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R2-D2 Observatory Conversion: Star Wars Stargazing
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June 4th, 2010
A bunch of hackers planned an elaborate prank. They decided to convert their campus astronomy building into a giant R2-D2. All in all, it looks awesome!
This took place at the Carleton College in Minnesota. The building they dressed up was Goodsell, which has a domed observatory, so it was perfect for this prank. Actually, I can see another observatory behind, so they could have converted that one to an R3 unit.
In fact, I’d like to see a permanent structure look like R2-D2. That should be possible and wouldn’t look too weird, right?
[via Make:]
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There’s also video of the droid moving and making noises:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEWlzCNjh2Y
And making protesting noises as it’s taken down:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTrGOQs4g5M