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- 3d Printed Case For Raspberry Pi Themed After NES: Geek Overload
- 33 Lego Showing the History of Hollywood
- Google Mobile Ads to Promote Ads Based on Your Interests
- Kinetic Sculpture Made of LEGO Bricks Makes Electronic Tunes
| 3d Printed Case For Raspberry Pi Themed After NES: Geek Overload Posted: 28 Apr 2014 07:00 AM PDT  The fact that the Raspberry Pi comes so bare-bones (doesn’t even need a case!) means the only thing stopping modders is their imagination. But don’t take our word for it, check out this incredibly sweet piece that proves it! Talk about creativiyy! Tastic007, from Thingiverse calls his case NinTastic, which is a NES-themed case with a flap that opens upward like the classic console, meant to house the powerhouse that is the Raspberry Pi. He even modded the SD card so it’d look like a NES cartridge, which is what we call commitment. The ports are all accessible from either the back or side of the “console”. See more pictures below! If you were to decide you want your own, just check this handy tutorial at Thingiverse. Source: Technabob Be social! Follow Walyou on Facebook and Twitter, and read more related stories at Raspberry Pi-Powered Cupcade Runs Ms. Pacman and Donkey Kong and Raspberry Pi and Arduino-Based Nixie Entertainment System.
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| 33 Lego Showing the History of Hollywood Posted: 28 Apr 2014 06:00 AM PDT What’s better than using Lego photographs to depict scenes from films that are the backbone in the tale of Hollywood, from the early silent films to sci-fi modern thrillers like Inception? Alex Eylar believes in exactly the same thing, resulting in this amazing body of work. The Great Train Robbery, 1903Only 10 minutes long, but is also the first to introduce the technique of cross cutting, in which two scenes appear to occur simultaneously but in different locations. The Birth of a Nation, 1915
There are two sides to D.W. Griffith’s war epic: The racist part of it, but also the innovation in terms of film technique. Safety Last!, 1923
Harold Lloyd in one of the most famous romantic comedies of Hollywood’s early days. The Phantom of the Opera, 1925
Maybe the first horror hit ever made, although it is probably more famous in its musical, on stage version. City Lights, 1931
According to the American Film Institute (AFI), this Charlie Chaplin film is the greatest romantic comedy of all-time. Duck Soup, 1933
Probably the Marx Brothers’ most famous film. It Happened One Night, 1934
This zany comedy won the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Director (Frank Capra), Actor (Clark Gable), Actress (Claudette Colbert), and Screenplay. Gone With The Wind, 1939
It is till the highest grossing film of all time when adjusted for inflation. Suspicion, 1941
An excellent psychological thriller directed by Hitchcock with Cary Grant in the leading role. Casablanca, 1942
The best movie ever made, and time hasn’t hurt it one bit. Singing In The Rain, 1952
AFI love choosing the greatest film in every genre. This one is named as the greatest musical. Psycho, 1960
The reason a lot of people were afraid to get in the shower during the 60′s. Dr. No, 1962
The first of the James Bond films. Who knew that we’d get so many of them. 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968
Stanley Koubrik loved tampering with every genre possible. He nailed it brilliantly with this sci-fi masterpiece. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 1969
A Western loosely based on real life outlaws Robert LeRoy Parker and his partner Harry Longabaugh. The Godfather, 1972
Every mob and mafia movie owe their current popularity to this film. The Exorcist, 1973
We’ve had a lot of best and greatest of all-time so far, right? This is a popular pick for scariest. Chinatown, 1974
Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown. Star Wars, 1977
After 38 years since out lives were changed, the third trilogy will hit the screens. Raging Bull, 1980
How to get fat and win an oscar. Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981
Few get the chance to play one iconic role. Harrison Ford has Han Solo and Indiana Jones. Scarface, 1983
For some reason, almost every rapper I’ve seen on Cribs has a poster of this film at home. Back To The Future, 1985
Marty McFly playing Chuck Berry before Berry even knew he was so good. Die Hard, 1988
I still don’t understand why a German terrorist would need to tell a colleague, another German, to ‘Shoot the glass’ in English. The Silence of the Lambs, 1991
Horror film? Maybe. Probably a touch of it. Anyway, almost everyone involved won the Oscr, while Lecter became a never ending nightmare. Pulp Fiction, 1994
Quentin Tarantino was so good he managed to revive the career of John Travolta. The Big Lebowski, 1998
Who knew that this film will spawn something called a Lebowski fest, which includes people walking around in robes and drinking White Russians. American Beauty, 1999
Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director (Sam Mendes), Best Actor (Kevin Spacey), and Best Screenplay (Alan Ball). Billy Elliot, 2000
A movie that told little boys it’s OK to prefer dancing to football or sports in general. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 2001
Harry Potter was huge without the films, but there’s no doubt it became an even bigger phenomenon thanks to them. Inglourious Basterds, 2009
Great no matter what language is being spoken at the time. 127 Hours, 2010
The story of real-life hiker Aron Ralston, who went to extreme measures to survive after his arm became trapped under a boulder in remote Utah. Inception, 2010A regular crime film, but with such an amazing visual “disguise” it became a lot more. You can check out more of Alex's work here.For more Lego stuff here on Walyou, check out the the Lego movie poster that becomes a Lego set on its own, or a Braigo budgets Braille printer made out of Lego.    |
| Google Mobile Ads to Promote Ads Based on Your Interests Posted: 28 Apr 2014 05:00 AM PDT  Helping Google to increase revenue and for mobile users to find apps better suited to them, Google's mobile ads will be based on user interests.
