This year was not the first in which the City Hall of Toronto was lit up in a unique way. However, it was the first time that the government building was used to project 4-letter words. Brainchild of [D.A. Therrien], the 4LWM represents something that he imagined for a long time. [Therrien] built the huge sign in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he displayed it over the waterfront. He was later … [Read more...]
Laser cutter plays Super Mario Bros. theme
April 18, 2009 By 21 Comments
[Jed] from Toronto's hackerspace HackLab.TO coded the theme from Super Mario Bros. for their laser cutter. He's posted the ruby code that generates the g-code from a simple tablature. Related: CNC music factory Still Alive [via Waxy] … [Read more...]
Blinkenlights’ Stereoscope goes live in Toronto
October 4, 2008 By 8 Comments
We're happy to present this guest post from History Hacker's [Bre Pettis]. Today [Bre] catches up with the Blinkenlights team, who turn entire buildings into displays. Their current project is Stereoscope which goes live in Toronto, Canada today. Earlier this week, I posted about the beginnings of the blinkenlights project. It started in 2001 in Berlin, but now Seven years later, in May 2008, … [Read more...]
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