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Tron Lightcycles, in Real Life

Posted by timothy on from the please-be-careful-in-there dept.

Digital_Quartz writes "This is a clever hack, using a laptop and GPS to play the classic Lightcycles game from Tron, using bicycles and a city. The page is a little light on details, but does give the essentials, including screen shots."

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  1. Link to a mirror by kdark1701 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Slashdotted already. http://www.mirrordot.org/stories/5dcc252f0f43fc6f2 52db1df395c93a7/index.html

  2. Re:No thank you by Hungus · · Score: 3, Informative

    According to TFA the server says you are cheating if you do not move for 60 seconds.

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  3. Cellphone version by Rufus211 · · Score: 4, Informative

    A far more elegant version is available for cell phones, so you don't have to have a whole laptop setup.

    http://datenmafia.org/gpstron/index-english.php

  4. Re:No thank you by interiot · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've seen variants of Tron that add a Go-like rule... if the other person completely encircles you, you lose. That would encourage the contestants to try to pedal faster than the other guy, which could be pretty entertaining. (this could make teammates and tunnels more interesting as well)

  5. Meanwhile, in the computer world... by Luke-Jr · · Score: 2, Informative

    The computer game prepares for version 0.2.8, featuring support for non-square arenas.

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  6. Re:how about by jericho4.0 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Static friction, espcially for gummy tires. But the real driver for tire size in HP tires is heat dissapation.

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  7. Re:exercise is good by KDR_11k · · Score: 2, Informative

    No, he prevented it.

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  8. Re:Hmmm... by HyPeR_aCtIvE · · Score: 2, Informative

    Same thing happened to me back when I was a kid. We'd regularly get a dozen or so of us together to play lazer tag around an elementary school/public playground that was next to a friend's house.

    One night the cops were called. Granted this was a small town, and the number of cops was 2 ... and they weren't really believing the old lady about 'people shooting each other'.

    So when they arrived, we got the 'So, what's going on here' discussion. We explained, they chuckled a bit, and asked us to call it a night that evening, and that they would talk to the lady so she wouldn't be worried in the future.