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iPad + Macintosh Plus = Crazy Visualizer Helmet

Posted by timothy on from the visualize-helmet-laws-sucking dept.

An anonymous reader writes "I would like to share with you a helmet I made out of a Macintosh Plus and an iPad. Essentially, I purchased a Macintosh Plus on ebay, removed the inner parts, cut a hole in the bottom of the case, inserted the inner padding of a bicycle helmet (cut to fit), and cut a slot for the iPad to slide in. The iPad's thinness allows for plenty of room for the user's head and the inner helmet keeps the Macintosh situated properly. What started as a project for my sculpture class has now become a part of my good friend Kid Chameleon's DJ set and a way for us to showcase our visuals in a new way during live performances."

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  1. Self Promotion is Masturbation by netsharc · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Was that really Slashdot-worthy? A douchey meaningless video with too loud music I had to fast-forward to get to the point, with the "OHMIGOD this is the greatest thing ever" Also sprach Zarathustra music to stroke your own ego, "look at this great thing I invented, I managed to use a knife to cut holes and shit"?

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    1. Re:Self Promotion is Masturbation by Cederic · · Score: 4, Informative

      . This sort of duchbaggary and negativity should have no place here...

      Actually, this site has a long and cherished history of pointing out when shit is shit.

      This is shit.

    2. Re:Self Promotion is Masturbation by Cederic · · Score: 2

      Bah. It's overpriced even now. When released battery life was shit too.

      It sold well, but it's still shit. Just well marketed shit.

    3. Re:Self Promotion is Masturbation by Renderer+of+Evil · · Score: 4, Interesting

      How many times have you appeared in a slashdot topic? Show us your unique achievements you magnificent, undiscovered genius.

      I've noticed that cynical disposition and the constant need to shit on anything that remotely looks like fun is inversely proportional to one's lack of accomplishments. Reminds me of idiots who say "Facebook? Any kid with knowledge of PHP could have done that. It was all luck." Instead, they sit in dark rooms and jerk it to manga all their lives and tear down those who have actually applied themselves and made stuff happen, no matter how trivial.

      I'm sorry that a guy who has created something in a true geek spirit is unworthy of your attention, amidst the ever-important stream of hard hitting news found on /.

      Haters gonna hate.

    4. Re:Self Promotion is Masturbation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Irony: saying negativity is not welcome here with the words "you need to fuck off and die".

    5. Re:Self Promotion is Masturbation by Joce640k · · Score: 2

      OK, so post a link to something you've done which is better....

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    6. Re:Self Promotion is Masturbation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

      Well, if you just love the shiny so much, then go, enjoy. Wallow in it.

      It's still shit.

    7. Re:Self Promotion is Masturbation by gad_zuki! · · Score: 2

      Thank you for writing this. I'm so sick of the "everything sucks" attitude that permeates sites like slashdot, reddit, etc. The level of hateful cynicism is intolerable. I guess the happy creative smart people don't post as much as the assholes of the world. Its easy in life to be a misanthrope and people are drawn to the critical asshole because as a species we're so vain and difficult that when we see something someone else has done that's interesting we need to find a way to cut him down and make ourselves look good. There's a real vanity to candor and criticism. I wish more people understood this.

  2. Save you the trouble of the link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Hipsters + ruined mac plus + horrible music copying daft punk.

  3. Mac Headroom by PatPending · · Score: 4, Funny

    Max Headroom has been replaced by Mac Headroom. Well, that's progress for ya.

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  4. So anyone with a playlist can be a DJ now? by BadAnalogyGuy · · Score: 3

    I can accept using digital turntables or computerized mixing and effects in DJing. It's just a fact of life. Technology progresses, and the users of that technology progress too. But your friend "Kid Chameleon" has really lousy song selection and no stage presence, at least one of which is necessary for any good DJ. In this video, he putz around with the equipment, BSing with a few people, then finally plays his lame intro. It isn't even until a good 45 seconds in that he finally puts on the helmet, but then he just bops around in front of his Mac with a beat with no energy.

