Mamma mia, I'm the ultimate science project!
Posted 03.10.2010 at 6:45 pm
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Mario in Pixels
Run, run square Mario!
Chloe/Carnegie Mellon University
Nintendo's Mario has long been beloved by geeks and scientists everywhere, as evidenced by a fluorescent bacterial version (seizure warning!) and a Mario "multiverse" that acts as a better guide to parallel universes than "Lost." Now a Carnegie Mellon University student has concocted a playable pixel tribute on an 8x8 LED matrix.
The lady known only as Chloe concocted the project as homework by using an Arduino Nano, an open-source electronics prototyping platform intended for artists, designers and hobbyists. She simply added two buttons for the forward or jump input, and a piezo sensor that connects to a separate Arduino platform for the classic Mario theme song. Just don't go backward lest your square Mario meet with death!
Ah, Mario -- what can't a fat little Italian plumber teach us about science and technology? Even the computers want to play your game.
[via Crunchgear]
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Can we ban this "lvbags" idiot, please? Spammer...
Interesting, but that's about it.
Credit where's credit due. I'm impressed
Though it's not really related to Mario which I'm a dedicated fan of, I have some cool Ideas I would like to share with you. check out my blog at inventiview.blogspot.com
I think you won't be disappointed.