following the temporary injury of the normal maker Yoshi) and then to a book deal and requests for custom electronics creations to YouTube videos in 2010.
It was announced during an interview with an Element14 Community member that Ben would be leaving The Ben Heck Show after June 2018.
The Ben Heck Show was replaced with Element14 presents, a similar show featuring a new cast of hosts.
