It’s not the most involved hack we’ve seen this week, but it’s definitely creative and made us laugh. [Grant] and some friends were joking around about how cool it would be to have sitcom-style entry music fire off every time someone came in through a door, but in real life. You know, like everyone wants to have their own theme music? This is the same idea, but the Seinfeld equivalent. (Video embedded below the break.)
A few simple parts later (Arduino, MP3 shield, magnetic door reed switch) and a tiny bit of code to randomize which bass riff plays, and it’s a done deal. Like we said, it’s not rocket science, but it’s a humorous addition to what looks like a well-stocked game room. (Is that a Joust console we see?)
For even greater comic effect, why not add Seinfeld bass riffs to your skateboard ramps?
I did this recently with SmartThings and the awesome RuleEngine extension, each person is identified by their phone, then when the door opens as they arrive it plays their individual entrance theme over all the Sonos units. Not as hacky, but it works pretty good.
Dibs on the Cheers theme song!
Have it wait three seconds then play “Norm!”
haha that’s great!
You can get these for a couple of dollars on ebay, “10 Sec Sound Voice Recordable Speaker Module Chip Card With Buttons”. Good enough, at a fraction of the cost?
Meh! In 1993 I worked in a demount-able building at a university (they put me in there with all the other young people).
We had a mac plus with a reed switch hacked mouse hooked up to the door to make the Star Trek door noise when it opened. We tacked an NCC1701 badge on the outside.
Haaack the costs! Hack the costs!
forget Seinfeld….go back to when this stuff was better….Brady Bunch xylophone riffs!
Star Trek whooshing door?
I’m just waiting for a room to detect face on entry and play the “Price is Right” loser horn :P
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A
Now if the hallway could play the theme while walk in ..
I did it 40 years ago with a cassette player and a reed switch so Yah!
Just did something similiar to celebrate Festivus in our office. Got the idea from some other guy, must be a popular thing to do at the moment. Seems like a Raspberry Pi Zero might be a cheap and easy fit as well. https://learn.adafruit.com/introducing-the-raspberry-pi-zero/audio-outputs
Yes it is a working joust cabinet. I’m a huge arcade nerd and I happen to have every arcade game mentioned in Ernest Cline’s “Ready Player One”. I collect and repair arcade games. Definitely not a hobby for the faint of heart as it will slowly consume your entire house. The video is shot at my front door and that particular group of arcade machines is in what a normal person would call a dining room. Thanks for the post! I’m internet famous on hackaday! <3
You better have a Frogger cabinet, or this whole Seinfeld jig just isn’t going to pan out.
Love the Joust cabinet at :20. Looks to be a reproduction?
https://youtu.be/PccjYbbrPDs?t=20
Cute, 30 years ago.
Stupid and annoying now.
It’s better than the damn beep beep beep my alarm system makes now.
I was working on something to do the star trek next generation holodeck airlock door. Now, I’ve lost all motivation. Tnks.