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NEW uses for OLD technology
Sorenson
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So I was putzing around on Youtube the other day and I came across this...well, watch it.
Weeaboos especially apply
Asides from the incredible amount of detail and effort that went into this and the fact that it does in fact sound quite pleasant, what's actually amazing is that it demonstrates a rather nice recycling of an old technology that had been outdone on pretty much every level. Let's face it: midis suck and have been outdone by MP3s, oggs, and countless other formats that have sprung up over the years and have been pretty much forgotten save for the odd person who uses them instead of the aforementioned formats for their ringtone. But somewhere, somehow, somebody got a rather interesting idea on how to use and exploit them - and suddenly what was once something considered only in legacy terms was found new light and life as a piece of video and audio art.
And now I'm curious as to what other sorts of stuff like this has emerged in recent years - say, like someone's succussful programming of a digital camera to dump its firmware in binary in the form of flashes from its busy light whose whine an audio sensor detects and writes as an audio file, which is then converted by another utility to the firmware proper.
(The reason I put this in G&T as opposed to the pure tech forum is due to the potential/probability of some of these entries being game-related - Audiosurf, for example, is a rather interesting use of mp3s in an extremily unique and unorthodox way)
EDIT: Oh god how did those two get switched
Weeaboos especially apply
Asides from the incredible amount of detail and effort that went into this and the fact that it does in fact sound quite pleasant, what's actually amazing is that it demonstrates a rather nice recycling of an old technology that had been outdone on pretty much every level. Let's face it: midis suck and have been outdone by MP3s, oggs, and countless other formats that have sprung up over the years and have been pretty much forgotten save for the odd person who uses them instead of the aforementioned formats for their ringtone. But somewhere, somehow, somebody got a rather interesting idea on how to use and exploit them - and suddenly what was once something considered only in legacy terms was found new light and life as a piece of video and audio art.
And now I'm curious as to what other sorts of stuff like this has emerged in recent years - say, like someone's succussful programming of a digital camera to dump its firmware in binary in the form of flashes from its busy light whose whine an audio sensor detects and writes as an audio file, which is then converted by another utility to the firmware proper.
(The reason I put this in G&T as opposed to the pure tech forum is due to the potential/probability of some of these entries being game-related - Audiosurf, for example, is a rather interesting use of mp3s in an extremily unique and unorthodox way)
EDIT: Oh god how did those two get switched
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In effect, it is the fountain of youth keeping everything else alive, nourishing them with refreshing electricity.
Without it, every other console I own would die.
Little did SEGA know all those years ago they were essentially manufacturing God.
Floppy Disc as a record
Edit: Although I guess this counts as old technology being used in even older technology.
Doorstops: the future of technology!
That is so awesome. I was unable to find anything as awesome as that in the same idea. Does that guy take requests?
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Check out the Radiohead video for their song "Nude."
Most of the equipment is older than I am.
Big Ideas: Don't Get Any
Also, I've been meaning to try turning an old CRT monitor into a fishbowl.
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Speaking of....
Does Super Mario World count as "old technology"?
I WILL NOT BE DOING 3DS FOR NWC THREAD. SOMEONE ELSE WILL HAVE TO TAKE OVER.
Spoiler contains Friend Codes. Won't you be my friend?
More Friend Codes!
Mario Kart Wii: 3136-6982-0286 Tetris Party: 2364 1569 4310
Guitar Hero: Metallica: 1032 7229 7191
TATSUNOKO VS CAPCOM: 1935-2070-9123
Nintendo DS:
Worms: Open Warfare 2: 1418-7870-1606 Space Bust-a-Move: 017398 403043
Scribblenauts: 1290-7509-5558
Awesome.
Chrono Trigger
Rock Band DLC | GW:OttW - arrcd | WLD - Thortar
That is the greatest thing man-kind has ever accomplished.
Neo Geo Big Red owners club.
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I have beat Rygar on the NES and many of you have not.
Rock Band DLC | GW:OttW - arrcd | WLD - Thortar
If you look at the YouTube description, it's some cover a guy did for a contest.
Rock Band DLC | GW:OttW - arrcd | WLD - Thortar
This is the greatest thing. 2:17 had me doing an omg face.
For example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1tatiU2ha0
Uhh.....I'll do what I can. I found it once somehow, I'll find it again.
Edit: As posted in the comments for that YouTube by putaranoden:
0:17-1:01 Agent goes at midnight- THE IDOLM@STER
1:01-1:31 Hare Hare Yukai - HARUHI
1:31-1:41 Stops at the affected area and immediately dissolves - Touhou Project
1:41-1:51 Help me, ERINNNNNN!! - Touhou Project
1:51-2:16 nowhere - MADLAX
2:16-2:37 Fangs of Critias - Yu-Gi-Oh
2:37-2:48 GONG - Super Robot Wars
2:48-2:59 Forest Maze - Super Mario RPG
2:59-3:09 Butter-Fly - Digimon Adventure
3:09-3:31 Makka na Chikai - Buso Renkin
3:31-3:52 AirMan ga Taosenai - Mega Man2
3:52-4:02 Courage vs Will - Prince of Tennis
4:02-4:24 Uninstall - Bokurano
4:24-4:48 Tori no Uta - AIR
4:48-5:09 you - Higurashi no naku koro ni
5:09-5:56 Marisa Stole the Precious Thing - Touhou Project
5:56-6:59 Okkusenman - Mega Man2
6:59-7:24 God knows... - HARUHI
7:24-7:46 Motteke! sailor fuku - Lucky star
7:46-8:02 Gachagacha kyuutto figu@ - Figu@mate
8:02-8:22 Sousei no Aquarion - Genesis of Aquarion
8:22-8:34 Futari no mojipittan - Kotoba no Puzzle: Mojipittan
8:34-8:44 Tsurupettan - Touhou Project
8:44-8:52 Here we go! - Super Mario World
8:52-9:04 true my heart - Nursery Rhyme
9:04-9:15 kiss my lips - ave;new
9:15-9:26 Rodeo machine - HALFBY
9:26-9:36 DORAGON QUEST - Dragon Quest
9:36-9:47 FINAL FANTASY - Final Fantasy
9:47-10:10 Gachagacha kyuutto figu@ - Figu@mate
10:10-10:14 You are the Prince of Tennis - Prince of Tennis
10:14-10:16 Let's go! Onmyouji - Power Instinct
10:16-10:46 Sakura Sakura - Japanese folk song
I WILL NOT BE DOING 3DS FOR NWC THREAD. SOMEONE ELSE WILL HAVE TO TAKE OVER.
Spoiler contains Friend Codes. Won't you be my friend?
More Friend Codes!
Mario Kart Wii: 3136-6982-0286 Tetris Party: 2364 1569 4310
Guitar Hero: Metallica: 1032 7229 7191
TATSUNOKO VS CAPCOM: 1935-2070-9123
Nintendo DS:
Worms: Open Warfare 2: 1418-7870-1606 Space Bust-a-Move: 017398 403043
Scribblenauts: 1290-7509-5558
Can anyone PM a link for those? I've always wanted to bet my friend I could beat it on my first try with one hand. Then totally laugh at him when I win.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pohTAIyp2yU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09searxlIV8
Here you can (for many of them) see the point of origin for the songs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnqtvnR-3g0