Technabob » beads http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:00:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Beads and Bricks: Mario Hitting a Coin Block http://technabob.com/blog/2010/03/30/mario-coin-block-mindstorms/ http://technabob.com/blog/2010/03/30/mario-coin-block-mindstorms/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:33:02 +0000 Lambert Varias http://technabob.com/blog/?p=30638 What can you do with a bunch of beads and a LEGO Mindstorms kit? Make a fully functional jumping Mario question mark block sculpture, that’s what.

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See Mario in action here:

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…brought to you by a bunch of gigglers, a.k.a. Doug and Anne Quinn. Seriously though they should make a Mario cuckoo coin box clock using this thing.

[Thanks to Jonathan for the tip!]

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Samus, Link, and Mario taking on the 360 a la old school Final Fantasy. Does it get better? Yes, my friends, it does–at least for the people who get to see the piece in person in Philadelphia. “Fire Wall” will be at the Brave New World comics shop, as part of the 8-Bit & Beyond show on August 7.

[Doctor Octoroc via Tiny Cartridge]

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Canada’s Lost Mitten crafts makes these 3-dimensional question mark boxes, perfect for your desktop, or hung from your ceiling. They’re made from a grid of fused Perler beads which happen to look a lot like pixels from a distance. One version of the block has a removable lid to hold your pens and pencils, while yet another comes with a set of colorful Mario coasters.

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Unfortunately, no matter how hard you punch these blocks, no coins or mushrooms seem to come out of them. You can find these and a variety of other video game inspired art in Lost Mitten’s Etsy shop.

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