Perhaps not publicised by Amazon themselves, it's a well known fact that much of the online retailer's revenue is made thanks to some very intelligent algorithms. This is the code that says 'you bought a new shirt, would you like some new trousers to go with that?' or, 'you bought a PS4 so maybe you'd like to buy an extra controller'. Rather than just being a grab for money, for users it is actually useful as things like this direct us towards things that we might actually want even though we didn't specifically search for them. Too, this sort of algorithm is present in Google's services which is why searching for dog groomers might bring up listed ads for pet food. Now, Google are set to improve how these sorts of recommendations work in their mobile ads, announcing that mobile users will begin to see suggested ads and apps related to their interests. How the ads would work is that using a fairly comprehensive list of what you do online – whether that be the things you buy, the apps you use or even the purchases within those apps – the ads that show up as you're browsing the web will be much more related than they were before. Previously, if you searched for something like 'cat memes' then various meme sites and image editors would be featured in the ads but now if you browse the web and your phone says that you've been using your fitness app quite regularly then you may find yourself seeing ads for dieting apps too. Not only this but you may even see ads for apps that you've already got, whereby clicking on them launches a relevant app that you already have installed, like the niftiest shortcut known to handsets. The decision by Google to improve their mobile ads in this way could cause some privacy concerns as those question just what is happening with their mobile data but as the ads seem to be based on nothing that your search history or cookies don't already disclose, there should be little to worry about. Too, it also doesn't seem to be a case of Google disclosing that information to anyone else so for the most part, Google's new mobile ads are a welcome improvement. Source: engadget Be social! Follow Walyou on Facebook and Twitter, and read more related stories BlackBerry To Experiment With Ads In BBM, New Immersion Gaming Headset Could Help Control Gamer Rage    |
| Kinetic Sculpture Made of LEGO Bricks Makes Electronic Tunes Posted: 27 Apr 2014 01:00 PM PDT  This LEGO automaton is capable of making electronic music, which definitely is not something you get to see every day. Electronic music is near the bottom of the list when it comes to my favorite music genres. Despite that, I can recognize genius when I see it, and this LEGO automaton is the work of one. Kinetic sculptures already are very impressive, but building one out of LEGO bricks and enabling it to create electronic music is taking things to a whole new level. Alex Allmont, the inventor of this LEGO kinetic sculpture, works as a full-time coder and part-time arts PhD in improvisation with polyrhythm and phased rhythms. Obviously, he also is a fan of LEGO bricks and a builder, and the Play House project is a firm proof of that. The inventor explained on Make how the Play House came to be: “For the past few years I have been experimenting with rhythm, including developing a number of Lego musical machines. For years I have been using Lego to prototype ideas, but I had started to use it as a material to put work in context. In particular, my more recent ideas work on getting lost in a youthful creative process whilst riffing off more mature themes, structures and sounds. My proposal was to develop Play House, an automaton that would churn out mesmerizing acid house — not the white-gloves-and-whistles sort of acid house, but the more spatial stuff, inspired by artists like Plastikman and Basic Channel. The plan was to play it out loud on speakers and draw the audience in to a room where they could explore the minutiae of the musical and mechanical structures.” Furthermore, Allmont expressed his enthusiasm regarding this project, even though not everything went as planned: “In the end, the project did run over, which was stressful but a good push to get it in for the show. The stress wasn’t so bad that it wasn’t fun and the push helped me realize where I had made bad estimates. In this case I knew the deadline was tight so I shouldn’t have been so ambitious with the R&D. However, I wanted to impress, so I stretched myself too far. An unexpected bonus from this project was how much I zoned into the playlists I was putting together for research; this opened up something new musically that has changed how I write music and given me a fresh view on some existing ideas. As a wrap up, I'm working on a playlist for OCM and some new tracks for an E.P.: http://soundcloud.com/alexallmont/mind-play-house.” Be social! Follow Walyou on Facebook and Twitter, and read more related stories about the Robocoach automaton, and Hammer vs Nail automata.    |
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