    Technology changes, and we have to live with it. Those who don't are bound to be considered dinosaurs, while those who adapt lead us ever onward. I think the helmet is a beautifully constructed realization of this fact. While technology progresses, it is up to us individuals to bridge the gap between old and new, and sometimes bridging that gap results in really fucking stupid shit like this.

    1. Re:So anyone with a playlist can be a DJ now? by lisaparratt · · Score: 3, Interesting

      You obviously go to shit parties - most of the raves I've been to have been immeasurably improved by the fact the music seamlessly blends from one track to the next. It's vital for keeping the thread of energy going. The DJs are up the front, centre stage, the VJs near by, everyone's clearly enjoying themselves, as there's huge amounts of applause and shouts of appreciation when they've finished their set.

    2. Re:So anyone with a playlist can be a DJ now? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

      You obviously go to shit parties - most of the raves I've been to have been immeasurably improved by the fact the music seamlessly blends from one track to the next.

      I think it had more to do with the drugs than with the music appearing "seamless".

      Just say'in.

  5. Dumbest. Shit. Ever by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just some fucking idiot bouncing around to bitch noise.

  6. Indeed. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2

    This.

    I clicked on the article because I thought he made some sort of virtual reality helmet with the iPad screen facing inside. _That_ would have been cool and /. worthy. This is just some stupid faux-geek-styled mac-fanboi crap.

    Posting AC because calling anything Apple faux-geek (which most everything they make nowadays is, gone are the days of the true Apple geeks) risks getting the good old troll slamhammer from the faux geeks and wannabe nerds who frequent this site.

    1. Re:Indeed. by clang_jangle · · Score: 2, Interesting

      gone are the days of the true Apple geeks

      I think those of us who once identified as "apple geeks" have all moved on or are very close to moving on. It seems Apple doesn't care, they've got a much larger (and more annoying) market now. Of course, this could well blow up in their faces -- anything that popular will eventually be something no-one will want to be seen with, and when the day comes apple may regret that they spent the last few years alienating the people who were once apple geeks. And the funny thing is, for many of us OS X was the "gateway *nix". :-P

      But yeah, I bought my first Mac in '87 and my last in '09. Can't imagine I'm the only one.

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    2. Re:Indeed. by malkavian · · Score: 2

      But it's still a rip off.. Dans le sac Vs Scroobius Pip did this idea a few years back.

    3. Re:Indeed. by Graff · · Score: 2

      I think those of us who once identified as "apple geeks" have all moved on or are very close to moving on.

      Nah, there's still a ton of us that like the products. Yeah some of the policies don't align with what I agree with but you're going to find that in nearly every product. I suppose some day it could reach a tipping point for me but for now I don't see any grass that is greener on the other side.

      I know quite a few people who seem to be in the same situation as myself. Not that I'm doing a detailed statistical analysis or anything but I don't see a mass migration of "Apple geeks" away from Apple. I think most of us have just gotten tired of explaining why we like the Apple products and so we just smile and nod when people rant against them.

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    4. Re:Indeed. by Hatta · · Score: 2, Funny

      Apple stopped caring about geeks when they introduced the Macintosh.

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  7. Re:A cheap rip off by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    Dude, you've posted that three times already in this thread. It's actually nothing at all like that except for briefly showing a face; if it's a cheap ripoff of anything it's Deadmau5 and Daft Punk. And actually the construction and performance aren't bad, except that it's totally impractical because you can't see out of it. If you're going to be a helmeted DJ, you have to be able to wear it the entire performance.

  8. Re:Have to Say by commodore64_love · · Score: 3, Insightful

    - Today's nerd girls EXIST -
    (when I was in college they didn't)

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  9. To quote Lieutenant Womack, by oddaddresstrap · · Score: 2

    That hat makes you look like an idiot.