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MIT Hack Turns the Green Building Into a Giant Game of Tetris

Posted by timothy on from the these-kids-never-go-to-class dept.

An anonymous reader writes "MIT hackers have turned the Green Building, the tallest building in Cambridge, into a giant, playable, full color game of Tetris. According to the IHTFP Hack Gallery, "MIT hackers have long considered 'Tetris on the Green Building' to be the Holy Grail of hacks.""

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  1. Re:Awesome by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    If my display had that many stuck pixels, I'd return it.

  2. Re:Already done before by FlashBuster3000 · · Score: 4, Informative

    True... The german Chaos Computer Club has been doing this long time ago :)

    Pong 2001:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Blinkenlights

  3. Re:Already done before by Cochonou · · Score: 5, Informative

    There were also Blinkenlights in Berlin (2001) and more to the point, ARCADE in Paris (2002). Both were made by Chaos Computer Club.
    Anyway, whatever the prior art was, it is always a very thrilling development.

  4. Re: And by Delft in 1995 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Students of Delft University of Technolgy did this in 1995, at the 22-story EWI building. The lamps could also be controlled over internet.

    I found a photo here:
    http://retro.nrc.nl/W2/Nieuws/1998/02/27/Med/06.html

  5. Amazing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I just watched the video... I didn't know it was possible to be so bad at Tetris.

  6. They may be really good at programming things... by coastal984 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...but they really suck at playing Tetris.

  7. Re:Awesome by Technician · · Score: 4, Informative

    Follow the links for more info. Strings of Christmas lights, relays, Linux, and Windows CE for the console. Due to the noisy relays, operation was restricted to after midnight when the building was vacant.

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    The truth shall set you free!