Playing Mario Tune with RC Car

[Kingofl337]

I just saw this on [H]ardOCP.com and thought many here would appreciate this.

http://www.break.com/index/mario-theme-played-with-rc-car-and-bottles.html

edit: Fixed SP of Car :D

[Fireworks 234]

That's amazing! I love that they actually spent the time finding bottles with the right tones to do this.

[whytheheckme]

Imagine an FRC version of this....

[T3_1565]

wow.... thats nuts... sooooo many bottles lol

[fimmel]

thats awesome!

now they have to do the tetris theme and life will be complete *almost* :P


...forest

[Alan Anderson]

I can't access break.com from here. Can someone explain the references to bottles? Is the RC controlling servos to play a tune in the manner of a xylophone or something?

[Fireworks 234]

I can't access break.com from here. Can someone explain the references to bottles? Is the RC controlling servos to play a tune in the manner of a xylophone or something?

No, there are hundreds of glass bottles standing up in what appears to be a parking garage and they drive an RC with antenae on the sides so that the bottles ring.

It's really neat!

[Kingofl337]

Youtube if Break doesn't work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqB4ELGL_Lc

[Joe Ross]

No, there are hundreds of glass bottles standing up in what appears to be a parking garage and they drive an RC with antenae on the sides so that the bottles ring.

It's really neat!

RC meaning RC car, not Robot Controller.

[Fireworks 234]

yeah, sorry, i forgot to specify.

[Qbranch]

So.... the first thing that came to mind when I saw the title of this thread was:

"Sweet! Varying the PWM frequency to make the motors sound like they're playing a song while driving!"

And then... it had bottles. Not what I was expecting, but cool anyhow! :]

-q

[JoshD]

Absolutely awesome! I can't even imagine how long that took to set up.

[DonRotolo]

now they have to do the tetris theme and life will be complete *almost* :P

You mean like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkDBlEvfbgg&NR=1)?

[fimmel]

You mean like this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkDBlEvfbgg&NR=1)?
that was awesome!

thanks

...forest

[Alan Anderson]

RC meaning RC car, not Robot Controller.

Ah. One corrected typo and all becomes clear.

[Roger]

You'll be surprised what's out there. Actually, you might not.

Super Mario's Theme song, in Tesla Minor (http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/science/tesla-coils-playing-the-mario-bros-theme-are-unsurprisingly-awesome-319384.php?autoplay=true)

[Qbranch]

You'll be surprised what's out there. Actually, you might not.

Super Mario's Theme song, in Tesla Minor (http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/science/tesla-coils-playing-the-mario-bros-theme-are-unsurprisingly-awesome-319384.php?autoplay=true)

*chuckle* I saw one of these when I was at the Engineering Open House at University of Illinois (UIUC).

They are SOOOO much awesomer in person... yeah, like they aren't awesome enough on video. :)

But, I must say Roger, this is the only one I've ever seen playing Super Mario Brothers. :D

-q

[Roger]

Imagine it playing at the Boston Museum of Science (http://www.mos.org/sln/toe/). Hmmm--- they have a double one too. Three stories tall. Talk about really banging it out!:eek:

Okay, so BMOS has a Van de Graaff generator and not a Tesla. Is there a difference? Keep looking -- they do have a Tesla (http://www.mos.org/sln/toe/tesla.html)!

Doing a Google search, the Tesla video came up first before the bottle one. I thought there would be more imaginative ones, but those two seem to be it.

[Molten]

The last five minutes will the best I have had today. Thanks for giving something to enjoy today. Now on to the endless homework and classes.

[Renee Becker-Blau]

:yikes: ooo I know what I want to do now that robotics season is over.....

Renee

[Roger]

ooo I know what I want to do now that robotics season is over..... -- says the girl with a Tesla in her backyard??:confused:?

(I knew I shouldn't have opened this thread -- I'm going to be humming Mario all day....)

[seanl]

we actually did this with the IFI RC with wine glasses filled to the right tone to play mary had a little lamb. this was for the JPL invention challenge(http://education.jpl.nasa.gov/inventionchallenge/2007/rules.html).
and we also did a tesla coil which plays music.
http://education.jpl.nasa.gov/inventionchallenge/2007/images/browse/Entry2-1-br.jpg
http://education.jpl.nasa.gov/inventionchallenge/2007/images/browse/Entry1-1-br.jpg

[Renee Becker-Blau]

-- says the girl with a Tesla in her backyard??:confused:?


Well for the Tesla Coils Baraboo, WI is only 2 hours away... but there are lots of big parking lots in downtown and we do live close to Miller where we could get root beer bottles....