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gadgets.boingboing.net - 3/31/2009

Working LEGO film projector (and tiny cinema to match) - Boing Boing Gadgets

— gadgets.boingboing.net — It's bad techno morning out here this morning, this time in support of a tiny LEGO movie... theater, complete with a fully working film projector that displays an image at a few frames a second. The builder, Ricardo M. Oliv , is a champ. [via Dan's Data ... (more) Working LEGO film projector (and tiny cinema to match) - ...

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gadgets.boingboing.net - 4/5/2009

Ancient flatbed scanjet plays Imperial March - Boing Boing Gadgets

— gadgets.boingboing.net — Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've constructed. [Tip: Shannon ]... (more) Ancient flatbed scanjet plays Imperial March - Boing ...

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gadgets.boingboing.net - 4/5/2009

Le Whif, a chocolate inhaler - Boing Boing Gadgets

— gadgets.boingboing.net — le-whif-1.jpg Pitched as "a revolutionary new way of eating chocolate," Le Whif will come in four chocolate... flavors: mint, raspberry, mango and plain. It is the invention of Harvard Professor David Edwards : "Over the centuries we've been eating ... (more) Le Whif, a chocolate inhaler - Boing Boing Gadgets

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Rock Band and NES fun
Boing Boing — ... 8bitar Hero procedurally generates Rock Band patterns for you to play from the sounds made by someone else playing an NES game emulator. Brandon has the details and video over at Boing Boing Offworld. 8bitar Hero: procedurally generated Rock Band from real-time NES audio ...

Recently on Offworld
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... , a 5-minute physics enabled journey starring the titular bear driving a sedan into trees and through ponds for some pre-hibernation sustenance (and one of the most charming indie games in recent memory), and took a first look at 8bitar Hero, a multiplayer game that procedurally generates Rock Band patterns from someone playing an emulated NES game, in real-time. ...

Recently on Offworld
Boing Boing — ... , a 5-minute physics enabled journey starring the titular bear driving a sedan into trees and through ponds for some pre-hibernation sustenance (and one of the most charming indie games in recent memory), and took a first look at 8bitar Hero, a multiplayer game that procedurally generates Rock Band patterns from someone playing an emulated NES game, in real-time. Elsewhere we saw ...

8bitar Hero turns NES music into Rock Band tracks
Joystiq — ... program works like this: as one person plays an NES emulator, 8bitar Hero breaks down the game's audio code into four Rock Band tracks in real time. The developer's site has a complex breakdown of the algorithm that makes this Audiosurf-esque gameplay possible, though we know the truth behind the program's inner workings -- it's magic. Possibly dark magic. Check out the video preview after the jump, and decide for yourself. [Via Offworld] Continue reading 8bitar Hero turns NES music into Rock Band tracks ...

Spice Up Your Rock Band Skills With A NES Emulator [Rock Band]
Kotaku — ... a game. One person plays NES games on an emulator, others play a Rock-Band game with levels that are generated algorithmically from the audio code of the NES game. The focus here is the generative nature of the game, and the process by which the levels are created. No, you can't use your plastic instruments to play 8BITar Hero but run Mega Man 2 through the emulator and you'll really be giving your hand-eye-coordination a workout. 8BITar Hero [Insignificant Studios via Offworld ]